Allen Klein
Allen Klein
Allen Kleinwas an American businessman, music publisher, writers' representative, filmmaker and record label executive, most noted for his tough persona and aggressive, innovative negotiation tactics, many of which established higher industry standards for compensating recording artists. He founded ABKCO Music & Records Incorporated. Klein revolutionized the income potentials of recording artists, who previously had been routinely victimized by onerous record company contracts. He first scored massive monetary and contractual windfalls for Buddy Knox and Jimmy Bowen, one-hit rockabillies of the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth26 April 1938
CountryUnited States of America
Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.
A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.
Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.
I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.
Humor does not diminish the pain - it makes the space around it get bigger.
Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.
You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.
Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost.
Humor can be one of our best survival tools.
Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.
No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.
The lesson adults can learn here is that the world is filled with things for our enjoyment.
When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them.
Our attitudes are the crayons that color our world.