Finally revealed...The astonishing power of gratitude
and the solution to the 5 big mistakes that
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"When Being Right is Wrong"

How easy is it to be grateful for the difficult people in your life?

Maybe it's your neighbor, or your brother-in-law, or a coworker, or your boss. Maybe it's a bored and underpaid clerk at the Drivers License office.

It doesn't matter, we all get difficult people to deal with. It's part of life, darn it.

Think of it as your gratitude test. Heck, it's easy to be grateful for good people, friendly people, or helpful people. As Jesus once said, "Even the drunkards and sinners can do that."

Can you pass the test with people that are a pain in the butt? Let me give some ideas that might help. It's gonna require an attitude shift, though.

See, a big part of the upset we feel with difficult people comes from our deeply held belief that we're right, and they're wrong! That's something you're gonna have to change. Here's how:

I learned this from the great writer, Ken Wilber. He was trying to integrate all of philosophy, psychology and science into a unified whole but he had the problem described in the quote above. Everybody disagreed!

As long as he tried to figure out who was right and who was wrong, he stayed stuck. His breakthrough came when he gave up right/wrong and treated it like a jigsaw puzzle.

Each person was right, about something. They had a puzzle piece, a unique puzzle piece, and the picture was incomplete without it.

That's the shift to make. When you begin to look for agreement rather than being right, the whole situation shifts.

Try that on the next difficult person you deal with. Ask yourself what piece of the puzzle they have, what they're right about. It can be something very simple, like "Yup, they're right, it's Tuesday" to get you started. Then look for more.

It doesn't mean that you have to agree with or comply with everything, it just means that instead of resistance you find areas of agreement and cooperation.

Is this easy? Heck, no! I like to be right as much as anyone, maybe more. I have a PhD in impatience and criticism. Remembering to ask myself "What are they right about?" takes self control.

I've gotta give up the need to be right. And the defective part of my self esteem that says I have to be right to be worthy. It takes practice.

But it's worth it. And when you've found something that you can genuinely agree that they're right about, you'll find it much easier to be grateful for them.

And we know that's a good thing, don't we? 'Cause gratitude is what gives you peace, and attracts to you what you want.

And when you're genuinely grateful for a really difficult person, I think you get bonus points! You should!

You can do it. I know you can.
Wes

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Boy, a lot of people are struggling right now to deal with the economy and their fears about the future. Wouldn't it be great to be able to ask some really successful people how they dealt with it in their lives?

You can! I've been rereading these 15 interviews, with Jim Rohn, Michael Fortin, Joe Vitale, Bob Berg and more, and they're even more inspiring now in this economy than they were before!

They did it. You can do it. Read how. Oh, and the answer's not in a bunch of marketing tips.

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