There are a lot of great ideas that I have just started to use, for which I should thank my dad.
Although he wore a number of professional hats, having produced radio and TV shows as well as the Las Vegas revue for the infamous DJ, Wolfman Jack, for the most part, dad was a career salesperson.
And more than anything else, he believed that your attitude determines your altitude.
I remember telling him that sometimes, after striking out in baseball, particularly if it was the game-ending event, the memory bugged me so much that I relived it, over and over.
In all seriousness, he