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 a 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."