Monday.

I think the only thing worse about a Monday when you’re unemployed is a Monday when you’re unemployed and the weather is a sighing, eyes half-asleep, deep gray. You couple that with a cup of not so “good to the last drop” java and an hour or so of the national news, telling us just where the sky has most recently fallen and we’re talking turning that gray day into our blues.

Last night I caught a Joel Osteen sermon. I don’t care what religion you are or aren’t, Joel Osteen offers a message we could use in lieu of the “Chicken Little” news and certainly would be of benefit on a gray Monday morning. This particular message declared we need to think about having our success now, not down the road, and that most certainly applies to our having employment success. If we start the week thinking ours is a difficult task, then, at the very least, we’ve created an uphill battle for ourselves and potentially are declaring a self-fulfilling prophecy we are simply NOT going to enjoy. Joel said we need to wake up each morning declaring that this day may be filled with tremendous opportunity. I think that’s a perfect attitude to start each day because it has been my experience that we often get just what we’re looking for, so look for your success. This is not a Pollyanna mindset, a Christian mindset, or a metaphysical mindset; it is the mindset.

Decide what you want, which direction it lies and move towards it. After all, maybe come Monday, it’ll be alright, right?

To our success,

Rita

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

~ Goethe