I was listening to an Anthony Robbins recording (I cleaned the office last night and found a boxed set called “Unleash the Power Within” on cassette, and believe it or not, I have a boom box that still plays cassettes) while walking on the treadmill this morning. At one point he went off about being “positive.” He said he doesn’t like when people say you have to be positive, because that means going into the garden and saying, “there are no weeds in my garden, and there will never be one weed in my garden.”
I would define that as delusional, not positive. When I think about being positive, I don’t mean irrational or delusional – expecting things that aren’t realistic or even possible. By positive I mean engagement, enthusiasm, excitement – creating an environment that leads us to achieve what we are after and having good outcomes. Being positive is changing the things we can and for everything else, changing the way we look at it; think about it; approach it.
By the way, there are lots of great parts of the recording so far (and I have a long way to go), and Tony Robbins has inspired many people.
Being positive is not only a choice, it’s remembering that we have choices to make.
How do you define positive?