Educated Optimism -- Mindset or Lifestyle or Both!

Educated Optimism is the title of the last chapter in my first book 3 Off the Tee:  Targeting Success.

The basic concept...

[Excerpt from Targeting Success] 
This kind of self-study works and it turns you into an educated optimist.  You are mentally stimulated; you know a little abut a lot of different things that you are interested in, and you have a lot to talk about.  You have effectively rendered yourself interesting. 

When you continue to learn, you invest in yourself -- this is one of the best investments you can make!  Really!  It's making the time to explore, expand and grow -- and of course having fun doing it.

I recently talked to a group of people where I asked, "What is going on in your life?"  A simple question but the answers were astounding and varied from over the top enthusiastist to bleak, bogged down, in a rut, and stuck!

The Enthusiasts!!!  had the following commonality - they were "doing!" -- learning, traveling, interacting.

Those feeling stuck!!!  -- were stuck -- repeating the same patterns over and over.  Moreover though they lacked in general optimism -- they had little to look forward to.

So I thought -- how does one make the transition from stuck to enthusiastic?  Does it start with your mindset or the lifestyle that you create?  Do the two go hand in hand?

(I hadn't realized it at the time but where I ended book one -- Targeting Success, was a great springboard for book two -- Make it Happen which is in for final edit now.  Sometimes things do just fall into place!)

So, my question to you?  What is going on in your life?

If you are an Enthusiast, where does your sense of optimism come from? and When do you feel the rush of being able to do anything -- like you are invincible?

If you are feeling stuck, what do you want to do?  When are you going to start? 

Start mulling it over!

For me a healthy, competitive mindset is key and my lifestyle is reflective of that mindset.  There is no limit to the great things I "visualize" ahead of me.

... The more I do and the harder I work, the brighter my future!!!