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Well what fascinating times we are having .

Whilst we can’t accurately predict everything nor control it, the reality of “cycles” is becoming very clear.

The NZ dollar went through the floor against the US last night which will have everybody who imports goods from overseas very upset.

However our exporters, who have been bleeding for a long time, will finally be rubbing their hands together for a change.

So no matter what is happening in life somebody is being disadvantaged and somebody is benefiting. This is life isn’t it?

It’s hard to think of a situation where everybody loses. When I was researching the 1929 depression recently I discovered for example that the second world war “rescued” the American economy. So even something as sad and destructive as a war has positives.

Now the thing to understand and get a hold of in this principle of life cycles is that we can live in the positive side of the cycle all the time.

Am I saying we can make money all the time? No.
Am I saying that we can win every battle we face? No!.

What I am saying is that whether we benefit from an event, situation or process is determined by our attitude towards it, not the situation itself.

I talk more about this in my own life HERE so I won’t repeat myself but understand this principle can and will impact your life positively, if you let it.

Let’s say you went belly up financially.
So your natural mind will focus on…….

1. How will I face my friends and family?
2. How will I ever recover from the shame I feel?
3. My life is over, every dream is gone.
4. I will never take that trip, own that car, (fill in the blank)
5. How could I have been so stupid to have done/said/(fill in the blank) whatever I did.
6. I am stupid/a failure/useless, (fill in the blank)
OR

You could think this way:

1. I have just joined the ranks of the human race, I can fail.
2. Failure is an event, not who I am.
3. I won’t implode, i will use this to make me stronger just like many other successful people, including

Kim Basinger
George Best
Toni Braxton
Buffalo Bill
Francis Ford Coppola
David Crosby
Walt Disney
Mick Fleetwood
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Ulysses S. Grant
Isaac Hayes
Milton Snavely Hershey
Larry King
Cyndi Lauper
Abraham Lincoln
Meat Loaf
Rembrandt
Donald Trump
Mark Twain
Oscar Wilde
George Foreman
Thomas Jefferson

4. I am thankful that I still have my health/partner/kids (fill in the blank).
5. I am thankful that as I analyse what has happened I will be better equipped to succeed on my next adventure.
6. In this wonderful country I call home I I am thankful that I will not die, I will not starve and I will be allowed to start again

I could go on but I am sure you get the point, your ATTITUDE will determine your ALTITUDE.

Stay Safe ~ Dean Letfus @ www.MassiveAction.co.nz