Encarta encyclopedia defines positive mental attitude as a psychological state of well being, characterized by continuing personal growth, a sense of purpose in life, self-acceptance, and positive relations with others.

Wikipedia encyclopedia defines positive mental attitude as a psychological term which describes a mental phenomenon in which the central idea is that one can increase achievement through optimistic thought processes. Positive mental attitude implies that one has a vision of a major change in one’s mind; it employs a state of mind that continues to see, find, and execute ways to win, or find a desirable outcome, regardless of the circumstances. It rejects negativity, defeatism and hopelessness. Part of the process of achieving a positive mental attitude employs motivating “self talk” and deliberate goal directed making.

“A positive mental attitude is the starting point of all riches, whether they be riches of a  material nature or intangible riches.” -Napoleon Hill 

I read a blog called: thinksimplenow.com and the author has a great article about the five myths of a positive mental attitude. In myth number three the author speaks of: “ positive thinking doesn’t change reality.”  I agree, I agree that it is a myth. Positive thinking can change reality. Say for instance you’re two months behind on the rent two months behind on electric, etc. etc. Reality has it that you’re depressed sitting on the couch doing nothing. However positive thinking will take you past that and put a smile on your face and provide you with all the motivation you need to go out there and conquer the world. When you have a positive mental attitude nothing can drag you down, you fight and you fight to get yourself ahead and back on track. For many years I worked in sales based companies as a salesperson. Every morning I went to work and started from zero. When I sold cars I started at zero when I got one sold, I was happy, when I got two, I felt great, and no matter what I always tried for that third and the fourth. There may not have been many days that I sold four cars in a day, and even with six being my record my positive attitude kept me trying. When I sold business equipment, namely copiers, I went to work each day and started with zero. I made phone call after phone call to current clients and to prospective customers as well, just to land that first demo of the day to get momentum going. Your positive mental attitude will get you to do what you have to do to make that first deal and then the momentum of that first deal will fuel your PMA even further. When I sold waterbeds in the mall, the first few people in the morning were only coming in for waterbed conditioner. This conditioner could be bought at a discount department store for five dollars, however we sold it for $15 dollars. The first thing we would do is qualify the consumer as to what product they had, and tried to sell them a newer product. Time after time again that first customer of the day that came in for that bottle of conditioner walked out with a receipt of over $1000 dollars. That’s what a positive mental attitude can do for you. Instead of me making a $1.50, I now made $140 dollars. And it’s now only 10:30 AM and I work Until 9 PM. That is the way to start off the day in sales. It’s bad enough we work so many hours, you might as well make the money as long as you have to be there, and you might as well enjoy yourself and make others feel good about themselves also.

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