Habit 13

They Have a Good Outlook on Life

Secret 29 for Creating Your Own Success: Stay Positive

When you are confronted with unexpected doom and gloom situations, do you react too negatively? Or do you feel that somehow “there's got to be a pony inside”? A common trait of self-made millionaires is maintaining a positive attitude no matter how dire the situation.

Being positive is a learned choice. It is an attitude.

Negative people often see unpleasant situations as unsolvable. Those with positive attitudes, however, see the same stressful situations in a different light. Rather than moping about what they have been confronted with, positive people consider alternate solutions for how the situation can be handled.

Positive people are “challenge-solvers” ...

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