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SAM CLUB DAY ‘16

Lesson Six: Pulling up your socks.

This I confess I learned beyond Jamalpur. I call it pulling up your socks. Every me I find a colleague who is feeling
demo vated and nega ve I do this li le exercise with him or her. I ask them to rake a piece of paper and a pen
and think about all the thoughts they have about their job. They have to do this without stopping to think or
li ing their pen. They should write automa cally about the first things that come into their minds. And when
they are done I ask them to read the first five lessons I men oned above. Next I ask that they circle the points in
their wri ng that support the five lessons and put a box around the ones that don't but are completely nega ve.
Then I ask that they rephrase all the nega ves in posi ve terms. And they repeat that exercise ll they stop
thinking nega vely all together. There is only one sin. Or so says The Gita. And that is "being nega ve." If you
have recently become very nega ve just don't be so down. Read this ar cle again and do the exercise in Lesson
Six. Keep going un l you find the belief in yourself that Jamalpur ins lled in you.

And then, my friends, you will stay blessed.

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