This will be one of my last references to my lovely but down and out Tennessee Titans for the year as their season has officially come to a close! The last time I wrote to you I mentioned that I would be going to the game. Well I did and umm….well…umm if you don’t follow football let’s just say they did not win. From now on I will just write about the victories of Jack Bauer on 24, as hopefully he will fare better in the clutch!

As a grown up 30 year old ☺ I try to find the positive out of every situation. My self-development over the last few years has really helped me with that. Those that I know that are consistent with the same studies in self-development also seem to be able to find the positive out of any event.

Side note: I read about 30 minutes every morning in order to better myself. If you don’t I would suggest that you do so (and please do not read the paper..read something positive and uplifting). It has done wonders for so many things in my life and business.

Back to the point at hand! So I was standing there in the 40-degree rain with my Titans Jersey on with my pal watching the Titans literally pick apart the Ravens. They drove and drove and drove and dominated the little birds on defense as well. The problem was that little thing called the score that was showing the two teams as even. So I called upon the teachings from the secret and wished and wished the score to change. For some reason it did not happen. Oh yeah..no application ☺!  I had to switch to the new game plan of life that I had learned in the last few years, as previously I would have just become irritable and angry for the rest of the week as the Ravens completed the victory.

How many people get a chance to go to a live football playoff game? How many people get to hang out with their pal wearing jerseys and screaming like little kids with 70,000 other maniacs having the time of their lives? How many people get such experiences in life? These were the new thoughts that ran through my mind as the game ended and I decided that I still had a great time at the game. When I really thought of them I really and honestly went from starting to be down to elated with joy at what an awesome time I just had. A small victory yes but if you think of all of the positive things I was able to accomplish that week because I was still in a good mood you might not see it as such a small feat.

My second example was this past weekend. I drove down to Orlando to escape the frigid air headed toward me in the ATL. My softball tourney began and our team looked great. We exploded in round robin and took the first seed heading into the tournament. We were elated as this was a very new team and it was our first time playing together. We were having a blast and it showed. Then things turned. The team we had crushed in round robin came through so we played them again in the second round of the tourney. Let’s just say they remembered the whoopin we put on them and did not care about my feelings and emotions and proceeded to beat the living day lights out of us. Some friends they were! Geesh. Luckily it was double elimination so we still knew that we could come back with serious fierceness (not sure if that is a real word but it sounds fun). We played another team that we had pounded in round robin in this game. This was a DC team that many of my pals played for. These guys apparently had it in their mind that they did not like me that day either as they proceeded to destroy every last fiber of pride that our team had from that first day of monster softball! We were done and the world was over as I knew it. At least that is how it used to be for me. Don’t get me wrong I was disappointed but there is a fine line between that and depressed which is pretty common after getting knocked out of a tournament and being done. So I went back to the questions thing and began again. How cold is it everywhere else in the country? Who did I get to see and hang out with that I had missed all year long? What new friends had I made? How much exercise did I get? How much did I get to laugh and smile this weekend? Those questions, especially the first one ☺, really changed me from doom and depressed over a worthless weekend to look at all of the awesome things that I got to experience.

I ask you what kind of questions if any do you ask yourself when things do not go the way you want them to. It will happen so why not give this simple lesson a try. You will be amazed at how much better you feel and how that will affect the rest of your life. Being happy creates abundant prosperity in life and business. That is what this is all about gang. You can always be happy if you like. If you struggle than ask yourself questions. The answers should always make you happier and that is what you deserve!

Quote of the week: “To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West: Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.” President Obama — www.cnn.com

Spot Light of the week: Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, III, the US Airways pilot who amazingly crash-landed a US Airways jet in New York’s Hudson River without any apparent fatalities. Now that is cool news!

Coolest Job Ever: Island Care Taker with Experience in being lazy. 100k a year. Seriously: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28641803/

Prediction of the week: The Cardinals are going to win the Super Bowl!

Cheers to all and I will check back in soon.

To your Success
Young Guns Always Wanted
Wesley Anderson