Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I＇d be twins!" He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don＇ t get it. You can＇ t be positive all the time. How do you do it?"
Michael replied, each morning I wake up and say to myself ＇Mike, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.＇ I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life." 易優(yōu)語文培訓，蘇州閱讀寫作同步提升 http://www.zequeka.cn/miniform.html
"Yeah, right. It isn＇t that easy." I protested.
"Yes it is, " Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line is: It＇s your choice how you live life. " I reflected on what Michael said.
Soon thereafter, I left the big enterprise that I had worked in for years to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often though about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling off 60 feet from a communications tower.
After l8 hours of surgery, and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw Michael about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I＇d be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
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"The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren＇t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Michael continued, "... the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the operation room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, l read ＇He＇s a dead man.＇ I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me" said Michael. "She asked me if I was allergic to anything. ＇Yes,＇ I said. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled", ＇Gravity＇" Over their laughter, I told them, ＇I＇m choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead＇."
Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.
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I 1eamed from him that every day we have a choice to live fully. Attitude is everything.
邁克爾總是樂呵呵的，你總能聽到他說些積極上進的話。他似乎生來就積極進取。他這樣告訴他的員工：“每天早晨醒來，我對自己說，邁克爾，今天你有兩種選擇，選擇心情愉快，選擇心情惡劣，我選擇心情愉快；有不愉快的事情發(fā)生，選擇成為一個犧牲品，或是選擇從中吸取教訓，我選擇吸取教訓?！?
邁克爾從60英尺的大樓上摔下，卻活了下來，當有人問及他當時的想法，他是這樣回答的：“我告訴我的手術醫(yī)生，‘我選擇活著，我愿意做任何手術?！?
選擇接受生活的積極面也許是人生中最為明智的選擇，其實，每個人都有機會充實、健康的活著，關鍵取決于你的人生態(tài)度
