Jerry is always in a good mood as the manager of a restaurant. When asked how he is, he replies "If I were any better, I'd be twins." Jerry is a natural motivator who helps employees see the positive side when they are having a bad day. He believes that every day, people have a choice to be in a good or bad mood, and that even in difficult situations you can choose to learn from them or be a victim. Years later, Jerry is robbed at gunpoint and shot during the robbery but survives, crediting his positive attitude and choice to live.

1. You have two choices

2. Jerry is the manager of a restaurant. He is always in a good mood.

4. "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

5. Many of the waiters at his restaurant quit their jobs when he changed jobs ,

6. so they could follow him around from restaurant to restaurant

8. Because Jerry was a natural motivator.

10. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him ：

11. "I don't get it! No one can be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

14. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I always choose the positive side of life."

15. "But it's not always that easy,“ I protested.

16. "Yes it is," Jerry said.

19. Several years later,

21. He left the back door of his restaurant open

25. #123*+!@$%&*~

36. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied.

37. "Then, after they shot me, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or could choose to die. I chose to live."