Having a positive attitude can bring one
great success. Many writings have proven that. being positive unleashes ones
full potential and allows their mind not to be clouded with depression that
would block their ability to think clearly and to be creative. I would like to
talk about something different today. i would like to talk about a different
kind of success.
We have one life to live and we should enjoy
our one life. When was a little boy, one of my teachers tried to teach us
a class lesson. She asked us what we want to be when we grow up. Most of us
answered either the president or a super rich person. She then asked us if
being rich and powerful would make us happy and we all answered YES. At that
point she had us read a story called 'the fisher and the sea". It was
about an old man that was very happy even though he was very poor and he lived
in a shack. One day he caught a magic fish that promised to grant him whatever
he wanted if only he would free the fish. The fisherman agreed but he said that
he had no wishes. the fisherman was happy with his life. he was very happy. He
got to fish everyday and he had no stress. When they fisherman's wife heard
what happened, she made her husband ask the fish for riches and power and more
and more each day she wanted another wish. She was never happy with what she
had.
A positive person knows how to be happy and
will be successful in his life regardless of money. That person will know how
to dance and sing and enjoy foods and just enjoy life. A negative person will
not be happy regardless of what they have. their life will be a failure even if
they are successful and rich.
A rich businessman is quoted as saying,
"We work like dogs and get paid peanuts. There’s hardly any time for
holidays or just to relax in general because you’re always thinking ahead: when
the next deadline or meeting is. There is hardly a fair sense of work-life
balance here". Sounds like his negativity is making him a failure at life
even though by other peoples standards he is a huge success. A street vendor in
Paraguay (a country that tied Panama for most positive) said this about her
life, happiness and money: "Life is short and there are no reasons to be
sad because even if we were rich, there would still be problems. We have to
laugh at ourselves."
37 percent of the people on Forbes list of
Wealthiest Americans are less happy than the average American. At any given
time, one forth of Americans are mildly depressed. Now we find in Latin
America, their culture does not accept being negative. They dance, they party,
they play sports, they enjoy life, even though most of them live in poverty. A
positive attitude can make one happy in life and according to most Americans
consider happiness more important to them than money, moral goodness, and even
going to Heaven. I happen to agree with that.
By Mauro Libi
https://ve.linkedin.com/in/maurolibicrestani
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