You have two choices :You have two choices


Jerry is the manager of a restaurant. He is always in a good mood. :Jerry is the manager of a restaurant. He is always in a good mood.


Slide 3:When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would always reply:


"If I were any better, I would be twins!" :"If I were any better, I would be twins!"


Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when he changed jobs, :Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when he changed jobs,


so they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant :so they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant


Slide 7:Why?


BecauseJerry was a natural motivator. :BecauseJerry was a natural motivator.


Slide 9:If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling him how to look on the positive side of the situation.


Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him: :Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him:


"I don't get it! No one can be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" :"I don't get it! No one can be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"


Slide 12:Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, I have two choices today. I can choose to be in a good mood or I can choose to be in a bad mood.


Slide 13:I always choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be victim or I can choose to learn from it. I always choose to learn from it.


Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I always choose the positive side of life." :Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I always choose the positive side of life."


"But it's not always that easy,” I protested. :"But it's not always that easy,” I protested.


"Yes it is," Jerry said. :"Yes it is," Jerry said.


Slide 17:"Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk every situation is a choice.


Slide 18:You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. It's your choice how you live your life."


Several years later, :Several years later,


Slide 20:I heard that Jerry accidentally did something you are never supposed to do in the restaurant business.


He left the back door of his restaurant open :He left the back door of his restaurant open


Slide 22:And then in the morning, he was robbed by three armed men.


Slide 23:While Jerry trying to open the safe box,


Slide 24:his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him.


Slide 25:Luckily, Jerry was found quickly and rushed to the hospital.


Slide 26:After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.…


Slide 27:I saw Jerry about six months after the accident.


Slide 28:When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Want to see my scars?"


Slide 29:I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.


"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. :"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied.


"Then, after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or could choose to die. I chose to live." :"Then, after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or could choose to die. I chose to live."


Slide 32:"Weren't you scared“ I asked?


Slide 33:Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine.


Slide 34:But when they wheeled me into the Emergency Room and I saw the expression on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.


Slide 35:In their eyes, I read 'He's a dead man.


Slide 36:I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked.


Slide 37:"Well, there was a big nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything."


Slide 38:'Yes,' to bullets, I replied.


Slide 39:Over their laughter, I told them: “I am choosing to live. Please operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.”


Slide 40:"Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.


Slide 41:I learned from him that every day you have the choice to either enjoy your life or to hate it.


Slide 42:The only thing that is truly yours - that no one can control or take from you – is your attitude,


Slide 43:so if you can take care of that, everything else in life becomes much easier.


Slide 44:Now you have two choices to make:


Slide 45:1. You can delete this message or 2. You can forward it to someone you care about.


Slide 46:I hope you will choose #2. I did.