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Training Yourself to have a “can do” attitude
By Penny | August 14, 2007
The only way to overcome these extremely stressful situation is to train yourself to see it another way. A “Can Do†attitude reflects this outlook.
To make the most of life, people have to accept living to the fullest. Having a “can do†attitude shows that life to you is:
- A journey. Don’t worry about the destination, enjoy the process. People are expected to make mistakes. If it does happen, why make a big deal? Accept the mistake, learn the lesson and move on. Be thankful that you had the opportunity to learn something new. If the lesson is not learned, life comes back to teach it again and again until you get it.
- Not to be taken too seriously. Life taken too seriously only makes the uptight person more stressed. Laugh, have fun. Accept that nothing is perfect. It is perfectly normal to see that you can eat ice cream with French fries. That white people can fall in love with blacks. Life comes in all shapes and sizes.
- Not about survival, but about living well. Life is hard enough without letting art and beauty into the individual life. The “can do†person knows why he is here because he had taken the time to know his purpose.
Whether that purpose is to teach college football, or to be president of a Third World nation, the “can do†person does it with two feet on the ground and his eyes fixed on the future.
- Half full, not half empty. People have learned from society a kind of sickness. That for people to survive, it is better to see things in a pessimistic way. The point is entirely missed. Life depends on how you see it. A “can do†attitude is quite the optimistic realist.
An optimistic realist knows that a lot of things can go wrong because the world is like that, but that does not stop the person from trying out opportunities to take him to better places and better opportunities. Fear is not allowed to dictate action, only warn. Logic is not used to find reason not to do it, but is used to achieve the optimist’s objectives.
- Is not alone. “Can do†people know that people are more than willing to help them. This is because the world reacts to sincerity in a way that a person reacts to a child. There is no trickery involved. A “can do†person is an agent of change, not hesitating in helping others along the way. Others are also on their way to become better.
Help yourself by helping others. Develop trust and friendship, but never be surprised at the ambiguity when you encounter it. Accept it as part of the process.
A “Can do†attitude can definitely take you places you never dreamed of.
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