I just read a recap of "Attitude Bailout Incentive Package," which was an audio seminar Dr. Zimmerman. In this seminar, he gave several innovative suggestions on how to "
adjust your attitude". Here are a few of them:
1. Do Not Catch the Other Person’s Disease
This refers to the negative thoughts and words of others
around you, and the media. Stay away from the people
you know will pull you down with their whining and
complaining. Turn the TV. Read something inspirational,
or listen to motivational recordings.
2. Practice Positive Expectations
If you are not getting what you want, perhaps your
expectations are too low. In Dr. Zimmerman’s book,
"Pivot-How One Turn in Attitude Can Lead to Success,"
he quotes Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, who said,
"There is another kind of poverty-one most people
never think about-and it’s the poverty of expectations."
When you expect good things to happen, they seem
to take place, not due to some cosmic magic, but
because you are LOOKING for the good things, and
you tend to MAKE them happen.
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3.Use the Positive "But"
In Dr. Zimmerman’s Peak Performance Boot Camps
he has participants to draw a line down the center of a
piece of paper. On the top left side they write Problems,
and on the right, Blessings. For every Problem,
he has them counter it with a Blessing. For example,
"I lost a big sale, BUT I learned why and will be able
to prevent that same thing from happening." "I am
overweight, BUT I am healthy enough to get on an
exercise program and do something about it."
4. Do it Now
It’s tough to consistently feel good about yourself if
you let your ideas pass, or you put them on hold.
Conversely, it’s difficult to feel down or depressed when
you are in action, working toward some goal. What is it
that you always wanted, but never have started moving
toward? What’s stopping you other than you? Do it now!
Hmmm . . .After reading this for the second time, I’d best be going so I can work on my attitude (even if I cheat a bit and watch the political debate this week) 
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