I’ve just returned from Ali Brown’s ‘Shine’ event in Las Vegas. It was a fantastic event, I had a really wonderful time and I achieved all that I intended to achieve by attending the event.

I noticed that there were lots of different opinions, comments and feedback both during the event and after the event. There were a lot of positive comments and also negative comments. It made me realise that we are all so different! Whether it is an event, how we run our business or how we manage our time, we all come from a totally different and unique place. Our mindsets vary, our priorities vary and what we value most in our lives vary.

I found it incredibly frustrating that there were some people in the room, both during and after the ‘Shine’ event that were critical of all sorts of things like how somebody looked, how the event was run or what was in the folders.  It is so easy to get caught up on critical and negative thoughts. We all do it from time to time. When I go there I always try to bring myself back to looking at the positives.

Those people that had a negative frame of mind while at the event would have found it difficult to get much value. You really have to have a positive mindset as much as possible and to always know that in everything negative there is always a positive.

Here’s an example of a negative event in your business life and the positives that can be found. Let’s say your computer breaks down. You go into panic mode because how are you going to get your work done? You can’t get to your email because the computers broken. It is the end of the world!

The reality is it’s just not the end of the world! I’ve been there and had this situation happen so I just want to show you how you can find the positives in something like this happening.

• 1. Hopefully you have someone you can call on to help. Whether it is in-house in your company or whether you call in a computer technician there is always someone who can assist you.

• 2. You’ve likely got a backup that you can call on to assist you during that time your computers down. Perhaps a neighbour has got a computer or the business next door or other team members that can actually continue on with the work while your computer is down.

• 3. You can use that time in another way that you wouldn’t have done had your computer not broken down. For example, you could be forced into doing some planning, getting the whiteboard and textas out and putting together some plans for what you are going to do over the next few months. Perhaps you will work on some marketing ideas or perhaps you may even simply sit down and catch up on some reading.

There are a lot of ways you could utilise that downtime that would actually be of great benefit to you and your business.  It could very easily turn the negative event into a positive outcome!!!

I encourage you in all that you do to mine for the positive - the gold.

You can also learn more about me and my business Web Chameleon at www.webchameleon.com.au .

I hope you have a fantastic day and I hope you can mine for gold in all that you do.