A book by Luigi Malatesta
A good mood is not a positive attitude. This book breaks a positive attitude into ten disciplines you can practice one at a time, then shows how they work together on an ordinary, difficult day.
Kindle edition. Reads on any device with the free Kindle app.
Good moods depend on the weather: the smooth commute, the quiet inbox, the day that goes your way. A real positive attitude is what remains when the appliance breaks, the plan collapses, or the news is worse than you expected.
Each chapter follows people at a turning point: a layoff at sixty-three, a divorce, a kitchen where nothing is ever quite good enough. Each ends with reflection questions and a Power Statement you can carry into your week.
Easy to read, never dumbed down. If you have ever wondered why positivity advice works on a good day and fails on a bad one, start here.
Inside the book
The last chapter puts all ten into a single day. The appendix names eight traps the mind sets for itself.
From the introduction
So you think you’re a positive person.
Go ahead. Take a moment with that. Most people do. In survey after survey, the overwhelming majority of adults describe themselves as positive, optimistic, or “generally upbeat.” Ask your coworkers. Ask your family. Ask the person stuck in traffic next to you, fists white on the steering wheel, jaw clenched, silently composing a furious monologue no one will ever hear.
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That’s not an insult. It’s an invitation. Because the gap between thinking you’re positive and truly living it is exactly where most people’s potential quietly goes to die.
The author
Luigi has spent more than twenty years in learning and development and quality assurance across fintech, financial services and insurance, coaching people through the best and worst of their working days.
Along the way he noticed that how someone solved a problem told him more about their attitude than anything they said about themselves. The people who called themselves positive and the people who actually were positive were rarely the same.
He isn’t a psychologist. He’s a coach and program builder who has watched what attitude looks like when it’s tested, and this book is what he learned. “Keep Positive. Be Powerful.” is his motto.
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