In daily life, through a love of many things, it is pos­sible to remain adaptable. If it starts raining on the way to the beach, you’ll enjoy going to the movies. If you are kept waiting for an appointment, don’t get angry. Make a few calls or work on your schedule. If you get stuck in traffic, enjoy your favorite motivational audiotape, radio station or CD. Always have a book with you and you will never be alone. The small stuff can’t get you down if you are ready to substitute one good thing for another.

Get Tough

Toughness is pride, drive, com­mitment, and the courage to follow through on things you believe in, even when they are under attack. It is solving problems instead of letting them fester. It is being who you real­ly are, even when society wants you to be somebody else. Toughness is knowing how to be a gracious win­ner … and rebounding quickly when you lose.

For a nation, toughness means avoiding complacency, meeting and solving problems head-on, while keeping the big picture in mind at all times.

In business, toughness means playing by the rules but also putting those rules to work for you. It is looking at an adversary across the desk and saying, simply, “No.�

BillFitzPatrick.com, The Action Principles

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