Dispelling the Myth

Where is the one place you almost expect to find pessimistic, disgruntled, unhappy, negative employees? Did you answer, the post office? Probably most of you did. That’s the impression we’ve been given.

It's time to dispel that myth.

The post office we frequent actually has a happy, optimistic postal clerk! He says he loves his job and looks forward to being there every day. Imagine that!  He smiles and enjoys his job, on his feet, dealing with people, day in and day out.

He also shares that before he went to work for the USPS, he worked at a collection agency. He even loved that job! Just like working at the post office, he went to that work every day happy to be there and enjoying his work. Now, imagine that!

Take away the imagining, one thing I know about this particular postal clerk is that when I go to the post office, I mentally keep my fingers crossed that the line I’m standing in will move in sync with my wishes so that when I get to the front of it, I hear him say, “next in line, please.”  When that happens, I’m a happy customer!

Consider the job he now has and the previous one he mentioned, are they jobs that by virtue of the type of work you would expect cause people to be happy and optimistic?  It’s doubtful. However, this man chooses to be happy about his work no matter what it is or where it is.

Everyone makes choices. The most important choice in our lives is to be optimistic, happy and upbeat about what we are doing. And if you are not, decide to change that. Decide. Think. Become! It really is your choice! If you think you can’t, consider the example of the postal clerk. He does it! You can too!