In my experience in various facets of organizations, I've found that opportunities are awarded most often to the person who has the best ATTITUDE for the job, not necessarily the one with the most APTITUDE for the job.

By changing your attitude to be more positive, people will want to talk to you, and you'll get more opportunities. More opportunities means more chances of success, more chances of success means more success, and more success means a better, changed, life. You do want to live a GREAT life, don't you?

So how do you change your attitude? Here's 3 tips to help you get started.

1. Focus on what you CAN do - when someone asks you for help, even if you're not the person that can help them, focus on the CAN. Let them know you CAN help them contact the right person to get their question answered. If you're looking for a job and someone asks you a question about what you can't do, turn it around and focus on what you can do. Let's say the question is "Can you type 100 words per minute?" and you can only type 80 words per minute. Answer the question "I CAN type 80 words per minute with 95% accuracy."

2. Smile at everyone you meet - Take 1 day and smile at every person you meet. Don't worry if they don't smile back, just keep smiling. By the end of the day, you'll be happier because smiling automatically gives you more energy than frowning. Try it if you don't believe me!

3. Answer "as if" - Pick 1 day, and no matter how you're doing, think about your best possible day, and when people ask you're how you're doing, answer "as if" you're having your best possible day. I always answer that I am doing great, and though at first it felt a bit forced, now, every day, I really am GREAT!

Remember: only YOU can make your life better. So I ask you, will you settle for average, or will you do what it takes to Make it Great!?

Phil Gerbyshak, motivational speaker and self-improvement advocate, challenges you to "Stop having a nice day...and Make it Great!" His website at http://MakeItGreat.org is updated regularly with thoughts about how you can take control of your life and stop letting life take control of you.