Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

LEARNED OPTIMISM
Perhaps the most important quality you can develop to achieve
greater success and happiness is the quality of 
optimism
. You can
learn the habit of optimism by thinking the way that optimists do
most of the time. According to interviews with thousands of the
happiest and most successful people in every field, optimists seem
to have two special ways of dealing with life. These are attitudes of
mind that you can develop with practice.
First, optimists 
look for the good
in every situation, especially
when they experience reversals and setbacks. They keep themselves
positive by looking for the bright side, the silver lining, to every
problem. And they always find something.
Second, optimists 
seek the valuable lesson
in every problem or
difficulty. They believe that each temporary failure or obstacle has
been sent to teach them something. They continually ask, “What
am I meant to learn from this situation?” And they always find
something.
Your mind is structured in such a way that you cannot look for
the good and seek the valuable lesson without taking full control
over your conscious mind. When you do, you feel more positive and
optimistic about yourself and your situation. You feel in complete
control of your life.You perform at your best.
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