Positivo Glasses

Posted by Jeff Ignacio on September 25, 2007 under Business | Be the First to Comment

The world is what it is, and no matter how you spin it the world will bend to no one. Tonight I had dinner with a friend of mine, an aspiring financial planner, and I was reminded by this fundamental principle. It’s mentioned in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, which I am reading on assignment for the Fellowship Program I am a part of this year. I could tell my friend was on the downs with his career. He is starting to feel like his efforts are not paying off. Sales is not easy. Tough as hell if you ask me. Sales is a profession where activity generates results.

There is something to be said about people who look at life through a positive lens. When this happens you start to notice more positive things in life. So what happened here? Did that person’s luck ultimately change? No. Instead what happened is a change in that person’s outward perception of the world. The power of perception can change one’s interaction with his/her surroundings. Rather than seeing negative, feeling regret, or missing chances the person is now seeing positive, optimistic, and new opportunities.

It isn’t that suddenly the world became more positive. The positive things were always there, but now you start noticing them more. Covey wrote that ‘common sense isn’t always common practice.’ Thinking positively seems so fundamental that we shouldn’t have to be reminded of it. We really do need it.

I have found that when I have a positive outlook, my surroundings become more favorable to my intentions. At work when I think I am going to have a great day, I normally do. Perhaps it’s what you call willpower. Whatever it is, I am thankful for having this type of vision. I am productive because of it.