Positively Optimistic

Good morning. In keeping with the theme of the week, The Right Attitude, I want to start by asking you how you felt this morning when you woke. Did you wake with a vibrant and positive attitude ready to take on the day? Or did you wake with an attitude that took a half a pot of coffee to get you heading in the right direction or did you wake with the attitude that you would just as soon go right back to bed?

Did you know that from the minute you rise could determine your entire outlook on your entire day? That is why it is so important to get enough sleep on a regular basis. Something I found a little funny while talking to a friend the other day when talking about sleep was she told me sleep was overrated. Now I have heard this said before. Things like you have plenty of time to sleep when you’re dead, time is a wasting so who has time for sleep, and other similar sayings all relating back as to why 8 hours of sleep are not in the books for them. Now I will be the first to admit that I have pulled some all nighters, and have lacked in sleep more times than I would like to count. However, I have always noticed that my productivity and my attitude is always better when I have had a good nights rest.

Now this brings me to my point, which is being optimistic. No matter how many hours you have to rest your weary body, you have to be optimistic. You have to put on a positive attitude and step up to the plate with a smile. If lack of sleep makes this a difficult task for you, then you really need to make sure you get adequate sleep nightly. If you can pull this off with just a few hours of sleep a night, then you have mastered the right attitude!