“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.”

It is true that the optimists, the positive thinkers, amongst us are at an advantage in life compared to pessimists. This is because of the effect your mindset and attitude have on everything we come across.

Our social relationships, our job and also our health are an integral part of our daily life and we can feel how negative and positive thoughts can have a domino effect on everything we do during the day.

The way we choose to think, positive or negative, has a great impact on the final outcome and is mirrored in everything we do. Hence the importance of having a balanced outlook on life.

I've written a few times recently, on social media, about the impact of our daily decisions and the choices we make. How it can affect our mood, our outlook, and even our performance both professionally and personally.

"Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of travelling." ~Margaret B. Runbeck

Being happy changes everything, but it also means everything. No one single person in this world has the right to make you unhappy. No job, no amount of money, no relationship, no friendship, no anything is worth being unhappy for.

"Happiness is the new rich"

Wake up with a positive attitude. If you're unhappy, change your direction, you'll thank yourself for it later. But also turn every negative into a positive. There's a lesson to be learned from everything in life. You can take something from every situation, good or bad, you just need to have the ingenuity to find it. And once you find it, use it to build yourself up.