Attitude
Attitudes come from our environment, our experiences, and our
parents and friends. It is the way you communicate your mood to
others. Your attitude is one of the strongest elements you have to
control in your life. Be aware of it because it affects others and
your experiences. We should all engage in an attitude renewal
regularly - it can be changed. How does your attitude control your
life?
There are two types of attitudes a person possesses.
Personal. A person's individual philosophy of
life. This is what makes a person a pessimist or optimist; idealist
or cynics; over-achievers or below average.
Social. A person's view of society. It makes us
liberals or conservatives; moderates or radicals; pros or
antis.
Your attitude can be shown in many ways.
Body posture. Shows your mental state, emotion,
or mood.
Mannerisms. How you act, feel and think shows
your disposition.
Opinion. Your views depict your perspectives on
life.
Way of thinking. It can be purposeful thinking
along a certain line or it can be accidental.
You have complete control. It effects every part of your
life.
- Basic to mental health and all around success.
- Reflect your physical health
- Quality of relationships
- Enhance your personality
- Triggers enthusiasm, enhances creativity, cause good
things
There are potential obstacles that may stand in the way for
having a positive attitude.
Exaggerating. Try not to overestimate the
problem and underestimate your abilities.
Over generalizing. Don't take an isolated event
and assume it always happens.
Personalizing. Avoid thinking everything
revolves around you.
Either/or thinking. Things are not always
mutually exclusive. Consider them for what they are.
Jumping to conclusions. Gather all relative
information before drawing conclusions.
Ignoring the positive. Despite the one
negative, remember to focus on all the positive.
Everyone should engage in an attitude adjustment periodically
to rejuvenate yourself.
Employ the flipside technique. When a negative
arises, flip the problem over and see the humor or positive in the
situation. You can minimize the negative impact of this issue on
your attitude.
Play your winners. All of us have positives and
negatives in life and if not careful, we can let the negatives push
the positives to the back. Think about the winners, talk about your
winners, and reward yourself because of the positives.
Simplify! Simplify! Free yourself from
complications. An uncluttered focus will help you accept and enjoy
life's little pleasures.
Insulate. Learn to live with certain "no-win"
situations that cannot be resolved, thrown out, or ignored. Find an
effective way to cope with such situations such as talking about
it, laughing about it, or changing something.
Share. Keep your positive attitude by giving it
away.
Look better to yourself. Often you look better
to others than you do to yourself. Have a positive self-image of
yourself. When you feel like you don't look good, nothing else
looks good.
Accept the physical connection. Exercise helps
keep us out of attitudinal ruts.
Clarify your mission. Have a purpose and
direction in your life. This will help you stay focused, provide
perspective, and destroy uncertainty.