and my Spanish-language tapes with me. I’ve got my cell phone. I have coffee in a thermos, my lunch—I even brought a book to read. So I’m fine.” Now,iftheearthquakeorthetrafficwerereallythedecidingvariables,then everyoneshouldhave beenangry.Buteveryonewasn’t.Itwastheirindividual response to the traffic that gave them their particular outcome. It was thinking negativethoughtsorthinkingpositivethoughts,leavingthehousepreparedor leavingthehouseunpreparedthatmadethedifference.Itwasallamatterofat- titudeand behaviorthatcreatedtheircompletelydifferentexperiences.