I have 5 hours to kill while waiting for my flight to Atlanta. There is no internet in Bradley Airport. America, the no.1 economic power in the world, the leader in technology and…no internet in the airport? No wonder Changi Airport has been voted the best in the world by travelers.
On the way to LA, I was watching the show Jerry McGuire by Tom Cruise. In the show there is a statement in the changing room “It is better to have a positive anything than a negative nothing.” This reminds me of my current boss whom you can only talk positive stuff. Any negative viewpoints or remarks will invite his wrath and poor perception. This seems to be a typical American values. I recall an ex-colleague who lived in America for a couple of years. His version is "How are you? Everything is great! would be the standard reply even if the person's home roof has just collapsed, his wife is divorcing him... Yeah, everything is great!" They have been taught by all the positive thinking gurus. If you have a positive mind, everything will turn positive. It does not matter if your behaviours, actions or lack of action is causing everything around you to react negatively. Think positive! Laugh and the world laughs with you and cry, you will cry alone.
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