Choices
Jerry 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… Jerry 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 would be twins!’ He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, ‘I don’t get it! You can’t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?’ Jerry replied, ‘Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, 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
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