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food, shelter, wife, kids, health,
friends, work, your business
etc. Make a conscious effort to
be mindful of this. I’m not just
grateful for the good things but
also the bad things too (strange
as it sounds). You learn so much
from the mistakes you make or
the bad things that happen. It
creates a positive mindset to be
happy for the good things and
also being mindful to change bad
things.
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Give and you will receive.
My favourite saying from Zig
Ziglar is, ‘you can have anything
you want in this world as long
as you help others get what they
want’. I’m now 40 and I wish I
was taught this in school. We live
in a world today that is take, take,
take. Not only does it make you
feel good, but also it comes back
to you in so many ways.
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Strive to be positive. It’s
not always realistic to be
positive all the time. Sometimes
it takes effort. When something
makes me upset, I take that
negative thought and screw it up
in my mind and throw it away. I
fill that space with something
that is positive, something like:
a picture of my kids and wife,
a holiday I’ve been on, a funny
night I’ve had out with my mates.
It takes practice but after a while
you can train your mind to change
negative thoughts to positive
ones. If you don’t, it’s a downward
spiral because negative thoughts
produce negative thoughts.
Share the love. We often
hear more from people who
want to complain about things,
not what a great job we’re doing.
I like saying things like, ‘hey you
look great today’ or ‘well done on
winning that race’ or ‘have you
lost some weight?’ especially
when they thought no one was
paying attention. What you don’t
know is that these responses
can create more great feelings
for you that can then enhance
your thoughts of having a kickass
mindset.
Life is a never-ending lesson,
and I’m still learning at the age
of 40. I learn more every day, but
these are the steps I follow on
a day-to-day basis. When I was
younger, I never in my wildest
dreams thought that I would have
a kickass life and business today.
It’s all about mindset.
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. Focus on the now. If
you focus on the past or the
future, you aren’t enjoying life
and worrying about what you
could’ve done or what problems
might occur. Both of these things
can’t be controlled and you’re just
creating stress and anxiety.
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Seek positive influences.
Seeking positive influences or
people in your life is paramount
to creating a kickass mindset.
Associating with the right
positive people is one of them.
Hanging around with negative
people will only bring you down
and not encourage you to improve
your life.
Justin Fankhauser is the author of,
Shut Up, Get Up and Give It a Go: A
Self-Made Entrepreneur’s Guide to a
Kickass Life and Business which offers
no-nonsense, no holds barred advice
for achieving success, regardless
of your current situation. Justin
can be reached via email at justin@
kickassbusinessonline.com or visit
www.KickassBusinesOnline.com
May 2016
ModernBusiness
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