What Do You Own?
Three neighbors were talking when the subject of possessions
came up. “I own a huge mansion!” one
proudly proclaimed. “I own a successful
farm!” said the second. “I have optimism,” the third said
quietly. His two neighbors laughed at
him, for what good is a possession that cannot be seen or touched?
That night a huge storm struck. The storm destroyed the first neighbor’s
house. “What am I to do?” he cried. The storm ruined the second neighbor’s
crops. “What will I do?” he
lamented. The storm also destroyed the
third neighbor’s home and farm. “Hmmm,
what should I do first?” he asked
himself and then he began doing it. He
rebuilt his home and replanted his crops.
His neighbors had been sitting this entire time, feeling
sorry for themselves. But they watched
their neighbor rebuild and they decided to ask him his secret. “It is no secret,” the man said. “The only thing I own is what I think.” The two neighbors suddenly understood, and
with the third neighbor’s help, they rebuilt too.
From then on, whenever they met, they did not talk about
possessions. They talked about their
blessing, and they shared them, for what sense does it make to hold on to
something you do not own?
The Concepts of Choose
Your Attitude
A) What is Choose Your Attitude?
1) “When you are doing what you are doing, who
are you being? Are you being impatient and bored, or are you being world
famous? You are going to act differently if you are being world famous.”
2) You choose how you will act every moment of everyday.
B) Benefits of Choose Your Attitude
1) Once you choose
to have a good attitude you can be more productive.
2) Customers will
like you more, if your attitude is in tune.
3) Co-workers will
respect you, if your attitude commands it.
4) You will be
happier
C) Ways to Choose Your Attitude
1) Look in a
mirror everyday, and say “I choose to be World Famous.”
2) Play at work,
home, and life.
3) Find ways to
make a person's day.
4) Be present in
everything you do.
5) Have an
attitude menu that people can see what attitudes to choose.
6) Ask your-self; “What
would you do it you weren’t afraid.”
What does the book FISH say?
There is always a choice
about the way you do your work, even if there is not a choice about the work
itself.
The book talks about an
Attitude Menu. On one side was a
frowning face surrounded by words like angry, disinterested, and bitter. On the other side was a smiling face with
words like energetic, caring, vital, supportive, and creative. At the top it said: The Choice Is Yours.
The Dead Store
A new manager went to visit his new store and his staff in
his new store. He invited them to a
store party after work where he could get to know everyone a little better.
When party came hardly anyone showed up, so the manager put
an sign in the break room that said, that since the store is dead it deserves a
proper burial. So he invited the staff
to come to the break room next Sunday for the funeral of the store.
The staff wanting to know what a funeral for a store would be
showed up the next week. In the back of
the break room was a coffin with flowers all over it. The manager had a minister give an address
and then invited the people to pay their last respects to the dead store.
As the people walked up they looked inside the coffin, then
turn away with a guilty look. Inside the
coffin, place just right, was a large mirror.
There is always a choice about the way you do your
work, even if there is not a choice about the work itself. Even if you don't love your job, you can love how you do it. So what is your attitude?
