Success and Positive Thinking

[spogmai shaglay]

Success is a Journey not a Destination

It is rightly said that success is a journey and not a destination....
if a person gets satisfied with his first success and thinks that it is his destination, he will not go any further..........

then as time passes, he will feel that he should not have stopped there, he should have achieved more....

higher success bears higher fruits and recognition....

however it demands higher efforts, higher risks and higher talents... whatever may be the competition, recession there is always place at the top...

but then where should we stop?

on path of good we need to stop on our own.. let the circumstances decide for us....

rather we should find more efficient ways of going ahead, so that it will be hard for the circumstances to stop us.....

will share more on positive thinking, a way to success, from a book i have read and am highly influenced by it....

[spogmai shaglay]

IMPORTANCE
OF
ATTITUDE

Building a positive attitude

There was a man who made a living selling balloons at a fair. He had all colours of balloons, including red, yellow, blue, and green. Whenever business was slow, he would release a helium-filled balloon into the air and when the children saw it go up, they all wanted to buy one.

They would come up to him, buy a balloon, and his sales would go up again. He continued this process all day.

One day, he felt someone tugging at his jacket. He turned around and saw a little boy who asked, "If you release a black balloon, would that also fly?"

Moved by the boy's concern, the man replied with empathy, "Son, it is not the color of the balloon, it is what is inside that makes it go up."

[Musafira]

Such a lovely story Thank you for sharing that & I look forward to more.

[spogmai shaglay]

IMPORTANCE
OF
ATTITUDE

Building a positive attitude

There was a man who made a living selling balloons at a fair. He had all colours of balloons, including red, yellow, blue, and green. Whenever business was slow, he would release a helium-filled balloon into the air and when the children saw it go up, they all wanted to buy one.

They would come up to him, buy a balloon, and his sales would go up again. He continued this process all day.

One day, he felt someone tugging at his jacket. He turned around and saw a little boy who asked, "If you release a black balloon, would that also fly?"

Moved by the boy's concern, the man replied with empathy, "Son, it is not the color of the balloon, it is what is inside that makes it go up."

it isnt just a story.... but there's something to learn....

The same thing applies to our lives. It is what is inside that counts. The thing inside of us that makes us go up is our attitude.

If people had better attitudes, they'd be better team players, and it'd cut down waste, improve loyalty and, in general, make their company a great place to work.

William James of Harvard University said, "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."

Experience has shown that human resources is the most valuable asset of any business.

It is more valuable than capital or equipment. Unfortunately, it is also the most wasted.

People can be your biggest asset or your biggest liability.

so what are we waiting for???????????? Positive attitude is the basic or essential to Success.....realize ur capacities and potential coz these things matter the most rather than our physical being.......

[spogmai shaglay]

Someone once approached Blaise Pascal, the famous French philosopher and said, "If I had your brains, I would be a better person." Pascal replied, "Be a better person and you will have my brains."

[spogmai shaglay]

The Calgary Tower stands at 190.8 meters. The total weight of the tower is 10,884 tons, of which 6,349 tons is below ground (approximately 60%). This shows that some of the greatest buildings have the strongest foundations.

Just like a great building stands on a strong foundation, so does success. And the foundation of success is attitude.

[spogmai shaglay]

OUR ATTITUDE CONTRIBUTES TO SUCCESS

A study attributed to Harvard University found that when a person gets a job, 85% of the time it is because of their attitude, and only 15% of the time because of how smart they are and how many facts and figures they know.

Surprisingly, almost 100% of education dollars go to teach facts and figures which account for only 15% of success in work!

Can an executive be a good executive without a good attitude? Can a student be a good student without a good attitude? Can a parent, teacher, salesman, employer, employee be good in their roles without a good attitude?

The foundation of success regardless of oour chosen field, is attitude.

If attitude is such a critical factor in success, shouldn't we examine our attitude toward life and ask how our attitude will affect our goals?

[AfghanSoulja]

Man too much positive attitude and you will for sure end up working in one of those call centres

[spogmai shaglay]

Good news

Man too much positive attitude and you will for sure end up working in one of those call centres

Thanks but you are wrong............
i think u need to read these post then, cause i sense negative attitude from ur statement above.........

Alhumdullilah my attitude is positive and have not landed up in a call centre and am professional into two fields.......

[AfghanSoulja]

You guys are kinda dry on the humour side eh, that was a joke .. Positive attitude is good , but it depends on your experiences in life

[spogmai shaglay]

You guys are kinda dry on the humour side eh, that was a joke .. Positive attitude is good , but it depends on your experiences in life

thats my negative point... i am really dry on Humour.... if u would added a few smileys it would have helped me to understand humour better...

sorry for misunderstanding u AfghanSoulja

[AfghanSoulja]

I hate smilies man, I hate using them good posts though

[spogmai shaglay]

No problems that u dont like smileys...... will learn to be humorous and understand humour better along with being positive....

[spogmai shaglay]

ACRES OF DIAMONDS

There was a farmer in Africa who was happy and content. He was happy because he was content. He was content because he was happy.

One day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along with them.

The wise man said, "If you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could have your own city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist, you could probably own your own
country." And then he went away.

That night the farmer couldn't sleep. He was unhappy and he was discontent. He was unhappy because he was discontent and discontent because he was unhappy.

The next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm, took care of his family and went in search of diamonds.

He looked all over Africa and couldn't find any. He looked all through Europe and couldn't find any. When he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically and financially broke. He got so disheartened that he threw himself into the Barcelona River and committed suicide.

Back home, the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at a stream that ran through the farm. Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought it would look good on the mantle piece. He picked up the stone and put it in the living room.

That afternoon the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He asked, "Is Hafiz back?" The new owner said, "No, why do
you ask?" The wise man said, "Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see one." The man said, no, that's just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come, I'll show you. There are many more." They went and picked some samples and sent them for analysis.

Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm was indeed covered with acres and acres of diamonds.*

soo.......

What is the moral of this story?

There are five morals:

1. When our attitude is right, we realize that we are all walking on acres and acres of diamonds. Opportunity is always under our feet. We don't have to go anywhere. All we need to do is recognize it.

2. The grass on the other side always looks greener.

3. While we are dyeing the grass on the other side, there are others who are dyeing the grass on our side. They would be happy to trade places with us.

4. When people don't know how to recognize opportunity, they complain of noise when it
knocks.

5. The same opportunity never knocks twice. The next one may be better or worse, but it is never the same one.

[spogmai shaglay]

A successful man is one who can built a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him