The story is told about Jacinda, a Chief Executive Officer who noticed the weary behavior among her subordinates since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The usual happy, lively, and bubbly behaviors among her subordinates were no longer there. So, she thought of a way to bring back their motivation; otherwise, if she did not, it would surely be the end of their organizational life.
Hence, she called for a meeting of the entire human resource team in their organization’s gymnasium. She told them, “We have to have a positive mindset, notwithstanding our present predicament, if we want our organization to survive; otherwise, we will all be out of a job sooner or later.”
But what is a positive mindset? A positive mindset is a mental attitude that expects nothing but the best despite all the negativity, gloom, and adversity that surround us. A positive mindset is also the beginning of having a positive life, for without a positive mindset, there would be no bright future ahead of us.
A positive mindset opens new avenues, new doors, and new windows for life’s opportunities and success. It ushers us to uncharted lands that give us nothing but the best. Helen A. Keller, the famous blind and deaf author, has this to say about a positive mindset: “No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.”
A positive mindset is also the secret of athletes in winning and achieving success in their chosen sport. Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time, has this to say about a positive mindset: "If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
A positive mindset is the best mental attitude that we need to have during these trying times because it programs us to have a laser-like focus on the brighter side of life. It blinds our eyes to all the negativity of life. And when we are focused on the brighter side of life, we naturally invite it to come eventually into our life.
Going back to the story of Jacinda, she was able to bring back the sagging morale of her subordinates, and their organization is still vibrantly existing right now simply because she encouraged them to live with a positive mindset.
This, too, we can apply in any arena of our life: family life, organizational/work life, married life, personal life, retired-but-not-tired life, or whatever area of life we are in right now. We will be able to survive and eventually win this battle against pessimism, gloom, and negativity brought about by COVID-19 because we will use to the hilt the power of a positive mindset. Aye! — Marino J. Dasmarinas
