This is earth, not heaven. Accidents happen, mistakes are made, people are rude. Nothing you do will stop unfortunate events. The only thing you can control is your attitude toward them. You can wallow in self-righteous anger and self-pity, or you can realize that all things pass and that while things look bleak now, tomorrow is another day.

You would think some people were born to complain because that's all they do. If you have a negative attitude the only people who'll listen to you are the sadists who love to hear whining.

On the other hand, if you maintain a positive attitude, you'll attract positive people and positive results.

I knew a man who was dying of cancer. When he rang his bell for the nurse there was literally a jam of people rushing to his room. Why? No matter how badly he was hurting he always told a joke or an upbeat story. It was the same positive attitude that had taken him from door to door sales to management of a large insurance agency.

Trying to change your attitude from negative to positive can feel like moving mountains. But if you keep at it the earthquake will happen and each morning will be the dawn of new opportunities.

Craig Duswalt is a professional speaker and the creator and author of Craig Duswalt's RockStar System For Success - How to Achieve RockStar Status in Your Industry. Craig is also a very popular and entertaining keynote speaker and a marketing coach who uses "outside-the-box thinking" tools to change the way entrepreneurs do business.

Craig's background includes touring with Guns N' Roses, as Axl Rose's personal manager, and Air Supply, as the band's personal assistant. Craig was also an award-winning copywriter, working as a senior copywriter for a Los Angeles-based ad agency until opening up his own ad agency, Green Room Design & Advertising, which was named the 2002 Santa Clarita Valley Small Business of the Year.

Craig combines his backgrounds in both music and marketing, and he teaches numerous ways to save a ton of money on marketing and advertising; and how to become perceived as a celebrity and an expert in your business where potential clients will come to you instead of you having to go after them.

Craig holds 2 large RockStar Marketing BootCamps every year, in March and September, in Los Angeles. For more information about these huge events please visit www.RockStarMarketingBootCamp.com or www.CraigDuswalt.com.