“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.” – Andy Rooney, journalist GUT’S “Companies that Blow the Doors off Business as Usual.” (Doubleday) Be gutsy enough to stand up to those who stand in your way. Be big enough to admit your mistakes. Be vulnerable and say, “I don’t know” Be humble enough to surround yourself with people smarter and more capable than you. Be open and flexible enough to adjust to ever-changing circumstances. Ignore those calling for a quick fix or a cut corner. Go with your

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined” – Henry David Thoreau How can I make my life more positive? We will go with the canned answer – Be more positive — and then we’ll break it down. Okay, four years ago I would have agreed with the canned response and been on my way. I came out Positive Polly as a default as most of us think we do. Be Positive, Think Positive, has become very plastic and soulless and it is sad because they did have meaning once upon a time. All the