Modern Business Magazine April 2016 | Page 55

MODERN LEADERSHIP to get to the next level. Positive thinking is a feeling. It can be a fleeting thought. This is better because it is about taking action and having a strategy to solve the problem. The next level is Useful Belief. To demonstrate this, I want to use an example of parents that I hear all the time. They say things like, “I can’t believe these kids today. With their video games and computers, they are not doing the things that I did when I was a kid. I played outside. I had a stick and a ball and I was happy!” We’ve all heard them. People ask me, “Chris, what do you think about kids today?” “I believe this is the greatest generation of kids ever,” I say. “I believe this is the best time to be a parent in the history of the world.” By the way…