Choose Your Attitude...

​The Pike Place fish market, in Seattle Washington, is world famous. Go there on any Saturday and there will be literally 100s of people gathered around just to watch the people in the fish market work. What are the fishmongers doing that’s so extraordinary?
 
That’s what filmmaker John Christensen wanted to know when he visited the Pike Place fish market. He soon got his answer as he watched these simple fishmongers engage and entertain 100s of people with nothing but a collection of dead fish…and turn a good profit while doing so.

The Birth of ​Fish!

John turned their story into s 30 minute film, accompanied by a short book, and the Fish! philosophy was born.
 
The first step in the Fish! philosophy is Choose Your Attitude.  This step can seem as if we are putting on rose-colored glasses and simply ignoring the difficult things in life. No doubt, there is a lot of “stuff” in our lives that threaten to weigh us down. We deal with depression or anxiety, divorces and bankruptcy, difficult relationships and health problems. We are always going to have “stuff”, but this is the way to rise above the “stuff” and find joy and peace in your life in spite of it.
 
In 2008, the world faced a terrible financial crisis that affected untold millions. And yet, life went on. Along with banks collapsing, foreclosures, divorces and deaths, there were also babies being born, bar mitzvahs held, and companies thriving. And in all of that, the only power you and I could never lose was our power to choose our own attitude. 
 
It has been proven over and over again that it takes a positive attitude to achieve positive results. When we choose to manage our attitude to look at what is going right, we are able to see our full circumstances more clearly, and see the pathway to improvement and possibility. When we choose to look at things in a more positive way, it gives permission to the people around us to do the same, and pretty soon, we have a team of people who are primed to create positive change out of whatever circumstances we find ourselves in.
 
As Helen Keller pointed out, “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” Determine today that from this day forward, you will carefully choose your attitude.
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Bring fish to your organization

​Next week, we’ll touch on the importance of simply being there.
If you’d like to implement the Fish! Philosophy in your organization, call me for a free quote. 

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