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John Maxwell, author of the book The Difference Maker: Making Your Attitude Your Greatest Asset...

So, I have to understand that every day, I have fresh challenges. Every day I'm going to have some difficulties come my way - problems - and so I'm going to have to every day manage my attitude.

And managing your attitude, says John, starts by being conscious of it.

Every morning I do an attitude adjustment. I say things like, "Traffic's going to be a little difficult. I'm going to meet with people today and not all my meetings are not going to go like I want them to go. Someone's going to say "no" when I want them to say "yes"." And so therefore when that happens to me, it's not final and that's been a huge help to me. Second thing I do, is at the end of the day I review my day. You see experience isn't the best teacher, Mike; evaluated experience is the best teacher. Only people who evaluate what they go through - and that are willing to change it - do things get better for them.

And preparing for the next day is a lot better than repairing a bad day.

And every day, Mike, people are either preparing or repairing. And if I'm repairing, I'm trying to fix something I did wrong yesterday. If I'm preparing, I'm getting ready to guarantee tomorrow's success. There's a world of difference between those two kinds of people and it's almost always the attitude that makes the difference.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.