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“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” ~ Winston Churchill
Attitude is all about how you think and present yourself to others. If you think positively, you get positive results; if you think negatively, you will receive negative results. You will get whatever you want, provided you have the right attitude. It is a mindset that takes you to a toolset and skill set to be successful in your endeavors. Attitude is like your antenna. You can receive the proper signals only when your antenna is correctly placed.
Positive, Right & Strong Attitude
To be successful, you need to have a positive attitude, a respectful attitude, and a non-disrupted one. For instance, you may need more than merely thinking about becoming an engineer to fulfill your desire to become an engineer. You must put in your efforts and energies correctly, which calls for the right attitude. If some students copy during examinations, they may either be caught red-handed or come out with success. But such success will only last for a while. If the attitude is correct, it leads to putting in the effort correctly, thereby getting the right results. Finally, mere positive and right attitude may not give the desired results. What is needed is a solid attitude to pursue whatever you want till the end. Hence, it is desirable to have a positive attitude, the right attitude, and a strong will to be successful in your area of interest. Dare to Deviate.
Example Story Of A Marketing Executive
“The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be.” ~ William James
Diana was an introverted and socially inept woman by nature. She did an MBA in the domain of marketing. However, marketing requires a separate skill set, such as being an extrovert, social, talkative, and emotionally intelligent. She joined as a marketing executive in a multinational company where she constantly interacted with her colleagues and customers. She had to be social, talkative, and behave as an extrovert. Initially, she had a lot of difficulties as her nature was incompatible with her professional duties. She gradually changed herself to be successful, to remain on the job, and evolved into a successful marketing executive.
How did she evolve into a successful marketing executive? She changed her attitude to align with her job profile. We need to change ourselves to be successful in the changing world, and this is possible only by changing our attitude.
Advantages of Attitude
“Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours daily, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.” ~ Blandi Tom
Attitude can bring 100 percent of the results we desire in our lives. It helps enhance our aptitude. A positive attitude helps us face several challenges in our daily lives. It makes us competent and confident. It changes our perceptions about adversities. It minimizes conflicts and maximizes peace and tranquility. Attitude converts an ordinary person into an extraordinary person. It increases productivity and performance in the workplace.
How to Build Your Attitude
“Where the loser saw barriers, the winner saw hurdles.” ~ Robert Brault
A positive, right, and assertive attitude can be built by deleting unwanted files from our minds. Our minds are cluttered with a lot of undesirable information and data. We need to gradually remove the unwanted items and replace them with the areas of our interest.
Stay with positive and healthy people who will feed you with positive thoughts, ideas, and information. This helps fill our minds with a positive attitude. Start the day on a positive note so that the entire day goes positively. When things are not favorable, try to accept the realities, be flexible, and mold yourself according to the situation with the right attitude.
Positive versus Negative Attitude
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” ~ Helen Keller.
We can show our importance by helping, not by harming people. It all depends on our attitude. For instance, if a doctor thinks of showing importance by saving a patient’s life, then the doctor has a positive attitude. On the contrary, if the doctor thinks of showing importance by causing the death of a patient, it indicates a negative attitude. If an engineer desires to show his importance by building a great structure or dam, the engineer has a positive attitude.
In contrast, if the engineer thinks of showing significance by collapsing, it is a negative attitude. Similarly, if a teacher shows importance by teaching and grooming a student, the teacher can win the student’s hearts through a positive attitude. On the other hand, if the teacher shows importance by browbeating or bullying the student, it demonstrates a negative attitude. To put it briefly, a person with a positive attitude always thinks of helping and winning. In contrast, a person with a negative attitude always thinks of harming and defeating others while attempting to win for themselves only.
Conclusion: How to Build A Positive Attitude for Business
“Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.” ~ Berlin, Irving
A positive, right, and strong attitude is the common thread running through all successful people. This attitude makes them rise above the rest, makes the world sit up and take notice, and differentiates between leaders and followers. Therefore, a positive, right, and strong attitude is essential for growing personally, professionally, and socially as a successful person and for making a difference in the lives of others.
Professor M.S. Rao, Ph. D., is the Father of “Soft Leadership” and the Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants in India. He is an International Leadership Guru and has authored fifty-three books, including the award-winning “See the Light in You.” He is also a columnist and an author-at-large at Entrepreneur. Rao hopes to develop one million students into global leaders by 2030.
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