you do want rather than what you don’t want. You’ve got
to focus. Do you know those people, George, who all
they do is complain? They focus on what they don’t want,
don’t like, and don’t have.”
“Of course I do,” George answered, thinking to him-
self that he was one of them.
“Well, I tell those people that when you complain you
get more things to complain about. So no more complain-
ing and negativity, okay George? I don’t allow complain-
ing on my bus because if you are complaining you can’t
be thinking about or creating what you do want. Plus
your complaining also ruins everyone else’s ride.
I have a saying that I used to say on my school bus to
the kids and now I even say it to my adult passengers as
well because they often need to hear it more than the
kids. It goes like this: We’re Winners, Not Whiners.” With
that the bus erupted in laughter and everyone started
chanting, “We’re winners, not whiners.”
“So I want you to stop thinking about what you don’t
want and start focusing your energy on your vision and
what you do want. Make sense, George?” Joy asked.
“The more you see it the more likely it will happen,”
Marty said from the back of the bus as he walked toward
George to show him the research on visualization and
Olympic athletes. “All the Olympic athletes use it because
there’s so much research that shows it works,” Marty said.
“Behind every gold medal are hours of visualizing their
best performance or race. So why shouldn’t dudes like
you and I use it to create a phenomenal life and success?”
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