Ray Mills Positively Living

Bill Gates and Bill Joy, the Beatles, Ray Ewry, Helen Keller, and Oprah Winfrey all applied Gladwell’s factors of success. Malcolm Gladwell’s assertion was correct that “if you work hard enough, assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires.” It’s not wise to complain about your physical abilities, financial disadvantages, or possible misfortune. Rather, it’s judicious to invest your time and energy moving forward by using Gladwell’s 4 factors of

“Cultivate Positive Identities.” Laura M. Roberts. How to be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact. Jane E. Dutton and Gretchan M. Sprieitzer. San Francisco: Berret-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2014. 54-63.

Robert Waldinger´s purpose is to share the lessons he has learned on what makes a happier and more fulfilling lifestyle. Most people believe that the key to a more gratifying life could only come from materialistic items and fame. However, Waldinger attempts to refute this claim by sharing the results that he has gathered from conducting a 75 year old study on happiness.

Mills explains that happiness is something to live by. He thinks that you should think of direct happiness on others and things that truly makes you happy. He also states that

Susan wolf interprets a meaningful life as one that has within the basis of an affirmative answer to the basis for an affirmative answer to the needs or belonging that are characteristically described as needs of meaning. She described meaningful lives as lives of active engagement in project worth. Which she divided into groups, first is ‘’active engagement’’ and project worth.

He offers practical, long lasting, and viable solutions to people experiencing challenges. He shows us how to achieve successful positive thinking using various scenarios as examples. The key element of his teachings involves the combination of positive mental attitude, thinking of possibilities, and embracing the power of positive thinking. This book is important for any research involving positive thinking

Nowadays, it seems that we are too busy making a living that we tend to forget how to make a meaningful life. We are all dreaming of some magical things will happen instead of enjoying a beautiful little thing happens around us. The main thing is we don’t know if we will wake up tomorrow when we go to sleep tonight. Therefore, rather than hardly put off a living, reminds ourselves to enjoy every minute of our live as if it is the last minute. Denise Levertov, the author of the poem “Living”, illustrates the philosophy of living a simple life is to live entirely in the present without thinking about what will happen next in the future. The reason for that philosophy is because happiness is not what you have but how you feel toward what you have and how you accept it.

When watching a television show, anyone might see success being portrayed as someone being wealthy, having fancy materialistic items and goes on great vacations. Yes, that might be true in certain opinions but not in every case. My extraordinary father, Matt Mills, is successful, not only in being able to support his family but, also in regards to being a role model for everyone around him. Mills provides his family with everything they need and more. When asked what success he has had in his life he responded with: “My family. My kids grew up to be respectable young adults that I love to brag about to others.” In retrospect, many other people may have mentioned money, having a good job, or materialistic items, when asked this question. Mills

In the reading assignment, Cultivate Positive Identities, Laura Roberts talks about ways individuals, and managers can use positive thinking, to enrich their lives, and those around them. She states that, “most individuals seek to hold positive self-views, desiring to be viewed positively by others” (How to Be a Positive Leader, 2014). Together, with positive thinking methods, the author of the chapter believes that positive identities are achievable and lead to a more fulfilling life. This chapter was somewhat overwhelming to read, as it mentioned many methods and strategies involved in “cultivating positive identities”.

Steve Jobs, in his commencement speech at Stanford (2005) argues that to have a happy life, you need to find what you love. He supports this point by first talking of his adoption, then telling about his college experience and finally talking about death. His purpose is to inspire the students to do what they love in order to live a happy life. His audience is Stanford graduate and he wants them to think he is below their level.

This week’s reading of Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success goes into further detail on how to use the six influences for the advancement of ourselves personally or worldly. It goes through each of the six different influences and shows interesting and different ways to combat these influences and turn them in favor of the goal.

We cannot let our work and living conditions limit our success, we must take control of the situations in our lives. As much as we have all heard it, we need to keep a positive attitude and mindset, or at least try to. This is probably the easiest way to take control of the situations you are in; keeping a positive attitude has been known to increase your physical and mental health, which can really only benefit you. In a study performed by the University of California, Riverside, in which productivity, happiness, and overall physical and mental well-being were analyzed in working individuals, it was concluded that a positive attitude and outlook has a great effect on one’s life. Generally positive, or “happy people,” were found to be more satisfied with their jobs, to perform tasks better, and less likely to be unemployed and more likely to be physically healthier and live longer than their less happy peers (Joy). Positive people being less likely to be unemployed allows these individuals to accumulate more money, which makes the general public happier nowadays, and this ultimately makes the dream of having success more easily attainable. Happy individuals being found to be healthier and to therefore live longer than less happy individuals gives these happy individuals more time to attain the “American Dream” as well. Keeping

His greatest satisfaction is that owning his own businesses allows him to have a flexible schedule. He is able to run his “very active children around and coach football.” Both of these things are very important to him.

In Martin Seligman’s TED talk, he explains the values of positive psychology’s impact on creating happier lives. In 2000, Martin Seligman created a new field of psychology called Positive Psychology. This field of positive psychology is the study of positive traits and behaviors that can contribute to a positive “happier” life. In Seligman’s TED talk, The New Positive Era of Psychology, he categorizes positive lives into three categories. The Pleasant life, the life of engagement, and the meaningful life. But before he begins his speech, he explains the negative actions taken by psychology when treating people.

Les Mills’ organization has been out for years and throughout the days as they keep improving themselves; they are one of the most successful fitness-related companies around the world. The organizations are very diverse and associated with many different parts in marketing such as sales, fitness programs, finance, and marketing. Les Mills’ original goal to start the whole business is to improve the lives in New Zealand. As the following passages will describe the Strategic Management process, what should the next strategic moves be and what are the Les Mills’ competitive advantages and how would the company establish them.