We all know that our attitude and our perspective is what matters, not simply what happens in our lives. Here is your playbook to take steps toward having a more positive and optimistic mindset.
Ryan is a motivational keynote speaker, coach & author of Get Off Your Attitude. He has experienced overcoming terminal illness, being shot, losing a business, being foreclosed on, and having to rebuild his personal and professional life from the bottom up.
Quotes to remember:
“We have a choice to be happy. We have a choice no matter what’s going on around us.”
“How are you responding to your own negativity?”
Takeaways:
- Our attitude is based on where we get information and what our daily habits are
- Change starts with taking it day by day
- Fear of the unknown stops us from taking action and forming new habits
- One sentence in a book can change your life
- There is a ping-pong match in our minds between negative and positive
- No matter what the circumstances in our life, we can respond with a positive attitude
- We tend to look for happiness in the wrong things
- It is our second thought that counts
- So often we forget that where we are now is where we dreamed of being five or ten years ago
- You can always find something good in the bad; likewise, you can always find something bad in the good
- Look at yourself as a lifelong learning project; “if you’re ripe you’re rotting, if you’re green you’re growing”
What you’ll learn:
- About Ryan’s biggest challenge and how he lost everything he had built for years
- What “get off your attitude” means
- What to do if you are a self-help junkie
- How to handle anxiety and overwhelm; steps to take and tips on prioritization
- A cutting and inspiring example of someone choosing their attitude
- How to not ignore your negative feelings
- What Ryan learned from being on the brink of death multiple times
- His list of daily habits to build a strong and positive attitude
- How to coach yourself through situations
- The metaphor of people as eagles and owls; those you want to be around and those who stop you
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