Is Your Day Full of Struggle or Success?

Earlier today I was thinking about people who always seem to do well/glide through life with ease while others around them struggle and seem angry much of the time. For the most part, all these people experience life the same way and have very similar characteristics... skills... intelligence... capabilities... so what's the difference? Is it luck? Is it right place-right time for some and wrong place-wrong time for others?

I don't think so. I believe the differentiator is how people choose to think about and relate to what's happening to them. Here's the way life works. "How you choose to view and experience something is what it becomes." It's nothing more or less...

Let’s think about a discussion I had the other day…. A very successful salesperson shared with me the other day how management denied his request for a larger territory. The motive for the request was a desire for increased exposure and activity. The reaction by the salesperson was to say “they don’t get it, they want to control me, keep me down”....this was driven by the belief and thought that they (management) were against him and didn't want him to succeed more than he has already. In that this salesperson's income is more than his managers', these thoughts may have some validity. And, for sure, it reinforces the salesperson's view, but it does not add value to this extremely motivated, highly-skilled salesperson.

The important question is do these beliefs and thoughts contribute to or do they detract from this salesperson's ultimate success and happiness. I can hear you now. "But suppose it's true?" And my answer is, it doesn't make any difference.

The meaning of anything is the meaning you choose for it to be, and how you choose to relate to an experience is what it becomes. It seems that people who do well and project a positive attitude to match, have the ability view the meaning of their experiences in a way that not only serves them well but also contributes to their growth. Let’s think back on my original question: Are these beliefs and thoughts contributing to or detracting from the ultimate success and happiness of our salesperson? And if they are not, why does a person hang on to them? Let us know how you choose to relate to your life experiences.....