Dr. Wayne Pernell says positive thinking alone won't get you there. He proposes being "joyfully dissatisfied" instead: happy with where you are, but always pushing to improve. Your overall mindset matters more than any single attitude.
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A positive mental attitude is great, you know, but I think there's more to just being jolly. I think there's more to success than just being, you know, happy, jolly in the world. I'm a big fan of being joyfully dissatisfied. You might have heard me talk about that before. That you can be joyful in the world and still crave more. And that's a separate topic. Actually, what I want to talk about today is the idea that a positive mental attitude won't get you very far. I know that's probably odd, but that's the truth, really, that your mindset is what matters now. Your mindset is sort of this umbrella under which a beautiful little PMA might grow.