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Whether you are an optimist or a pessimist, the choice as to how you will be in the future is yours, and yours alone. Here are 3 tips from Dr. Nido Qubein that will help you make the right one.

Business leaders today share a common dream: to improve business performance and increase profits. In short, great leaders are always in search of better results.

To change our results, we have to change the behaviors of our people.

I used to worry. A lot. The more I fretted, the more proficient I became at it. Anxiety begets anxiety. I even worried that I worried too much! Ulcers might develop. My health could fail. My finances could deplete to pay the hospital bills.

"You people lied to me!" Her biting words bounced off the walls of the customer waiting room. Customers were startled out of their seats. I was one!

“I am so glad you came to me,” the service person said with noticeable confidence. He moved closer to her and aimed his best eye contact straight at her livid face. “Would you be willing to tell me the details?” he said, world-class concern oozing from his voice.

“Mister, I’ll tell everybody up your chain of command if I have to.” Her mean junkyard dog style had bit down on a sympathetic ear and she was not about to let go.

“I don’t want to miss any of this,” the service person said, unshaken by her rage. “Could we please move in here so I can give you my complete attention?” He ushered her into an office away from the waiting area—and probably away from the object of her irritation.

People who build their dreams on reality take a very different approach to dreams than people who live in Fantasyland. Read on to find out whether you're more of a Fantasizer or a Dream Builder.