Optimism and Positivity is the key to productivity

Cynical people always seem to notice the flaws in ideas, and why a product or concept won’t work.  These people are, in my opinion, almost incapable of innovation.

Cynics are rooted in the past. They will usually only applaude an idea based on what they’ve seen working elsewhere previously. And they’re also too ready to ctiticize an innovative idea because there isn’t a precident for it.

I have been reminding myself for the past two years to be more positive and optimistic. I look at the bright side. Especially when it comes to my industry and my work… I far prefer to give applause and acknowledgement than criticism, so my eye is out for what is working.  The result is that I’m more successful and influential.

To reinforce this concept, think of someone who you know is cynical. They’re usually intelligent people, but yet they don’t seem to achieve their potential.

As is said in HipHop: “Don’t playa-hate. Congratulate.”

Love, Love, Love is the soul of genius

I’d like to share a powerful story about Love, Success and Wealth that I heard this morning:

A woman is leaving her house one morning and she encounters 3 wise men with long beards in her driveway.

She meets them and they tell her their names: Loves, Wealth and Success.

They ask if her husband and daughter are around. The woman replies that they aren’t – they’ve alredy left to go to work and to school.

So the wise men tell her that they will wait for them – they want to speak with the whole family.

So later, when the husband and daughter are back home, the woman goes out to invite the wise men inside.

But they tell her that they can only come in one at a time. She must choose which of them can come in.

So the woman goes back inside to consult with her husband and daughter. The husband wants her to invite Success in, but she says she’s rather bring in Wealth.
Then the daughter says that Love must come in… they need more Love in the home. So the parents agree, and decide to bring in Love.

The wife goes outside to call in Love. Love walks in, and closely behind him follow Success and Wealth.

“Hold on,” says the woman. “I thought only one of you could come in at a time”.

Then Love replies: “Yes, that’s true. If you had chosen Success, then just he would have come in. If you had chosen Wealth, then just he would have come in. But when you invited Love, you discovered that wherever Love goes he is followed closely by Wealth and Success”.

This story tells us how when we live by our highest values (what we love), then success and wealth will come to us.

From where you treasure is, there will your heart be also. – Matthew 6:11