How to Be In Control of a Great Labor Day

By Cliff Kuhn, M.D.
The Laugh Doctor
"It all starts with a SMILE"

Control can be made to sound like a four-letter word when you
goal is to be happier. Letting go of control, after all, is a
huge alleviation for your worry and stress. So who would, in
her right mind, try to be more in control? But in a unique
paradox, taking charge of certain things helps you just as much
(or more) than letting go.

You have influence over the results of your footwork, to be
sure. And your careful application of my Smile Strategies
allows you to exert maximum influence over them. But influence
is not the same as control.

Your desire for control is the reason you worry. It’s scary to
have no control, but you have no say in that matter. Each day
you draw a breath you are afforded the wonderful and boundless
opportunity of one day, but you are offered no guarantees of how
things will turn out.

Despite your best efforts.

You see, while you may sometimes get frustrated by what you
can’t control, there are actually three things over which you
are never unwilling out of control. Regardless of circumstance,
you are always in control of your attitudes, ideas, and
actions. Not only are you in control of these three things, but
you’re also the only person capable of controlling them.

Your control over this powerful trio is exactly why I wrote the
Smile Strategy, Take Charge of What You Can. Since you are the
only person responsible for your attitudes, ideas, and actions,
you must take this strategy to heart. When you abdicate your
control over these three things by playing the victim’s role,
you cause yourself just as much misery as when you try to
control the results of your footwork and worry yourself out of
control.

And this Smile Strategy is all the more important to your
happiness when you consider what incredible influencers your
attitudes, ideas, and actions are. Can you think of anything in
life you’ve been able to achieve without calling at least one of
those three allies into action? They are, in fact, the only
choices in your arsenal when you want to influence the results
of your footwork.

So you must take charge of the things you’re in control of. It
is imperative that you spoon feed your attitudes and ideas
positive messages to shape and mold them into upbeat motivators
and change agents. You’re really counting on these things to
help you shape your life like clay on a potter’s wheel.

And I implore you to choose your actions very carefully, since
your actions are your most powerful method of influencing your
world. Actions not only help you create the physical world in a
manner of your choosing, but they also instruct your
subconscious mind about what it should believe. This is the
very reason that the way to build courage is to act courageous
when you’re scared.

Of course, healthy humor is the grandest foundation for your
attitudes, ideas, and actions. Taking yourself lightly is not
only fun; it creates energy, upbeat attitudes, resilience,
optimism, creativity, and enhances human interaction. You
couldn’t ask for a more potent rocket fuel for yourself.

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The Laugh Doctor
7406 Wesboro Road
Louisville, KY 40242
"It all starts with a SMILE"