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Attitude Is Everything       Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had 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 attend to on the positive side of the situation.   Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, I dont get it You micklet 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 accept 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 ti me something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.   Yeah, right, its not that easy, I protested. Yes it is, Jerry said. Life is all approximately choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good or bad mood. The bottom line Its your choice how you live life. I reflected on what Jerry said.   Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant patience to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life sort of of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in the