Attitude is Everything
Change Your Attitude … and You Change Your Life!
Copyright © 1999, 2001 by Jeff Keller
At the beginning, the author does a great job
explaining what "attitude" is using how his
real unfortunate life experience as how he went
from being a lawyer to a public motivational
speaker.
The main goal of this book is that the
author is trying to help us to see how to
turn our misfortunes into opportunities for a
living better life in adversity. The author
uses many true and inspiring stories about
how negative thoughts affect others and how
others overcome their misfortunes by having
positive thoughts.
However, I don’t agree with all of the
author's philosophies. Below is an example
from the book:
"The Bible contains numerous references to
thinking, including these: “According to your
faith be it unto you.” (Matthew 9:29) “As a
man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”
(Proverbs 23:7) “If you can believe, all
things are possible.” (Mark 9:23)
Ralph Waldo Emerson put it this way: “A man
is what he thinks about all day long.” Robert
Collier offered this insight: “There is
nothing on earth you cannot have — once you
have mentally accepted the fact that you can
have it.” And finally, there are the well-
known words of Henry Ford, who said: “Whether
you think you can — or think you can’t —
you’re right!”"
I don't agree, because I am sure that the motivation of
thinking/believing you can do it is to come
up your plans, and then the motivation of
having plans is to carry out your plans.
Whether your plans succeeds or fails is
another story. In addition, in Chinese, we
often say something like,"If you don't have
such a big head, don't wear such a big hat"
means that if you know you don't have such
the ability to do it or handle it, don't
start doing it. So the above can be just used
to encourage the readers to keep a positive
mind/think/believe and hopefully good things
will happen.
Although, this book was released in 1999/2001
But the life-changing principles are still
working for today (2021).
Overall, I do recommend this book to you. You
can read it before going to bed, because
there are only 125 pages and you will
certainly learn something from it due to
there’s a lot of wisdom in this little and
simple motivational book.
You will have a better picture about what
this book is talking about by reading all of this book's
spiritual and inspirational quotes such as
below:
"The greatest discovery of my generation
is that human beings can alter their
lives by altering their attitudes of mind."
—William James
"You are not what you think you are. But what
you think YOU ARE!"
—Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
"Never underestimate your power to change
yourself."
—H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
"A positive attitude is a person s passport
to a better tomorrow."
—Unknown
"Think, act and talk with enthusiasm and you'll attract positive results."
—Michael LeBoeuf
"Success is a state of mind. If you want
success, start thinking of yourself as
a success."
— Dr. Joyce Brothers
"Better keep yourself clean and bright;
you are the window through which you must see
the world."
— George Bernard Shaw
"Attitudes are a secret power working
24 hours a day, for good or bad."
— Unknown
"You can t always control circumstances.
But you can control your own thoughts."
— Charles Popplestone
"There is nothing
either good or bad,
but thinking makes
it so."
— William Shakespeare
"A happy person
is not a person in a
certain set of circumstances,
but rather
a person with a certain
set of attitudes."
— Hugh Downs
"Whether you think you can — or think
you can’t — you’re right!"
— Henry Ford
"Nurture your mind
with great thoughts."
— Benjamin Disraeli
"They can because
they think they can."
— Virgil
"What we sincerely
believe regarding
ourselves is true
for us."
— Orison Swett Marden
"Nobody succeeds
beyond his or her
wildest expectations
unless he or she
begins with some
wild expectations."
— Ralph Charell
"Nobody succeeds
beyond his or her
wildest expectations
unless he or she
begins with some
wild expectations."
— Ralph Charell
"Imagination is
more important
than knowledge."
— Albert Einstein
"You have control over
the pictures that
occupy your mind."
— Jeff Keller
"Vision is the art
of seeing things
invisible to others."
— Jonathan Swift
"If you can dream it,
you can do it."
— Walt Disney
"What this power is I cannot say; all I
know is that it exists and it becomes
available only when a man is in that
state of mind in which he knows exactly
what he wants and is fully determined
not to quit until he finds it."
— Alexander Graham Bell
"Effort only fully
releases its reward
after a person
refuses to quit."
— Napoleon Hill
"With ordinary talent
and extraordinary
perseverance, all
things are attainable."
— Sir Thomas Buxton
"One person with a
commitment is worth
more than 100 people
who have only an
interest."
— Mary Crowley
"The rewards for those
who persevere far
exceed the pain that
must precede the victory."
— Ted Engstrom
"Every adversity carries with it the seed
of an equivalent or greater benefit."
— Napoleon Hill
"No pressure, no
diamonds."
— Mary Case
"The things which hurt,
instruct."
— Benjamin Franklin
"It is a rough road
that leads to the
heights of greatness."
— Seneca
"Adversity brings out
our hidden potential."
— Jeff Keller
"Repeat anything often enough and it
will start to become you."
— Tom Hopkins
"The words you consistently select will
shape your destiny."
— Anthony Robbins
"Words are, of course,
the most powerful
drug used by mankind."
— Rudyard Kipling
"In words are seen the
state of mind, character
and disposition of
the speaker."
— Plutarch
"The people who
always talk about a
lack of money generally
don t accumulate
much of it."
— Jeff Keller
"Choose words that
will point you in the
direction of your goals."
— Jeff Keller
"Your day goes the way the corners of
your mouth turn."
— Unknown
"A smile is an inexpensive
way to improve
your looks."
— Unknown
"Say you are well,
or all is well with you,
and God shall hear
your words and make
them come true."
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"A cloudy day is
no match for a
sunny disposition."
— William Arthur Ward
"Troubles, like babies, grow larger by
nursing."
— Lady Holland
"Self-pity is an acid
which eats holes in
happiness."
— Earl Nightingale
"The secret of happiness
is to count your
blessings while others
are adding up their
troubles."
— William Penn
"Reflect upon your
present blessings, of
which every man has
plenty; not on your
past misfortunes, of
which all men have
some."
— Charles Dickens
"If you're all wrapped
up in yourself, you're
overdressed."
— Kate Halverson
"Nothing happens by itself. It all
will come your way once you
understand that you have to make
it come your way, by your own
exertions."
— Ben Stein
"A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what
he is really like is shown by the kind of
friends he chooses."
—The Living Bible, Proverbs 27
"We become part of
what we are
around."
— Unknown
"Your friends will
stretch your vision... or
choke your dreams."
— Unknown
"Are the things around
you helping you
toward success or
are they holding you
back?"
— W. Clement Stone
"Good friends are good
for your health."
— Dr. Irwin Sarason
"Do the thing you fear and the death of
fear is certain."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Nothing in life is to be
feared. It is only to be
understood."
— Marie Curie
"He who loses wealth
loses much; he who
loses a friend loses
more; but he who loses
courage loses all."
— Miguel de Cervantes
"The only way to
escape from the
prison of fear
is action."
— Joe Tye
"Running away from
your fears is a losing
strategy."
— Jeff Keller
"Failure is only the opportunity to more
intelligently begin again."
— Henry Ford
"Success is going from
failure to failure without
loss of enthusiasm."
— Winston Churchill
"The greatest mistake a
person can make is to
be afraid of making
one."
— Elbert Hubbard
"Success seems to be
largely a matter of
hanging on after others
have let go."
— William Feather
"Would you like me to
give you a formula for
success? It s quite
simple. Double your
rate of failure."
— Thomas J. Watson
"You can get everything in life you want
if you’ll just help enough other people
get what they want."
—Zig Ziglar
"If you're positive and
enthusiastic, people
will want to spend time
with you."
— Jeff Keller
"Getters don't get - -
givers get."
— Eugene Benge
"You can succeed best
and quickest by helping
others to succeed."
— Napoleon Hill
"Treat every person you
encounter with dignity
and respect."
— Jeff Keller
"To change your circumstances, first
start thinking differently."
—Norman Vincent Peale
"Act as if it were
impossible to fail."
—Dorothea Brande
Lastly, I am very glad that I had read
this book.
13 February 2021