Call it positive thinking, positive self-expectancy or optimism, it makes life better

The new year is already a few months old, but there are many months left in which to achieve your goals in 2017.

If you want to be the best, business author Denis Waitley recommends “the power of positive self-expectancy.”

Positive self-expectancy is the most identifiable quality in a winning personality, Waitley says.

“Winners expect another good day, a promotion, to find a parking pace, a productive meeting, and a harmonious family life — and they usually get them,” Waitley says.

He says losers expect frustration, more problems, a dull evening, bad service, and failure. More importantly, they expect to feel bad and get sick.

And they often have accidents. Mental obsessions do have physical manifestations. Negative thinkers tend to become what they fear and get what they suspect.

Success and winning are very individual things. They include doing your best for others. They involve taking the talent you were born with, and the knowledge and skills you have since developed, and using them fully toward a purpose that makes you feel worthwhile, according to your standards.

“There are two sets of expectations affecting our lives. First are the expectations that others have for you. Then there are the expectations you have for yourself. We all try to rise to the first set, what is expected of us by our bosses, fellow workers and our families,” Waitley says.

Behavioral scientists say there is no question that our limitations or our successes are most often based on our own expectations for ourselves. They say you will be what you expect to be.

When you expect the best, you can move toward a better job, financial security, good health, warm friendships and better family relationships.