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Yes!
"All that man achieves, and all that he fails to achieve is a direct result of his own thoughts." -James Allen
“All that man achieves, and all that he fails to achieve is a direct result of his own thoughts.” -James Allen
Think about this. John Lennon was at the height of his career-talented, rich, desired, admired, beloved the world over (except by the U.S. government)-and he had the ability to choose any woman he wanted. His heart was captured by the word ‘Yes’.
Yoko Ono had an exhibition in England which John Lennon attended. One of the pieces was a ladder that led to a tiny sign and a magnifying glass. One had to climb the ladder and look through this magnifying glass to see what was written on the sign. It simply said, ‘Yes.’
The most famous couple in the history of Rock and Roll started with ‘yes’. John later said that he liked it so much because it gave off a positive message and that if it had been something negative, he probably wouldn’t have been interested in her or her work at all.
We all say ‘yes’ or derivatives of it every day (yeah, uh huh, ya). A positive response to a question or situation. Yes.
Yes is an attitude, an affirmation (in more ways than just agreement), and indicates an openness and welcoming.
As a persuader, I love to hear ‘yes’.
Attitude is all about self awareness. Persuasion is all about human nature. Can you see how these two concepts go hand in hand? Both require that we ‘check in’ with ourselves and pay attention.
There’s a young women who works at the cafe where I work sometimes. She has the ultimate ‘people suck’ attitude. ‘I’ll never get what I want. Why can’t I ever find a parking spot. I’m so fat. I’m always broke. . .’ Wow. This is not a ‘can do’ attitude. She is most certainly not saying ‘yes’.
Change those loops for the positive, however, and while it takes work and intention and may feel a little uncomfortable (or not like you), you will find the rewards more than make up for the effort.
It can be easy to let negative moods get away with us. Have you ever had a bad day and without even knowing it, started complaining about everything in your path, not realizing the affect it was having on the people around you? What happens when this pattern is interrupted? If it’s interrupted correctly, and not in an accusatory way, it can bring about an internal realization that, yeah, I did have a really shitty day and now that you mention it, I have been complaining a lot and . . . (take a deep breath, check in, readjust) . . .wow. It’s over. The bad driver in front of me is inconsequential. The ugly paint job on that house has nothing to do with me.
Life happens. Part of life includes ‘bad’ things. We have the choice to respond with either positivity or negativity. Emotions are choices.
Charles Hannel, author of ‘The Master Key System’, (an incredible study in self-improvement and higher consciousness) said of attitude, “The predominant thought or the mental attitude is the magnet, and the law is that like attracts like, consequently, the mental attitude will invariably attract such conditions as correspond to its nature.”
As you begin to reorient yourself to a ‘yes’ attitude, you will get more ‘yes’ in return.