“Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye—and deny it.”
—Garrison Keillor
You’re wearing your thinking.
You wear your thoughts like you wear clothes. Your thinking shows up on your face and in your body language and in your energy. You are projecting joy, success, and prosperity, or you are projecting misery, failure, and poverty. And all points in between.
People can see it and they can feel it. They respond, consciously and unconsciously, to the thoughts you project.
I explained this once on a radio show in Billings, Montanta, when my book The Wealthy Spirit was first released. The interviewer was Tommy B, and the call letters of the radio station were KBUL.
I pictured him as a skeptical guy in a cowboy hat and boots and didn’t think he was going to be wildly enthusiastic about practicing positive thinking.
I was right. The first thing Tommy said after he introduced me was, “I have to tell you I am a skeptic. You aren’t going to tell me that saying some silly positive phrases is going to make me more money, are you?”
“Well, yes, Tommy, I am,” I said.
“Okay,” he said, sounding perfectly delighted to have some controversy. “You are going to have to explain how that works.”
“It’s really quite logical,” I explained. “For example, let’s say a friend of yours walks into your house and he’s really angry about something. Can you tell he’s angry before he says so?”
“Yes,” replied Tommy.
“Yes—because you’re wearing your thinking. Your emotional state is reflected in your body language and on your face.”
“I guess that’s true,” said Tommy. “But how is that going to make me more money?”
“Wait and I’ll explain,” I said. “Do you network in the community to promote your radio show? Do you go to Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, and other business or trade associations meetings?”
“Oh, sure,” he replied. “I go to things like that all the time.”
“When you’re there, do you notice that some people look happy and successful and other people look angry and complaining?”
“Yes,” chuckled Tommy.
“And, in addition to promoting yourself, do you sometimes hire the people you meet to provide products or services for you? To design or print your business cards, or sell you stationery supplies, or provide your insurance?”
“Yes.”
“So do you hire the people who look happy and successful, or do you hire the people who look angry and complaining?
“I hire the people who look happy and successful,” he replied.
“Why?”
“Because if they look happy and successful, I expect they will do a good job. It will be a pleasure working with them, and there won’t be any problems.”
“Exactly,” I said. “That is why positive thinking works. You repeat positive statements to yourself in order to talk yourself into a happy, successful feeling. That feeling is going to show on your face and in your body language.
“People will look at your smiling face, hear the smile in your voice, and see you as successful. Whether you are or not! In show business they say fake it ‘til you make it.
“Positive thinkers are using that principle in daily life. Act joyful and successful every day, and more people will hire you and be willing to pay you top dollar. Soon you’ll find you aren’t acting anymore. You’ll actually be successful. And happy. And rich.”
“Oh,” exclaimed Tommy. “I never thought about it like that.”
We’re all wearing our thinking, and other people can tell what it is. So do you want to be wearing prosperity or poverty?
From Zero to Zillionaire by Chellie Cambell
