Turn that frown upside down

I had a full on day today at work; It was out-of-control-busy which for me, a super-organised slightly ocd person, doesn't sit very well. My general approach to my work is to be proactive and today, right from the outset, I was the complete opposite. Reactive.

Here's a picture of me at my desk today around 10am. I look somewhat glum don't I? In truth that's not really my actual face and head but it's a very good likeness...Almost identical to my actual face and melon-shaped noggin!

So, quite obviously I need a pick me up. I mean who wants to get around looking like this all day right? Fortunately there was help at hand in the form of a 7 minute video that arrived earlier in the morning from my brother in Finland. The video? Well, it's of @smallsteps of course.

I love getting videos and pictures from my niece. She's very cute and super-smart which balances nicely with her mischievous and cheeky nature. She does some funny things. In today's video she was jumping, doing tricks and showing me some of her walks; The echidna and dinosaur walk featured prominently. I watched the video about 5 times over the day laughing out loud at her antics.

It's amazing how @smallsteps has the power to make me feel happy. She's just such a happy little kid usually, a lovely little person. I love the way she finds fun and wonder at every turn whether she's jumping on the bed, dino-walking or even adding and subtracting with her dad she finds happiness easily, looks for new experiences and embraces change.

See this image? Yep, that's me at work this afternoon and you'd have to be blind not to see that I'm feeling much better. All because of the video of @smallsteps my brother sent me this morning. It's an amazing transformation. OK, that's not actually my face...I shouldn't need to explain this again.

I got happy...But did I find productivity? Well yeah of course! You see attitude is everything in my opinion and a slight shift in attitude, assisted by the video of my niece, was all I needed to get the ball rolling. It's often as simple as that when it comes to turning attitude around; A small trigger that gets things moving in the right direction.

A person can achieve great things with the right attitude and can bring about huge change in their own, and other people's, lives on a day to day basis. The right attitude moves one forward positively and the wrong? Well, it's negative and destroying. The choice is always up to the individual when it comes to the application of one or the other. @smallsteps showed me that today in her video without even knowing it. It was her winning attitude and her willingness to explore, to seek new things, try new things...All without the fear of failing. Now that's the right attitude.