The Power of Positivity: It is at times of the greatest uncertainty that the power of positivity is the most necessary. This is an uncertain time for all of us, and a time when our personal actions will have repercussions for the entire community. We owe it to ourselves and each other to be responsible and to stay positive. Here’s why positivity is so powerful.
It guides your actions
Positivity is an attitude that dictates the way we live. A positive person and a negative person can go through the same experience and come away with opposite perceptions. So, it’s not really what happens to us that matters, it’s our interpretation of what it means. For example, someone who is training for a marathon could suddenly become injured and therefore unable to participate. A negative person would become bitter, blaming the injury for preventing them from taking part. They may then never run again for fear of the same thing happening. A positive person, on the other hand, would take the lesson that they need to take a break and train more gently and consistently when they recover. With this attitude, they will go on to complete a marathon in the future because they focused on what they could learn from the experience, not what they feared may happen again in the future.
It gives you resilience
The same example also illustrates this. Resilience is necessary for success of any kind. Nothing worthwhile is ever easy therefore we need mental and physical fortitude to achieve our goals. Being positive in good times is not a challenge, maintaining positivity in difficult times is. Resilience is a consequence of prolonged and practiced positivity.
It keeps you optimistic
Optimism is the result of sustained positivity because positivity is not an act, it’s a habit! Cultivating a positive mental attitude takes time and many tests. This reminds me of a famous Henry Ford quote, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.” Our minds are powerful beyond what we can imagine. They respond to what we tell them. If we tell them we can do something, they will find a way to make that happen. If we say we can’t do something they won’t bother to try. If you change your attitude, things can become achievable when before they seemed impossible. Remember, our thoughts dictate our words and our actions, so choose your thoughts carefully.
As we navigate these troubled times with COVID-19 outbreak impacting the entire world, be sure to arm yourself with positivity and let these circumstances unite around hope and not fear.
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Mitch Launius
Instructor Pilot for 30 West IP
Mitch is the CEO of 30 West IP where he is also an instructor providing pilot training on international procedures. With an illustrious career of over 34 years in the cockpit, Mitch has acquired over 13,000 hours of flight time flying worldwide, with over 9,000 hours of this in Challenger and Gulfstream aircraft. He is an experienced safety officer and was also an IS-BAO project manager for a fortune 500 flight department. He has presented on Safety and Operations topics at the NBAA International Operators Conference and the Canadian Business Aviation Association Convention and is currently on the NBAA International Operators Committee and serves as the North Atlantic Regional Lead. Mitch is also a member of an FAA working group on General Aviation International Authorizations and Tabletop Exercises (GIATE). He was recently selected to represent IBAC as a member of the ICAO Personal Training and Licensing Panel (PTLP) and was also recently named as a 2020 recipient of the NBAA Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award for his contribution to the business aviation community.
Henry ‘Duke’ LeDuc
Director Of Operations, Americas, UAS International Trip Support
Duke has been a dearly respected member of UAS Americas team and the UAS global family for more than five years. A safety-oriented, FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher, he oversees all of the operations of the elite UAS Operations Team. With twenty-five years of experience in aviation overall with more than fifteen years of experience in international flight planning and VVIP trip coordination, he is responsible for the development of the dispatch training program and involved in the strategic development of UAS Americas. With a myriad of rich aviation experience behind him, he has extensive experience in worldwide operations with both corporate and charter environments, including seven years as Operations/Dispatch Manager in an industry-leading, Fortune 500, IS-BAO Stage III Certified corporate flight department. Duke is frequently asked shares his knowledge at major industry events and is currently serving on the NBAA’s International Operators Conference (IOC) Planning Committee.
Dudley King
President and Founder, FlightBridge
Dudley is the Founder and President of FlightBridge, which he established in 2011 and has been focused on technology solutions for the private aviation industry since 2006. Since he graduated from Dartmouth in 1988, he has worked with an array of companies listed anywhere from VentureWire to the Fortune 100. A rare blend of executive, entrepreneur, and consultant, Dudley’s executive roles have included acting CIO positions for several companies and tech advisory services to CEOs trying to rebuild their technology organizations or looking for an external, professional point of view. Highly skilled at deeply understanding his customer’s business challenges and drawing from a long and varied experience in information technology services, Dudley excels at designing technology solutions to solve their problems.
Dr. Paulo Alves
Global Medical Director, Aviation Health, Medaire
Paulo has extensive experience in medical advisory in the aviation industry. As a cardiologist, he provides technical guidance and analysis for MedAire’s MedLink medical advisory service and is MedAire’s liaison with civil aviation regulators and industry associations. Paulo worked with Varig Brazilian Airlines for 23 years, 10 of which were spent as General Medical Manager. A member of the MedAire Medical Advisory Board, Paulo is also President of the Ibero-American Aerospace Medical Association, a member of the International Academy of Aerospace Medicine, a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Safety Committee, a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), and a Fellow of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. Throughout his illustrious career, Paulo has held industry leadership roles including Chairperson of the AsMA’s Air Transport Medicine Committee, President of the Airlines Medical Directors Association, President of the Brazilian Society of Aerospace Medicine and was a member of the IATA Medical Advisory Group from 2002 to 2006.
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