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> > > Rob is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is
> > > always in a good mood and always has something
> > > positive to say.
> > > When someone would ask him how he was doing, would
> > > reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
> > > He was a natural motivator.
> > > If an employee was having a bad day, Rob was there
> > > telling the employee how to look on the positive
> > > side of the situation.
> > > Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day
> > > I went up to Rob and asked him, "I don't get it! You
> > > can't be a positive person all of the time. How do
> > > you do it?"
> > > Rob replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to
> > > myself, you have two choices today.
> > > You can choose to be in a good mood or .. you can
> > > choose to be in a bad mood.
> > > I choose to be in a good mood.
> > > Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be
> > > a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I
> > > choose to learn from it.
> > > Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can
> > > choose to accept their complaining or... I can point
> > > out the positive side of life. choose the positive
> > > side of life.
> > > "Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
> > > "Yes, it is," Rob said.
> > > "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all
> > > the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose
> > > how you react to situations. You choose how people
> > > affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or
> > > bad mood.
> > > The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your
> > > life."
> > > I reflected on what Rob said. Soon thereafter, I
> > > left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We
> > > lost touch, but I often thought about him when I
> > > made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
> > > Several years later, I heard that Rob was involved
> > > in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a
> > > communications tower.
> > > After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive
> > > care, Rob was released from the hospital with rods
> > > placed in his back.
> > > I saw Rob about six months after the accident. When
> > > I asked him how he was, he replied. "If I were any
> > > better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
> > > I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what
> > > had gone through his mind as the accident took
> > > place.
> > > "The first thing that went through my mind was the
> > > well-being of my soon to be born daughter," Rob
> > > replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered
> > > that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...
> > > I could choose to die. I chose to live."
> > > "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I
> > > asked.
> > > Rob continued, "...the paramedics were great. They
> > > kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when
> > > they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the
> > > expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses,
> > > I got really scared. In their eyes, I read "he's a
> > > dead man. I knew I needed to take action."
> > > "What did you do?" I asked.
>> > > Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions
> > > at me," said Rob. "She asked if I was allergic to
> > > anything..
> > > "Yes, I replied." The doctors and nurses stopped
> > > working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep
> > > breath and yelled, "Gravity."
> > > Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to
> > > live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead." Rob
> > > lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also
> > > because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him
> > > that every day we have the choice to live fully.
> > > Attitude, after all, is everything.
> > > "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
> > > trouble of its own." After all today is the tomorrow
> > > you worried about yesterday.
> > > always in a good mood and always has something
> > > positive to say.
> > > When someone would ask him how he was doing, would
> > > reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
> > > He was a natural motivator.
> > > If an employee was having a bad day, Rob was there
> > > telling the employee how to look on the positive
> > > side of the situation.
> > > Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day
> > > I went up to Rob and asked him, "I don't get it! You
> > > can't be a positive person all of the time. How do
> > > you do it?"
> > > Rob replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to
> > > myself, you have two choices today.
> > > You can choose to be in a good mood or .. you can
> > > choose to be in a bad mood.
> > > I choose to be in a good mood.
> > > Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be
> > > a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I
> > > choose to learn from it.
> > > Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can
> > > choose to accept their complaining or... I can point
> > > out the positive side of life. choose the positive
> > > side of life.
> > > "Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
> > > "Yes, it is," Rob said.
> > > "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all
> > > the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose
> > > how you react to situations. You choose how people
> > > affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or
> > > bad mood.
> > > The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your
> > > life."
> > > I reflected on what Rob said. Soon thereafter, I
> > > left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We
> > > lost touch, but I often thought about him when I
> > > made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
> > > Several years later, I heard that Rob was involved
> > > in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a
> > > communications tower.
> > > After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive
> > > care, Rob was released from the hospital with rods
> > > placed in his back.
> > > I saw Rob about six months after the accident. When
> > > I asked him how he was, he replied. "If I were any
> > > better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
> > > I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what
> > > had gone through his mind as the accident took
> > > place.
> > > "The first thing that went through my mind was the
> > > well-being of my soon to be born daughter," Rob
> > > replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered
> > > that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...
> > > I could choose to die. I chose to live."
> > > "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I
> > > asked.
> > > Rob continued, "...the paramedics were great. They
> > > kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when
> > > they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the
> > > expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses,
> > > I got really scared. In their eyes, I read "he's a
> > > dead man. I knew I needed to take action."
> > > "What did you do?" I asked.
>> > > Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions
> > > at me," said Rob. "She asked if I was allergic to
> > > anything..
> > > "Yes, I replied." The doctors and nurses stopped
> > > working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep
> > > breath and yelled, "Gravity."
> > > Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to
> > > live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead." Rob
> > > lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also
> > > because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him
> > > that every day we have the choice to live fully.
> > > Attitude, after all, is everything.
> > > "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
> > > trouble of its own." After all today is the tomorrow
> > > you worried about yesterday.
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