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Jerrywasthekindofguyyoulovetohate。Hewasthetyeofersonwhowasalwaysinagoodmood,alwaysu,alwayshadsomethingositivetosay。Whensomeonewouldaskhimhowhewasdoing,hewouldrely,
"IfIwereanybetter,Iwouldbetwins!
"
ImetJerrywhenIwasayoungmanagerintherestaurantindustry。Hewasauniquemanagerbecausehehadseveralwaiterswhohadfollowedhimaroundfromrestauranttorestaurant。ThereasonthewaitersfollowedJerrywasbecauseofhisattitude。Hewasanaturalmotivator。Ifanemloyeewashavingabadday,Jerrywastheretellingtheemloyeehowtolookontheositivesideofthesituation。
Seeingthisstylereallymademecurious,soonedayIwentutoJerryandaskedhim,
"Idontgetit!Youcantbeaositive,uersonallthetime。Howdoyoudoit?
"
Jerryrelied,
"EachmorningIwakeuandsaytomyself,Jerryyouhavetwochoicestoday。Youcanchoosetobeinagoodmoodoryoucanchoosetobeinabadmood。Ichoosetobeinagoodmood。Eachtimesomethingbadhaens,IcanchoosetobeavictimorIcanchoosetolearnfromit。Ichoosetolearnfromit。Everytimesomeonecomestomecomlaining,IcanchoosetoaccettheircomlainingorIcanointouttheositivesideoflife。Ichoosetheositivesideoflife。Lifeisallaboutchoices。
"
IthoughtaboutwhatJerrysaid。Soon,Ilefttherestaurantbusinesstoursuemyownbusiness。Welosttouch,butIoftenthoughtabouthimwhenImadeachoiceaboutlifeinsteadofreactingtolife。
Severalyearslater,IheardthatJerryhaddonesomethingyouareneversuosedtodointherestaurantbusiness:hehadleftthebackdooroenonemorningandthreearmedrobberswalkedin,andheldhimuatgunoint。Whiletryingtooenthesafe,hegotnervousandhishandsliedoffthecombination。Therobbersgotnervousandblewaholethroughhishandandthenthreerightthroughthemiddleofhisabdomen。Helaythereonthefloordyingasthearamedicswerecalled。Theyrushedhimtothelocaltraumacenterandhewasinsurgeryfor18hoursandintensivecaresforweeks,andfinallyemergedfromthehositalamonthlaterwithfragmentsofthebulletsstillinhisbody。
IsawJerryaboutsixmonthslater。WhenIaskedhimhowhewas,herelied,
"IfIwereanybetter,Idbetwins。Wannaseemyscars?
"Ideclinedtoseehiswounds,butIdidaskhimwhathadgonethroughhismindwhentherobberywashaening。
"Thefirstthingthatwentthroughmymind,
"Jerryrelied,
"wasthatIshouldhavelockedthebackdoor。Then,asIwaslyingonthefloor,IwasthinkingthatIhadtwochoices:Icouldchoosetolive,orIcouldchoosetodie。Iwaschoosingtolive。
"
"Werentyoueverscared?Didyouloseconsciousness?
"Iasked。
Jerrycontinuedthestory,
"Thearamedicsweregreat。TheykettellingmeIwasgoingtobefine。Butwhentheywheeledmeintotheemergencyroom,IgotreallyscaredwhenIsawtheexressionsonthedoctors,andnursesfaces。TheyalllookedlikeIwasadeadman。IknewIneededtotakeaction。
"
"Whatdidyoudo?
"Iasked。
"Well,therewasabig,burlynurseshoutingatme,Jerry,areyouallergictoanything?Yes,Ishoutedback。What?sheasked。Thedoctorsandnursesstoedandwaitedformyrely。Itookadeebreathandyelled,Bullets!Theyallstartedlaughing,andItoldthem,Look,Iamchoosingtolive。OerateonmeasifIamalivingman,notadeadman。
"
Jerrylivedinartbecauseofhisdoctors,butinlargeartbecauseofhisindomitableattitude。
杰里真是个讨厌的家伙,他是那种整天心情愉快、乐观向上、能说会道的人。如果有人问他最近怎么样,他一定会说:“好极了,再好不过了。”
刚认识杰里时,我还是一家餐饮公司的年轻管理员,而他已经是一位出色的经理了。因为他良好的态度,一些服务员甘愿跟随杰里辗转于各个公司。他天生善于激励人,如果哪个员工心情不好,杰里总能告诉他如何积极应对。