ATTITUDE

There was a man who made his living selling balloons at a fair. He had balloons of many different colors, including red, yellow, blue, and green. Whenever business was slow, he would release a helium filled balloon into the air. When the children saw the balloon go up, they all wanted one. They would come up to him, buy a balloon and his sales would

go up. All day, he continued to release a balloon whenever the sales slowed down.  One day, the balloon man felt someone tugging at his jacket. He turned around and a little boy asked, “If you release a black balloon, would that also fly?” Moved by the boy’s concern, the man replied gently, “Son, it is not the color of the balloon; it is what’s inside that makes it go up.”

The foundation of success regardless of our chosen field is attitude.  A study attributed to Harvard University found that when a person gets a job or a promotion, 85% of the time it is because of his attitude, and only 15% of the time because of intelligence and knowledge of specific facts and figures. It is however surprising that we spend almost 100% of our money on learning the facts and figures, which account for only 15% of success in life!

( From : YOU CAN WIN by Shiv Khera )