When something changes, like an appointment or a planned event that you are looking forward to, you can react in two ways.
One way to react is with disappointment, which is normal.
The alternative reaction is to say that this is the best thing to happen because it is going to lead to a better outcome. My friend & co-author of our book “What you Seek is Seeking You” Brian Tracy would call this attitude inverse paranoia. This means instead of becoming paranoid and upset, you do the opposite because you are confident that everything that happens is leading you to your ideal outcome.
W. Clement Stone, was described as being an inverse paranoid because he believed that the Universe was conspiring in his favour as opposed to the other way around. He would look for opportunity in everything that happened – good, bad, indifferent.
In simple terms a person who is paranoid is regarded as someone who thinks the world is out there to do them harm. An inverse paranoid on the other hand is someone who thinks that the world is out there to do them good!
Think always that the world is out there to do you good. Let that become a self-fulfilling prophecy!