| Pala and Nala both work as Accounts Receivable | | | | In a sense they live both in the now, and in the |
| Clerks for the same large corporation. | | | | future. They can fully imagine themselves living |
| Pala is very enthusiastic about her job. She loves | | | | their dream of the future and doing whatever is |
| the challenge of the daily routine and the monthly | | | | necessary in the here and now. |
| cycle. She loves that she must be accurate when | | | | It is as though they are being dragged into the |
| entering her information and must care about the | | | | future by their dreams and goals. It is not a |
| little details. | | | | question of positive or negative, they fully realize |
| She takes great pride in knowing about her | | | | they will need to accept both of these. It is a |
| customers and that the credit department call her | | | | question of focus, of setting a goal they not only |
| when they need to clarify information about a | | | | can live with but one that they truly want. |
| customer's credit rating. She loves dealing with the | | | | Even in the throws of the greatest mental |
| Salesman who want to know whether a | | | | challenge they realize that this episode will also |
| customer is keeping up with their payments. | | | | pass. This episode is just now. This can not be |
| Pala sees her job as a stepping stone to greater | | | | forever. They will not let it be. |
| things. Pala is study Accounting courses so she | | | | They know that they can find their balance and |
| can get a promotion. Maybe eventually she will | | | | resume their passage through to the their most |
| become head of the Accounting Department or | | | | important mission. Living and loving life. |
| even higher. | | | | To find your switch you need to know where |
| Nala, on the other hand, hates her job. She hates | | | | you want to go and whether you are prepared to |
| the routine day-to-day drudgery of data entry. | | | | do everything that is necessary to get there. You |
| Once the month end roles around and the reports | | | | need to give yourself the determination to |
| are produced for the Controller and the Credit | | | | accomplish your life goal. |
| Department, she sees it all starting over again. | | | | You have to be prepared to give more than is |
| She too hopes for a promotion. She believes that | | | | expected of you. You have to be prepared to live |
| what she is doing is all that she needs to do to | | | | with it within your current commitments to family |
| deserve one. | | | | and friends. |
| Nala is always the first to leave at night and the | | | | Your enthusiasm can be harnessed from |
| last to arrive in the morning. She is just praying | | | | anywhere in your life experience. Go back into |
| for the day when she can get out of this | | | | your memories and find even the smallest |
| department. | | | | moment of your life when you felt the |
| What is the difference between these two | | | | excitement. |
| persons? Both have the same job. It is easy to | | | | Bring those same feelings into your planning |
| say that it is attitude, but what exactly does that | | | | moment as you set your goals. You already have |
| mean? | | | | all the resources you need to get through life, so |
| It is as though some people have a mental switch. | | | | harvest them and reap the reward. |
| Some mental device that points them in a | | | | The switch to happiness and success is easily |
| direction that makes everything seem to work | | | | turned on. No one else can or does anything to |
| out. | | | | prevent you from getting them. So choose to live |
| For those people, neither positive nor negative | | | | purposefully moving toward your goal knowing |
| seem to be a problem. If there is some obstacle | | | | that you will encounter both negative and positive |
| in the way, they simply keep on going toward | | | | obstacles. |
| what they know they want and can accomplish. | | | | Turn the switch on. |