As I travel about the country, helping CEOs, entrepreneurs and their people grow their businesses, I never know what cool stuff I’ll find in the halls and on the walls.

Recently, I spotted a beautifully framed poster in an office in Houston. While the frame was a vibrant, rich cherry, it was the poster’s content that offered the “real riches.” It’s from the Executive Gallery and is titled, “Can-Do Winning Attitudes.”

There are two columns, the “Can’t Do” and the “Can Do.” Each, offers you a choice. A perspective. An attitude for action or inaction. As you’ll see, the choices you make ... will drive your relationships, results and revenue.

Can’t Do: We’ve never done it before

Can Do: We have the opportunity to be first

Can’t Do: It’s too complicated

Can Do: Let’s look at it from a different angle

Can’t Do: We don’t have the resources

Can Do: Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Can’t Do: It will never work

Can Do: We’ll give it a try

Can’t Do: There’s not enough time

Can Do: We’ll re-evaluate some priorities

Can’t Do: We already tried it

Can Do: We learned from the experience

Can’t Do: There’s no way it will work

Can Do: We can make it work

Can’t Do: It’s a waste of time

Can Do: Think of the possibilities

Can’t Do: It’s a waste of money

Can Do: The investment will be worth it.

Can’t Do: We’ll cannibalize our own sales

Can Do: We’ll do it before they do

Can’t Do: We don’t have the expertise

Can Do: Let’s network with those who do

Can’t Do: We can’t compete

Can Do: We’ll get a jump on the competition

Can’t Do: Our vendors won’t go for it

Can Do: Let’s show them the opportunities

Can’t Do: It’s good enough

Can Do: There is always room for improvement

Can’t Do: We don’t have enough money

Can Do: Maybe there’s something we can cut

Can’t Do: We’re understaffed

Can Do: We’re a lean, mean machine

Can’t Do: We don’t have enough room

Can Do: Temporary space may be an option

Can’t Do: It will never fly

Can Do: We’ll never know until we try

Can’t Do: We don’t have the equipment

Can Do: Maybe we can sub it out

Can’t Do: It’s not going to be any better

Can Do: We’ll try it one more time

Can’t Do: It can’t be done

Can Do: It will be a challenge

Can’t Do: No one communicates

Can Do: Let’s open the channels

Can’t Do: Isn’t it time to go home?

Can Do: Days go so quickly around here

Can’t Do: I don’t have any idea

Can Do: I’ll come up with some alternatives

Can’t Do: Let somebody else deal with it

Can Do: I’m ready to learn something new

Can’t Do: We’re always changing direction

Can Do: We’re in touch with our customers

Can’t Do: It’s too radical a change

Can Do: Let’s take a chance

Can’t Do: It takes too long for approval

Can Do: We’ll walk it through the system

Can’t Do: Our customers won’t buy it

Can Do: We’ll do better at educating them

Can’t Do: Our company is the wrong size

Can Do: We’re perfect for this project

Can’t Do: It doesn’t fit us

Can Do: We should look at it

Can’t Do: It’s contrary to policy

Can Do: Anything’s possible

Can’t Do: It’s not my job

Can Do: I’ll be glad to take the responsibility

Can’t Do: I can’t

Can Do: I can!

Wow! That’s powerful!

For more impactful ways to create the right environment or attitude of success in your office, be sure to take a peek at the dynamite tools at executivegallery.com

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Jeff Blackman is a speaker, author, success coach, broadcaster and lawyer who lives part-time on Marco Island. His clients call him a “business-growth specialist.” Send an e-mail to jeff@jeffblackman.com or go to www.jeffblackman.com to subscribe to his free e-letter.