Attitude Is Everything
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Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twi !"
He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I do quot;t get it! You ca quot;t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, "Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood." I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad ha e , I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it%26quot not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situatio . You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It%26quot your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own busine . We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life i tead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never su osed to do in a restaurant busine : he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gu oint by three armed ro ers. While trying to open the safe his hand, shaking from nervou e , sli ed off the combination The ro ers panicked and shot him.
Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of inte ive care, Jerry was released from the ho ital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I"d be twi . Wa a see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the ro ery took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Were quot;t you scared? Did you lose co ciou e ?" I asked.
Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expre io on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, "He%26quot a dead man." "I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questio at me," said Jerry.
%26quot he asked if I was allergic to anything. "Yes," I replied. The doctors and nurses sto ed working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, %26quot ullets!"
Over their laughter, I told them. "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
·下篇文章：The Colors of the Rainbow
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twi !"
He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I do quot;t get it! You ca quot;t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, "Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood." I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad ha e , I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it%26quot not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situatio . You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It%26quot your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own busine . We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life i tead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never su osed to do in a restaurant busine : he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gu oint by three armed ro ers. While trying to open the safe his hand, shaking from nervou e , sli ed off the combination The ro ers panicked and shot him.
Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of inte ive care, Jerry was released from the ho ital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I"d be twi . Wa a see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the ro ery took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Were quot;t you scared? Did you lose co ciou e ?" I asked.
Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expre io on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, "He%26quot a dead man." "I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questio at me," said Jerry.
%26quot he asked if I was allergic to anything. "Yes," I replied. The doctors and nurses sto ed working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, %26quot ullets!"
Over their laughter, I told them. "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
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