Show I f Attitudes and andi 4 i Actions I by Deanne Welti It HIt has given me a foundation for self This class has helped me see into myself more clearly It has also helped me realize that I have a choice to become anything I want I am in control of my life It has given me the courage to face my problems These are all comments comments comments com com- ments made by students who have completed a special course offered at Utah Tech It is a unique one that educates students about a subject usually not taught at school positivism What is positivism Positivism is more than just positive positive positive tive thinking its it's the active application of positive thinking It is the realization that anyone can make his life into whatever he likes through confidence the desire to succeed and a lot of hard work It is the understanding that no matter how down and out troubled or discouraged discouraged discouraged aged a person is there is always a way to actively solve the problem and actually grow from it Mainly positivism is the awareness that every person has the ultimate control and complete responsibility for the outcome outcome outcome out out- come of his life If someone's life is successful or a complete complete complete com com- failure it is because of his own actions not those of his mother father or friends Each individuals individual's life is his individual responsibility Therefore it is the individuals individual's responsibility to find out how to tOmake make his life successful which is what the Zoom course deals with Zoom teaches students how very powerful the mind is and how thoughts actually influence and affect the people and situations around us Mr Giles who teaches the class says that thoughts are like magnets if someone expects something negative to happen they will draw that negativism to them and vice In other words you get what you expect So people need to be positive to improve the quality and the condition of their lives According According According Ac Ac- cording to Mr Giles 90 to 95 percent of all Americans arent aren't happy because they dont don't realize the fact that they can control their own thoughts and therefore their own destiny Sound too good to be true Mr Giles says that since he has practiced positivism his whole life has changed He has lost over fifty pounds has gained confidence which has helped him with his job and marriage and has attained attained attained at at- many goals he used to think were impossible But once again his success did not come from only thinking positively He says that success is not easy you must get out and work for it it- it draw it to yourself which is exactly what he did And he teaches his students how to draw it to them them- selves He has been teaching the course for over ten years and 99 percent of the students have left Zoom feeling more self-confident self self-assured self and happy They realize that they can do it if they have the right attitude attitude- that of positivism L of t J. J I j Jil I I I oI I J. J f J 4 8 4 1 |