We've all heard that laughter and bad attitudes are contagious.  What about ideas? 

Dictionary.com defines an idea as:

Something, such as a thought or conception, that potentially or actually exists in the mind as a product of mental activity.

An opinion, conviction, or principle.

A plan, scheme, or method.

The gist of a specific situation; significance.

A notion; a fancy.

Aren't beliefs, assumptions, and fears forms of ideas?  Have you ever had one of those days when everything went wrong from the minute you got up until you went to bed?  Like you were caught up in a domino effect?  Consider this:

Scarcity is contagious.

In fact, scarcity is a social epidemic.

In the first chapter of my upcoming book, Coaching Into Greatness: 4 Steps to Success In Business & Life, I write that "scarcity is the currency of our times."  We don't have to look far to see the negativity that infiltrates our culture, our tv's, our schools, our government.  We see all kinds of people living in scarcity.  I'm not just talking about poverty.  I'm really talking about people resisting who they are--living lives of mediocrity and drudgery and complacency.  Getting by.  Punching the timecard.  Paying their dues.

And yet, there is an opposite and equal reaction out there and inside each one of us.  The ability to be abundant, to be who we are, to live into our greatness, AS WE ARE.

Which version of the idea virus do you have?  Scarcity or Abundance?