Opportunities Today : June 2006 Issue

All about attitude

 

 

 
• The foundation of success is attitude.
• When a person gets a job, 85% of the time it is because of their attitude, and only 15% of the time because of how smart they are and how many facts and figures they know.
• Opportunity is always under our feet. We don't have to go anywhere. All we need to do is recognize it.
• When people don't know how to recognize opportunity, they complain of noise when it knocks.
• The same opportunity never knocks twice. The next one may be better or worse, but it is never the same one.
• Our attitude determines how we look at a setback. To a positive thinker, it can be a stepping stone to success. To a negative thinker, it can be a stumbling block.
• There are primarily three factors that determine our attitude. They are : (1) Environment (2) Experience (3) Education. These are called triple E's of attitude.
• What happens when we take family problems to work? Our stress level goes up and productivity comes down.
• In a corrupt environment, an honest person has a tough time. Whereas in an honest environment, the corrupt one has a tough time.
• It is tough to expect positive behaviour in a negative environment.
• A person with a positive attitude is like a fruit of all seasons.
• Someone once said that even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
• Some people always look at the negative side.
• Pessimists are unhappy when they have no troubles to speak of.:
 
• Here are the example of pessimists:
1) They feel bad when they feel good, for fear they will feel worse when they feel better
2) They spend most of their life at complaint counters.
3) They always turn out the lights to see how dark it is
4) They are always looking for cracks in the mirror of life.
5) They are not sleeping in bed when they hear that more people die in bed than anywhere else 
6) They cannot enjoy their health because they think they may be sick tomorrow
7) They not only expect the worst but make the worst of whatever happens
8) They don't see the doughnut, only the hole
9) They believe that the sun shines only to cast shadows
10) They forget their blessings and count their troubles
11) They know that hard work never hurts anyone but believe “why take a chance”
 
• If you want to build and maintain a positive attitude, get into the habit of living in the present and doing it now.
• If you want to build a positive attitude, learn the phrase, “do it now”.
• The saddest words in life are :
“it might have been” “I should have” “ I could have” “I wish I had” “If only I had given a little extra”
 
• Develop an Attitude of Gratitude.
• Count your blessings, not your troubles
• We are so focused on complaining about things we don't have that we lose sight of the things we have.
• Many of our blessings are hidden treasures - count your blessings and not your troubles.
• Continuous positive education leads to positive thinking.
• A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. Just like a small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce great results.