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Carol Quinn:
Our attitude really is a reflection of, if we think we can do something and we really believe this, we actually put effort into proving ourselves right.

Carol Quinn, author of the book, Have the Attitude!

Someone who doesn't think it's possible probably doesn't try very hard or doesn't try at all and it also does the same thing to prove their thinking right.

For instance, Carol says a lot of people will say, "I could never afford to buy a house," or" I'll never get that job" without even looking into it. It's their attitude that stops them before they start.

And it's those people who believe it's possible that will say "Okay, HOW can we do this? How can we find a solution to buy the house? Maybe there's something we don't know. How do we make it happen?" And in order to have that thinking, you have to believe it's possible.

What you want to achieve may not be possible, but Carol's point is that a lot of people defeat themselves before they start because they have the attitude that it's impossible.

I'll give you an example: in the fifties, before we ever put a man on the moon, it had been impossible. So if we take a look at our thinking and see everything we believe to be impossible as actually being impossible, we'd never achieve those great things that are achieved.

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