Make Lemonade Knowing that The Lemons Exist! The Power of the Positive Perspective

The job you were destined to perform was awarded to someone else; you finally secured a meeting with an elite prospect and your computer crashes; you come down with the flu on the day of a premier presentation; or a publisher rejects the book you finally finished. Are you thinking right now, how can any positive results transpire from these negative circumstances? The Positive Perspective is not only making lemonade out of lemons, rather intentionally creating the lemonade knowing lemons exist.

We often ask ourselves, why do bad things happen to good people? There are always circumstances out of our control and sometimes it seems as though either we’ve been burdened with an excessive amount of bad luck or we know someone that has carried that burden. The manner in which we respond to those circumstances will in fact determine the amount of success we achieve. Think about a time when business or life handed you lemons and you were ready to give in to the unfortunate circumstance you found yourself in…now consider how utilizing one of the following positive perspectives could have made a difference in your management of the circumstance.

• Focus on rising to the occasion in spite of the circumstance

• Establish opportunities from the circumstance.

• Find something positive in a negative situation.

• Realize that you are not alone in this challenge; someone somewhere has overcome the same challenge.

• Concentrate on lifting yourself and others up instead of putting down.

• Recognize the obstacles as opening the door to new possibilities.

• Envision making the wrong turn and the GPS tell you it’s rerouting; reroute your dilemma.

• Document the successes you’ve had so you can duplicate the process and revisit them in times of distress

• REFLECTION – Learning from our mistakes is a powerful message we learn when we reflect, but also through reflection we can learn about our actions that were effective. Minimally, reflection should occur daily.

• Embrace the fact that no one or no circumstance is perfect.

If you approach everyday, every client, every life event, and every circumstance you encounter with a pitcher full of your personalized gourmet lemonade those opportunities where the lemons appear will be met head on with an action plan in the making.

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