How does your...

Positive train leave the station?

Does it take until that first cup of coffee? Which is your turning "set
point"...good to have a starting line.

Or do you do it "reptilian style" and take your time, as you start to
move around and get warmed up and get the blood flowing?...slow and
sure is always a good bet.

Does it hit even before you get up out of bed, by thinking of how great
the day is going to be?...not a bad idea.

Or do you have to clap your hands and declare how great your day will
be?...sometimes we need jump start.

We can do it any way we like- and they are all great ways, just be
mindful that whatever we choose, we just need to make sure we to choose
to have a
positive train leaving the station.

Yours in "Positivity" - Coach

What's your "ripple effect"?

And we're no talking the ripple effect on water...but it contains the
same concept.

The "ripple effect" is a term used in Sociology, and can be observed
how social interactions can affect situations not directly related to
the initial interaction.

The "ripple effect" is basically the spread of behavior within a group.
Whether the behavior is positive, negative, loud or quite...the
behavior spreads throughout the rest of the group.

So in understanding this concept, we can also understand that
maintaining a Great Culture must not rely on the group as a whole, but
the individuals and their positive and caring behavior which causes the
"ripple effect" to result in the Great Culture.

Yours in "Thought" - Coach

Have you ever noticed...

That the one thing or the many things that bug us, only do so when we
are in a bad mood?

That's because, we have allowed ourselves to be in a bad mood, and what
we then see, or pick up on, is simply in alignment with our thoughts
or emotion.

What we think about and how we think, actually becomes a magnet of what
we see, as it is what we are focusing on. We are simply satisfying our reality of what is in our heads.

Thinking
poorly begets things that justify our thinking, and in thinking
positively, we see the positive around us.

So if things keep bugging us, we need to change our thinking and they
will "go away".

Yours in "The way it is" - Coach

When one door closes...

Other doors always open up.

Yet some of us don't see the other doors opening, because our focus
stays on the door that has closed.

That's the key to "Spinning it and Winning it".

When we face a challenge, like a door closing, we "spin it" into a
positive, lesson, or an opportunity...that way, our focus doesn't stay
on the door that has closed, our focus is directed to looking around
for the doors that have opened.

Yours in "Focus" - Coach

Ever get Excited...

And it seems to come out of nowhere??

Take it and run with it - without hesitation!

Many times we go cruising along, from day to day and week to week, just
going about our business and only getting excited occasionally, because
we are focused on what's in front of us and not what's around us.

Take it all in...what's around, us and the great opportunities which
lie in our future - let's get out of our heads for a bit...because when we take it all in...our excitement will build.

So when we are having one of those days that seem to come out of nowhere, it has probably come from our recent reflection on our grateful thoughts, and our positive outlook.

Yours in "Starting the Process" - Coach

A smile...

Can help bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like us.

A smile can also help us reinforce our subconscious pathways and all
the positive physiological effects it brings about.

A smile is also a great way to make someone feel special..."Have you
ever entered a party or event and didn't recognize anyone...
then a smile welcomes you and you suddenly feel special?

The best thing we can wear, that helps us and others...is a smile.

Yours in "Helping us...and Others" - Coach

What is the tune...

That keeps playing in your head?

It just may be part of the "tone" you are setting.

To set any tone, one must create a vibration or "vibe", with a certain frequency.

Does your "vibe" give off energy, or suck energy from others?

Do you give off a "vibe" of abundance or lack...or one that is positive, or negative?

May want to ask someone how your "vibe" is. Don't have to ask many, as
what you put out is pretty apparent to others...and whatever they say,
it all
starts with what's humming in your head.

Yours in "Create a Cool Vibe" - Coach

A Crabopotamus...

Is someone who is a bit more crabby than they should be.

We can all be a Crabopotamus, occasionally, but don't want to be one for long.

It's is our choice to be happy or not, so what's the big deal to look
on the positive side of things or "Spin", the not so good stuff.

It just takes a bit of conscious reminding, and with a little repetition, is starts to condition into a subconscious act.

Yours in "Conditioning" - Coach

Positive Thinking and Health?

Yes there is a nice correlation.

Positive thinking can help our body naturally release endorphins,
giving us that euphoric feeling, the same way opiates do, but without
the harmful side effects.

Even feeling positive about things, or believing something to be
positive...or will work, does the same thing. Just like a
placebo...where you
believe it will help you, your body produces endorphins, and you feel
better.

Along with positive thinking, other things that will produce endorphins
are exercise, laughter and a little sunshine.

So maybe plan on taking a nice run on a sunny beach, while thinking
positive thoughts and laughing...and you're good to go!

Yours in Health - Coach

Are you buzzing around...

Like an electron?

You might remember it from chemistry class.

An electron is a negatively charged particle which "buzzes" around the
nucleus of an atom - so fast that scientists can only assume that
they're there, but can't quite put their finger on where it's going to
be at any one given time.

Sounds like one of the days we all have? Buzzing around and around,
seemingly getting nothing accomplished, but buzzing around"

Not to worry - just like an electron, we have a charge to us, but
unlike an electron, we don't have to go buzzing around. We can take our
time, do the things that make the most sense at the time and then go on
to the next priority.

Oh, and unlike an electron - we can do it with a positive charge:)

Yours in "Moving Positively" Coach

What's Clouding your...

Decision?

From time to time, we fail to "pull the trigger" when it becomes to important things with in our lives.

Do we make the move? Is now the right time? Will it it backfire on me, instead of making progress which is intended?

Remember, "No decision is a decision". So we can always stay put...for
a while, or reassess things, to assure a better chance of a positive
outcome - but if we want to get going, we can't do nothing...for long.

Yours in "See above the Clouds" - Coach

Is your glass 1/2 full...

Or 1/2 empty?

It's really the same thing, but it's the way we look at it, that makes
the difference.

The same goes with our lives. We can see the positive or see the
negative and view our lives as 1/2 full or 1/2 empty even though it is
the same thing.

And in looking at things positively, we tend to continue our focus on
the positive, which makes more positive things come into view, and
unfortunately, the opposite is true when we focus on the negative.

I have known people that have admitted to me that they always see the
glass as 1/2 empty...and admittedly, their lives are 1/2 empty as well.

Yours in Choice - Coach

It's been 500 days since we started the daily Life Improvement writings.

And we can use the number 500 as either inspiration on how many
days have passed since we have started our Life Improvement, by taking our
lives to the "Next Level", or how many days we have let slip by, and
have done nothing.

Either way, Congratulations to both!

Congratulations for those of you that have been focusing your thoughts
and perceptions towards the positive side of the dial - you, most
likely, have found that when you have changed your thoughts - your
world changes...for the better.

And Congratulations for those of you that have not yet started, for
there is a world of opportunity awaiting you - when you're ready.

I will continue writing, so stay on board, or hop on board because there is no shortage of positive
or empowering things to write about, think about or act upon.

Yours in "500" - Coach

Fear or Faith?

When we have Fear as a driving force, we are in a negative mode,
reacting to what is around us, whereas when we have faith as a driving
force, we are in a positive mindset, and respond to the things around
us...and we can play our own game.

So if we want to get ahead and be in control of our lives, we must be
mindful to have faith as our motivator...it will give us the "can do"
attitude, which allows us to better achieve things we "set" our minds to.

Also, when we are not afraid...we start to live.

BTW - Faith also helps out a bit, in golf.

Yours in Faith - Coach

Always Positive?

Can't be.

We all have received some pretty hard blows in our lives, and they could of
been personal, financial, physical or spiritual...it's just part of
life - things happen, and we occasionally get hurt.

After a hard hit, we tend to match our emotions with our
experience...it's just part of balancing out.

So when the experience demands it, and not otherwise, go ahead and go
through all the scenarios in your head ONLY - get angry, imagine
retribution, think of how you could of prevented it, if possible - for
however long you need - Let It Go and then...

Spin it and Win it - into a Positive or a Lesson.

Your in "Spin it and Win it" - Coach