I think perseverance might be a better description of “positive thinking” than “positive” itself is because you certainly don’t want to blow through failures like nothing happened. You want to push through with more ideas, learn whatever you can from the mistakes you made and try to use it as a stepping stone to something even better.

As for the book, I actually read the Kindle version on my iPhone. I’m more of a reader than a listener.

Another distinction between the upper classes and the lower ones is their relationship to authority. The children of the wealthy are encouraged to ask people in authority many questions and to communicate with respect but without deference.

People marked for advancement will look authority figures in the eye and communicate as equals. Those kept at the lower end will avoid eye contact, mumble, and appear as obedient as possible.

You don’t need to be born rich, of course, to learn this kind of behavior. But it’s difficult to do so without coaching, self-knowledge, and possibly therapy.

This is also the primary advantage of going through a private school. The quality of the teaching is the same or worse as that offered at public schools, but the relationships between the students and teachers are rather different, particularly at the top-end boarding schools. .-= JC Hewitt´s last blog ..Avoid White People and Save Over $15,000 a Year =-.