Winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have done or what they didn\u2019t do. If we don\u2019t like our performances, then we must first change the picture.<\/p>\n
Cancer researchers at King\u2019s College in London did a long-term study of fifty-seven breast cancer victims who\u2019d had mastectomies. They found that seven out of ten women \u201cwith a fighting spirit\u201d were alive ten years later, while four out of five women \u201cwho felt hopeless\u201d at the diagnosis had died.<\/p>\n
The study of hope as it affects health even has a fancy name\u2014 psychoneuroimmunology. Harborview Medical Center in Seattle is researching in this field, and their findings support the conclusions of the King\u2019s College researchers. In a two-year study of burn victims, the Harborview research team discovered that patients with positive attitudes recovered more quickly than those with negative ones.<\/p>\n
Reframing your attitude means: I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change the way I see the world within me.<\/p>\n
As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behavior. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to become. Take action on the behavior you admire by making it your behavior. Too many people want to feel, then take action. This never works.<\/p>\n
One day while visiting a doctor\u2019s office, I read this in a medical magazine: We hear it almost every day . . . sigh . . . sigh . . . sigh. \u201cI just can\u2019t get myself motivated to lose weight, test my blood sugar, etc.\u201d And we hear an equal number of sighs from diabetes educators who can\u2019t get their patients motivated to do the right things for their diabetes and health.<\/p>\n
We have news for you. Motivation is not going to strike you like lightning. And motivation is not something that someone else\u2014 nurse, doctor, family member\u2014can bestow or force on you. The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that\u2019s when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.<\/p>\n
\u201cMotivation,\u201d says John Bruner, \u201cis like love and happiness. It\u2019s a byproduct. When you\u2019re actively engaged in doing something, the motivation to keep on doing it sneaks up and zaps you when you least expect it.\u201d As Harvard psychologist Jerome Bruner says, you\u2019re more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act! Whatever it is you know you should do, do it.<\/p>\n
The attitude development of our children, Elizabeth and Joel Porter, is very important to my wife, Margaret, and me. We learned a long time ago that the most effective way to change our children\u2019s attitudes is to work on their behaviors. But when we tell one of our children, \u201cChange your attitude,\u201d the message is too general and the change we want is unclear. A more effective approach is explaining behaviors that signify bad attitudes. If we help them change their behaviors, the attitudes will change on their own. Instead of saying to our kids, \u201cGet a grateful attitude,\u201d we ask them to give one compliment to every member of the family each day. As this becomes a habit in their lives, the attitude of gratitude follows.<\/p>\n
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