Power of Positive Thinking - Turn on the Switch

Pala and Nala both work as Accounts ReceivableIn 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 lovestheir dream of the future and doing whatever is
the challenge of the daily routine and the monthlynecessary in the here and now.
cycle. She loves that she must be accurate whenIt is as though they are being dragged into the
entering her information and must care about thefuture 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 herthey will need to accept both of these. It is a
customers and that the credit department call herquestion of focus, of setting a goal they not only
when they need to clarify information about acan live with but one that they truly want.
customer's credit rating. She loves dealing with theEven in the throws of the greatest mental
Salesman who want to know whether achallenge 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 greaterforever. They will not let it be.
things. Pala is study Accounting courses so sheThey know that they can find their balance and
can get a promotion. Maybe eventually she willresume their passage through to the their most
become head of the Accounting Department orimportant 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 hatesyou 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 reportsneed to give yourself the determination to
are produced for the Controller and the Creditaccomplish 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 thatexpected of you. You have to be prepared to live
what she is doing is all that she needs to do towith it within your current commitments to family
deserve one.and friends.
Nala is always the first to leave at night and theYour enthusiasm can be harnessed from
last to arrive in the morning. She is just prayinganywhere in your life experience. Go back into
for the day when she can get out of thisyour memories and find even the smallest
department.moment of your life when you felt the
What is the difference between these twoexcitement.
persons? Both have the same job. It is easy toBring those same feelings into your planning
say that it is attitude, but what exactly does thatmoment 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 aThe switch to happiness and success is easily
direction that makes everything seem to workturned 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 negativepurposefully moving toward your goal knowing
seem to be a problem. If there is some obstaclethat you will encounter both negative and positive
in the way, they simply keep on going towardobstacles.
what they know they want and can accomplish.Turn the switch on.