Thursday, May 20, 2010

“I Can’t Get No Sa-tis-fac-tion”

Several people have sang the words to this song, both onstage and off, professional and those-who-should-never-sing.  What is it about the song that people seem to be attracted to?  Was this the start of a “consumer” mindset?  The idea that we expect more than we’re receiving? Or that it is unthinkable to listen to someone challenge us to live differently?
Satisfaction would easily be put into the category of “subjective”.  What one deems as satisfying, another deems as boring.  However, the majority of the decision making of determining if something is satisfying is in the attitude.  That brings us to this week’s quote…
You've got to get up every morning with determination if your going go to bed with satisfaction ~ George Lorimer
The outlook you have on your day will start to pave your day.  As you enter into different events, your outlook will be colored with a negative or positive hue. 
You don’t want to go to a meeting, you will color it negatively as you enter in to it.  You don’t like who will be directing things at church, you will color it negatively as well.  You are excited about a concert, you will color it positively as you enter in to it.
Find life dissatisfying?  Maybe you can think about changing the way you start your day, specifically with an attitude of determination.  Determination to make your day a good one.  Determination to make someone else’s day a good one.  Determination to make any environment you’re in a more positive one.  You’d probably be surprised at how much “sa-tis-fac-tion” you can acquire by a simple change in outlook.

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