The Gift of a Great Attitude
1. John F. Kennedy, “Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Municipal Auditorium, Canton, Ohio, September 27, 1960,” placed online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project, http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=74231.
2. U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety, and Health Administration (MSHA), “Coal Fatalities for 1900 through 2014,” website of MSHA, no date, http://www.msha.gov/stats/centurystats/coalstats.asp.
Part 1: The Power of Your Attitude
1. Matthew 6:22-23.
Chapter 1: The Power of Thoughts
1. Charles Swindoll, Strengthening Your Grip (Brentwood, TN: Worthy Books, 1982), 207.
2. Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (New York: Washington Square Press, 1963), 104.
3. Proverbs 23:13 NLT.
4. Robert K. Merton, “The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy,” The Antioch Review 8 (2), Summer 1948, 195. Antioch Review, Inc.: 193–210. doi:10.2307/4609267. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4609267.
5. Mika Kivimäki, et al., “Optimism and Pessimism as Predictors of Change in Health After Death or Onset of Severe Illness in Family,” Health Psychology, 2005, Vol. 24, No. 4, 413.
6. Kivimäki, et al., “Optimism and Pessimism as Predictors,” 413.
7. Matthew 5:6.
8. Helen Keller, Optimism: An Essay (New York: T. Y. Crowell and Company, 1903), 11, available at The Gutenberg Project, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/31622/31622-h/31622-h.htm.
Chapter 2: The Power of Words
1. Luke 6:39 ESV.
2. Ernest Hemmingway, “Old Newsman Writes: A Letter from Cuba,” Esquire, Vol. 2, No. 7, December 1934, 25-26.
3. Cheryl Lavin, “Fast Track. Q&A.” Chicago Tribune, December 12, 1993, http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-12-12/features/9312120123_1_couples-clifford-notarius-zinger.
4. George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language,” first published in Horizon, April 1946. Available at http://orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit.
5. Psalm 19:14 ESV.
6. Associated Press, “Poll: Americans See, Hear More Profanity,” The Massachsetts Daily Collegian, March 29,2006, http://dailycollegian.com/2006/03/28/poll-americans-see-hear-more-profanity/.
7. Michelle Cox and John Perrodin, Simple Little Words (Colorado Springs: Cook Communications Ministries, 2008), http://www.simplelittlewords.com/sample.html.
Chapter 3: The Power of Actions
1. Oscar Wilde, The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, Vol. 2, edited by Ian Small (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), 163.
2. Stephen D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (New York: William Morrow, 2005), 25.
3. Truett S. Cathy, It’s Easier to Succeed Than Fail (Nashville, TN: Oliver-Nelson Books, 1989), 72-75.
4. Tom Neven, “A Doer of the Word,” Sunday Magazine, Spring 2001 (Atlanta: Lord’s Day Alliance of the U.S.), 6.
Chapter 4: The Power of Habits
1. Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (New York: Random House, 2012), 21.
2. Ibid., 21.
3. Pamela Wiegartz, “Why Do You Procrastinate? Find Out if Anxiety Lurks Behind Your Avoidance,” PsychologyToday.com, March 25, 2011, https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/in-the-age-anxiety/201103/why-do-you-procrastinate.
4. United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Charts from the American Time Use Survey,” last modified October 26, 2015, http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/.
5. Lydia Saad, “The ‘40-Hour’ Workweek Is Actually Longer—by Seven Hours,” Gallup.com, August 29, 2014, http://www.gallup.com/poll/175286/hour-workweek-actually-longer-seven-hours.aspx.
6. Dave Gilson, “Overworked America: 12 Charts That Will Make Your Blood Boil,” Mother Jones, July/August 2011, http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/06/speedup-americans-working-harder-charts.
7. Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989), xxix.
8. Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888), 107-108.
Chapter 5: The Power of Choice
1. Tony Campolo, Let Me Tell You a Story (Nashville, TN: Word Publishers, 2000), 81-82.
2. Kristen Reed, “Federal Prison? It’s Not So Bad,” Orlando Sentinel, January 9, 2007, http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2007-01-09/news/ROBBERY09_1_villegas-federal-prison-south-daytona.
3. Tim Kimmel, Little House on the Freeway (Colorado Springs: Multnomah Books, 2008), 131.
4. Today in the Word, Moody Bible Institute, August 1991, 16.
Chapter 6: Believe It Will All Work Out
1. John Paul II, “Holy Mass at the Brzezinka Concentration Camp: Homily of His Holiness John Paul II,” website of The Holy See, June 7, 1979, http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/1979/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19790607_polonia-brzezinka.html.
2. Today in the Word, Moody Bible Institute, May, 1990, 34.
3. Erin Donaghue, “The Cleveland Kidnapping Case: A Timeline of Events,” CBS News, May 6, 2014, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-of-events-the-cleveland-kidnapping-case/.
4. Susan Page, “After a Decade of Terror, Cleveland Captives on Their Scars—and Futures,” USA Today, April 27, 2015, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/26/amanda-berry-gina-dejesus-book-cleveland-ariel-castro/26175649/.
Chapter 7: Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously
1. Philippians 2:3-4 NLT.
2. Alex Bérubé, “Homeless Man Turns in Found Cash,” website of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, June 15, 2015, http://westshore.bc.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=2127&languageId=1&contentId=42314.
3. Tracy Bloom, “Homeless Man in Canada Who Found $2,400 on Street and Gave It to Police Rejects Donations, Asks for Job Instead,” KTLA News, July 2, 2015, http://ktla.com/2015/07/02/homeless-man-finds-2400-on-street-gives-it-to-police-turns-down-donations-says-he-just-wants-a-job/.
4. Norman McGowan, My Years with Winston Churchill (London: Souvenir Press, 1958), 138.
5. Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006), 121-122.
Chapter 8: Count Your Blessings
1. Robert A. Emmons and Michael E. McCollough, “Counting Blessings Versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003, Vol. 84, No. 2, 377-389, DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.2.377.
2. David DeSteno, Ye Li, Leah Dickens, and Jennifer S. Lerner, “Gratitude: A Tool for Reducing Economic Impatience,” Psychological Science, June 2014; Vol. 25, No. 6: pp. 1262-1267, first published on April 23, 2014.
3. Robert C. Roberts, “The Blessings of Gratitude: A Conceptual Analysis,” The Psychology of Gratitude, Robert A. Emmons and Michael E. McCullough, eds. (New York: Oxford, 2004), 77.
4. Kashiefa Ajam, “Homeowner Threatened by the Robber He Saved,” Independent Online, March 23, 2004, http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/homeowner-threatened-by-the-robber-he-saved-1.208875.
5. Mamie Dickens, My Father as I Recall Him (New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1900), 46.
Chapter 9: Give More Than You Take
1. Luke 6:38.
2. Eunice V. Pike, “The Concept of Limited Good and the Spread of the Gospel,” Missiology: An International Review VIII.4, October 1980, 449-450.
3. Matthew 6:25.
Chapter 10: Be Kind to Everyone You Meet
1. Matthew 7:1-2.
2. John W. Kennedy, “Winning Them with Kindness: One Woman’s Simple Mission to Transform Her World,” Today’s Christian Woman, November 2005, http://www.todayschristianwoman.com/articles/2005/november/winning-them-with-kindness.html.
3. As quoted by Deborah Norville in The Power of Respect: Benefit from the Most Forgotten Element of Success (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2009), 65.
4. Alan Magill, “How a Kind Word Saved Her Life,” Chabad.org, no date, http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1653058/jewish/How-a-Kind-Word-Saved-Her-Life.htm.
5. Stephen G. Post, “It’s Good to Be Good: Science Says It’s So,” Health Progress, July–August 2009, 18-19.
6. Ibid., 20.
7. Tina Chen, “Starbucks Customers Break 1,000 in Pay-It-Forward Record, website of ABC News, December 27, 2013, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/12/starbucks-customers-break-1000-in-pay-it-forward-record/.
Chapter 11: Celebrate Life
1. Kay Warren, Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn’t Enough (Grand Rapids, MI.: Revell, 2012), 21-22.
2. Michelle A. Vu, “Kay Warren on Son’s Suicide: ‘This Is Not How It Should Be,’ But Grateful That Matthew’s ‘Broken Mind’ Is Now Healed in Heaven,” Christian Post, November 24, 2013, http://www.christianpost.com/news/kay-warren-on-sons-suicide-this-is-not-how-it-should-be-but-grateful-that-matthews-broken-mind-is-now-healed-in-heaven-109441/.
3. Michael Mendelsohn, “Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness,” ABC News, January 11, 2008, http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4115033&page=1.
4. Heather Reifsnyder, “Anticipate the Positive—and Health Benefits May Follow,” Loma Linda University News, September 14, 2006, http://www.llu.edu/news/today/today_story.page?id=925.
5. Herbert Atienza and Nancy Yuen, “National Media Covers LLUH Laughter Studies,” Loma Linda University, May 1, 2014, https://myllu.llu.edu/newsoftheweek/story/?id=16173.
6. Ashley Hackshaw, “Choose Joy,” personal website, no date, http://www.lilblueboo.com/choosejoy.
7. Cited in Cherin C. Poovey, “Ashley Hackshaw’s Mantra: ‘Choose Joy,’” Wake Forest Magazine, web edition, August 28, 2012, http://magazine.wfu.edu/2012/08/28/ashley-hackshaws-mantra-choose-joy/.
8. Hackshaw, “Choose Joy.”
9. Ibid.
Chapter 12: Keep Going No Matter What
1. Emmitt Smith, “Emmitt Smith’s Enshrinement Speech,” Pro Football Hall of Fame Field at Fawcett Stadium, Canton, Ohio, August 7, 2010, http://www.profootballhof.com/players/emmitt-smith/enshrinement/.
2. Jerry Jones, while introducing Emmitt Smith, “Emmitt Smith’s Enshrinement Speech,” Pro Football Hall of Fame Field at Fawcett Stadium, Canton, Ohio, August 7, 2010, http://www.profootballhof.com/players/emmitt-smith/enshrinement/.
3. “Florence Chadwick,” Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2004. Encyclopedia.com, January 6, 2016, http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3404707331.html.
Chapter 13: Rebooting Your Brain for a Positive Outlook
1. Romans 12:2.
2. Norman Vincent Peale, Power of the Plus Factor: The Little Extra That Makes You a Winner (New York: Ballantine, 1978), 32.
Chapter 14: Leveraging the Mind-Body Connection
1. “American Heart Association Recommendations for Physical Activity in Adults,” American Heart Association, August, 17, 2015, http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/PhysicalActivity/FitnessBasics/American-Heart-Association-Recommendations-for-Physical-Activity-in-Adults_UCM_307976_Article.jsp#.VpUptZMrKAI.
2. “Insufficient Sleep Is a Public Health Problem,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, no date, http://www.cdc.gov/features/dssleep/.
Chapter 15: Becoming a Positive Influence
1. John C. Maxwell and Jim Dorman, Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1997), 3.
2. Kathryn D. Cramer, Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say & Do, Kindle edition (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2014), loc. 481.
You Can!
1. John 14:113 NLT.