
It's a matter of Attitude

近日,A-level、大學聯招、中學會考,逐一放榜。悲喜交集、涕淚交橫的畫面,又再次不斷在電視螢光幕中反覆重現。
對於很多過來人來說,回首過去,或會覺得「也無風雨也無晴」;但當下,對於很多當事人來說,卻總會百般滋味在心頭,甚至覺得天塌下來。
我一直相信,很多時,失敗是一個「態度」的問題。如果你真的覺得天塌下來,那你就可能真的完蛋;反之,則不然。社會科學裏,就有一套學說叫做「自我實現的預言」(self-fulfilling prophecy)。 所以,關鍵是你對人生的態度。
前英格蘭國家足球領隊艾歷臣,就是這哲學的信徒。他是如此教導球員的:「每朝起牀,如果你老是想着生活如何困難,如何乏味,這個朝早要面對的工作是如何一件苦差,那麼你就已經失敗了一半。你們來到球場時即使是下着雨,下着雪,寒風雖然又是疾勁,又是刺骨,你都要想得positive一些。Life is wonderful。」
1995年,澳洲人Justin Herald,拿着五十美元創業,「Attitude」就是他的哲學,而他的生意就是售賣印有諸如「In the end it's all a matter of attitude」之類金句的T恤,以至其他產品。結果,賣了個滿堂紅,建立了一個在澳洲有多達三千五百家分銷店的龐大商業帝國。後來,他把這些金句收錄在《It's all a matter of Attitude: Slogans to Live your Life》這本小書內,並加以解說。
如果你今天灰心失意的話,不妨看看這些金句,或許從中得到一些啟示也說不定。又或者找一件T恤,印上類似金句,再穿上身,可能還會feel good一些。
- A little bit of pain never really hurt anyone.
- It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get back up.
- Quitting is a loser's shortcut.
- If you think you are beaten, you are.
- Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
- It's all about luck, just ask any loser.
- Winners make it happen. Losers let it happen.
- Excuses are for losers.
- If nothing changes, nothing changes.
- Just because we are on the same planet doesn't mean we are from the same world.
- The impossible is what nobody can do until somebody does it.
- I would rather be disliked for what I am than liked for what I am not.
- Impossible is just an opinion.