Economic downturns, catastrophic weather and international turmoil are beyond your control, but the condition of the world need not dominate your experience when you’re in charge of your well-being. You have the ability to consciously choose what influences your emotional state. Periodic hardship and difficulty are inevitable but, how you hold those conditions in your overall perspective and attitude about life is what matters most. Those who understand the power of positioning, contextualize difficult events in a way that feels good, has meaning and spurs personal growth, by asking this one important question…

“How is this situation for me?”