It's All About Attitude

It’s a tough world right now and we’re navigating unchartered waters that appear to get a little rougher every day. We can be part of the problem or choose to be part of the solution.

Yes, things are changing, and they will continue to change and we’re going to have to adjust, adapt and figure out our new paths forward.

Getting past this and into our new reality, whatever it turns out to be, is going to be all about our attitude. Are we going to react or respond? This will be our critical difference in our success (hint – respond is the correct answer).

When my brother, sister and I were kids we learned a lesson about attitude from our Mother. Mom was doling out chores to the three of us and my sister thought she had hit upon a response to relieve us of our assigned tasks. She said “Mom, you’re not giving us a choice!”

Mom, in her infinite wisdom responded, “Honey, you always have a choice. You can do it and like it or do it and not like it, but you are going to do it.”

Those words of wisdom have carried our family through the years and through many trials and tribulations. And Mom was 100% correct – it’s all about your attitude.

None of us like what we’re seeing with the health of people, actually populations, being negatively affected by the corona virus. It’s very difficult to watch the stock market “tank” day after day. The countless people that were already working multiple jobs in order to keep on performing their very delicate job of balancing income dollars with outflow dollars are now being devastated by the backslide of our economy.

The way forward is for all of us to get through to the other side or the next new reality, with the best attitude that we can bring to ourselves and everyone around us.

It is the only way.

What are you doing to keep your mindset aligned with the proper attitude? Are you thinking of others and not just yourself? Have you reached out to anyone in an even tougher situation than you? Who have you helped today?

 When will you start?

 P.S. Mom’s pearl of wisdom did come back to “bite” her when she encountered some health issues in her later years. She was no longer able to drive, and my brother and I had to deliver the bad news that she was losing those privileges. She said, “You’re not giving me a choice?”

 My brother looked at me and we looked back at Mom and said to her, “you always have a choice….”