Most things in life aren't perfect! America isn't perfect! The state you live in isn't perfect! Your city or town probably isn't perfect either. Yet the chances are, as you're reading this you're not packing your bags and moving to a foreign land. Why? Because most likely you're already using "The 51% Rule" without even knowing it!
Experience teaches that at certain times you do need to make a complete "change" and start over... whether it's a hometown, a job or a relationship. Yet at other times in your life you might decide not to "change" something, but instead to "improve" it. There's a huge difference! How do you decide?
Here's where the "The 51% Rule" comes in to help you make that decision!
Think of your career and your present job. Most likely it's not the first job you've ever had, or the last one! According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the average worker will have 11 different jobs in their working career! How do you know when it's time to move on and "change" jobs or career?
The answer is, when the negatives outweigh the positives! If you have 51% negatives, it's probably time to "change." Yet in spite of your job's challenges, difficulties and limitations, if you still have 51% positives, then it's time to "improve" things at work, by deciding to recommit yourself to start focusing on, talking about, and thinking of all those positives and putting less emphasis on the negatives.
This also applies to your personal relationships, whether it's your spouse, best friend or significant other. Chances are your relationship isn't 100% perfect! But if your status is at least 51% positive, you can decide to invest your time and effort in improving that relationship to 61, 71 or 81% positive! The same applies to where you're living. If your home is only 39% positive, it's probably time to move! But if it's at least 51% positive, then it's time to look for ways to improve your living conditions.
Here's a personal example. I've been married to the same wonderful wife for 48 years, we've lived in the same house for 41 years and been in the same business for 37 years. Does it sound like we're just resistant to change? Not really... 41 years ago Judy and I uprooted ourselves, moved out of New York, leaving our family, friends and job, and started all over in Arizona. When it comes to vehicles, we usually "change" about every two years at 36,000 miles, and we've traded in each of our Mastercraft ProStar 190 waterski boats after two or three years, once they've got 500 hours on them. In contrast, our home was already 20 years old when we moved in 41 years ago, with just 1900 square feet. It had only 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and a dirt floor carport, with two palm trees and some greasewood bushes for landscaping.
Yet it had 51% positives in the form of a great location, 2 acres of land and huge potential. We totally ignored any negatives that couldn't be changed! We stayed, used "The 51% Rule" and embarked on a 40-year improvement project! The original 61-year-old house is now surrounded by eight new additions we made over the years, and has grown to 8500 square feet, with 4 bedrooms, 5 baths, 6 garages, a separate office and hundreds of beautiful trees, bushes and plants.
That 51% positive has now become 93% positive!
What about you? Your career? Your hobbies? The car you drive? Your friends? Your home or the neighborhood where you're living now? With the New Year 2012 just about to begin here's an opportunity to review, re-think and re-evaluate the past year. Is it time to change, release, relocate? Or is it time to stay put, re-establish and renew, by finding ways to improve? If the negatives outweigh the positives, change is usually your best course of action. But if there are 51% positives then improvement can be your best choice. You can set realistic improvement goals each month. In 30 days, 51% can go to 57%, then to 61 or 63%. You'll either turn the negatives into positives, or just ignore them! Yes, you can ignore those negatives that you can't control!
As the great American philosopher, William James, said: "Your life is your choice!"
So as the New Year begins, use "The 51% Rule" and choose the best! You can decide now to have a positive life filled with joy, satisfaction and success. You'll live your life only once (so far as we know) so you might as well decide to make it an amazing one!
Happy New Year! You can MAKE it your best ever!
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