Aggression is one of the last dirty words in our culture.

You can be crass, you can be rude, you can even be profane, but, oh, aggressive, don't be

aggressive, except it's wrong, dead wrong.

I promise you nothing of meaning and transcendence will come into your life passively.

It's time for you to get into the arena to push back against a passive, mediocre existence.

I'm Brian Toam.

This is the aggressive life.

This is Brian Tome.

It's great to be with you today.

You know, one of the topics that often gets talked about and made fun of is having a positive

attitude. Glass half full. Seeing the possibilities. Opportunistic thinker. Potential upside.

When we have so many phrases like that, and I'm saying them in a very almost degrading tone

because I'm very tired of hearing all those phrases from the people who talk about them.

But I've got to be really clear right now, unless you have an upside thought pattern,

unless you're seeing the glass half full, you'll never move. The reason

why we make aggressive moves is because we believe our life is going to be better once we make

the move. The reason we make the hard decisions that other people don't want to make is because

we believe that

decision is going to bring blessings to my life. The reason we change locations is we believe

that new location is going to bring me more fulfillment in my life. I mean, the very reason to move

with your life, the very reason to make an aggressive move of your life

is because you want more for your life. You don't want life to stay the same. You want more for

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