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Just how critical is attitude to achievement? Well, take a look at one of the greatest inventors of the last two hundred years – Thomas Edison . Every time you turn on a light switch, you experience the result of his persistence in the face of continuous failure. Edison tried 10,000 times to get the light bulb invention to work, but failed each time. However he had this to say about his lack of success . “ I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.’ You can learn to have this kind of outlook on life, but it needs to be purposefully installed into your daily living. 1. Take charge of what you’re thinking. How can you do this? Choose to think uplifting thoughts instead of discouraging ones. You get to decide what you think, which in turn determines how you feel. Become aware of this and dwell on positive ideas throughout the day. 2. Read Inspirational material Fill your mind with good thoughts. You’ll never know what wonderful results from reading are around th...

Just how critical is attitude to achievement? Well, take a look at one of the greatest inventors of the last two hundred years – Thomas Edison. Every time you turn on a light switch, you experience the result of his persistence in the face of continuous failure. Edison tried 10,000 times to get the light bulb invention to work, but failed each time. However he had this to say about his lack of success . “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.’ You can learn to have this kind of outlook on life, but it needs to be purposefully installed into your daily living. 1. Take charge of what you’re thinking. How can you do this? Choose to think uplifting thoughts instead of discouraging ones. You get to decide what you think, which in turn determines how you feel. Become aware of this and dwell on positive ideas throughout the day. 2. Read Inspirational material Fill your mind with good thoughts. You’ll never know what wonderful results from reading are around the ...

Today, I felt that my life sn’t easy and it really difficult. When I encounter difficulties, I cried. I felt hopeless and tired. Too many things has occurred for the past few days and it hurt my feeling terribly. I’ve creid a few times and felt that I’m a failure. I want to run away and make a new start. I don’t want to be here. I want to move out from here. Looking back, these past few years hasn’t been easy for me. I tried my hard to satisfied other people want and needs, not my own. I don’t know what I want, because I living for other people. I felt huge burden on my shoulder. I don’t get love from the people that I should. I’ve been ignored most of the times. But I still love these people. I want to run away from these people. My feeling hurt. Now I know what I want. I want to enjoy myself, I want to be happy, but then I found out it not easy. It so hard, it seem like I’m cannot deserve to be happy. I cannot control my emotion. I prefer to be alone than to be with people. I felt lo...

By Catherine Pulsifer Imagine failing over and over again. How would you feel? Would you continue? What would your attitude be? There is one person who failed many times, yet he went on to invent the light bulb. That person? Thomas Edison . The following quote answers all of the above questions: "Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work." Many of us give up when we fail. We allow an attitude of defeat to take over. Over the years whenever I failed or made a mistake, I always thought of Thomas Edison, of his achievements but more so of his attitude. Read the following quotes and I think you will see a reflection of a man who had a positive attitude, a man who persevered and didn't let mistakes stop him. "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is ...