Programming...

I really believe that you can program yourself into having a good day, even under the most trying of circumstances. It begins from the first moment your eyes open - then progresses through your entire day - right up to the moment before you go to sleep.

That is not to say that we will never have a challenging (read: shit) day. The trick and to some extent skill is taking each day and learning how to turn EVERYTHING that happens, the good and the supposedly bad and framing it into feedback that serves you and your purpose.

It seems to reason that when you begin your day looking for and expecting good things to happen to you - you'll attract more of them. Conversely, when you begin by looking for everything that could go wrong - you'll find more of them as well.

Think of this mental picture: Someone you admire calls you on the phone… You answer and they say, "Larry, something really good is coming to you today. I can't tell you what it is. But keep your eyes peeled for it."

After hanging up the phone, I believe you would spend the rest of the day LOOKING for the good thing coming your way.

And I bet you would FIND it.

In fact, I'm willing to bet that before the end of the day you would call the person who phoned you to give them an update. And my guess is that it would be positive.

So the moral of the story – try finding something good today, matter of fact try finding something good each day the rest of the week – see what happens, you just might find it.

Til next time…