Inspiration

Remember, "If you don't change what you are doing today, all of your tomorrows will look like yesterday." - Jim Rohn

Knowledge is necessary if the SELF would become free and know Itself as Itself alone." Annie Besant

"The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your ATTITUDE!" Dennis S. Brown

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." Albert Einstein

"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world." Author Unknown

"The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity." Winston Churchill

"If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." Maya Angelou

"The winner asks, "May I help?" The loser asks, "Do you expect me to do that?" William Arthur Ward

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." Lou Holtz

"There are only two kinds of people in the world: The kind that pick you up when your down, and the kind that put you down there in the first place." Lemmy Kilmister

"There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative." W. Clement Stone

"The mind is like a clock that is constantly running down. It has to be wound up daily with good thoughts." Fulton J. Sheen

"When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up." Roger W. Babson

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." Thomas Jefferson

"You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you." Brian Tracy

"Your attitudes and the choices you make today will be your life tomorrow, build it wisely." Author Unknown

"Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, "This is the real me," and when you have found that attitude, follow it." James Truslow Adams

"Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down." Charles F. Kettering

"Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his or her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people." Zig Ziglar

"Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure." Norman Vincent Peale

Live in the present. The past cannot be changed and the future may not come. Bear in mind that this could be your last day on earth because one day it will be! Life is too short not to make the most of every day we are lucky enough to be given. Do what you can do and let go of the rest.

When you think positively about yourself, you work harder at what you want to do - and give up less easily. You make a better impression on others, which encourages them to help you. When you think more positively about your colleagues, employees, spouse and children, you build stronger and more productive relationships - leading to greater success at work and at home.

Live in the present. The past cannot be changed and the future may not come. Bear in mind that this could be your last day on earth because one day it will be! Life is too short not to make the most of every day we are lucky enough to be given. Do what you can do and let go of the rest.

Count up the many good things in your life and be grateful rather than spending time concentrating on what you don't have.

Confidence is faith in the continuance and increase of your own mental ability. It is not belief. It is knowledge — the knowledge that there is a constancy in the very constitution of things.

Lesson 1: Changing Your Perspective identify the benefits of changing perspective to deal with situations positively. distinguish among examples of internal and external loci of control. select responses that demonstrate a rational response to a sequence of events. match each positive frame with its corresponding example. Lesson 2: Changing Your Coping Skills recognize the benefits of changing coping skills to react positively to situations. match categories of negative thinking with examples. apply the four techniques used to challenge negative thinking in a given situation. react positively to criticism or feedback in a given situation. use assertiveness steps to overcome the negative impact of a given situation. Remember that adversity can be an opportunity to learn more about yourself, other people and how to cope with life, however unpleasant the actual lesson may be.