Positive Thinking Doesn't Work!

Working in the corporate world for over 15 years taught me one thing. Positive thinking does not work. Okay, before you blast an email to me about my bad attitude, let me clarify this a little further. Positive thinking WITHOUT ACTION does not work.

I can't tell you how many projects I've worked on where everything was falling apart. Inevitably there was always one positive thinker on the team that would say "Let's just think positive and everything will be OK." Have you ever come in contact with this person? They never do anything but they are thinking positive. Guess what. Nothing changed and the project continued falling apart because nobody did anything to change the situation.

I was speaking with a friend of mine a couple of weeks ago. Business is slowing down and she is struggling with getting new business. When I asked what her next steps were to save her failing business, her reply was, "Well I'll just think positive and I know everything will work out." NO IT WILL NOT! She had no plan of action and no idea what her next step was going to be to fix the problem. She also had no intention of changing anything in the way she was doing business. Get the idea.

To survive in a small business, you definitely need a good attitude. You can't survive without a positive attitude,emotional strength, and perseverance but you have to take action if you want anything to change.

Assess the situation you are dealing with, come up with a plan of action, and find a solution to the problem. Don't just think positive and hope it goes away. If you want positive thinking to work, you must combine it with taking action.