If you desire to make a difference, start shifting your attitude.
Attitude is a choice. It indelibly effects everything you do in work and in life.
Here are 10 keys:
- Choose your attitude.
You choose your attitude, how you will respond, how others see you and you see
them. Learn to be content with what you have and who you are, but also never stop
growing and improving.
- Be passionate.
Don’t just go through the motions. Who you are and what you do today determines
where you will be tomorrow. Pour your best into what you do today.
- Be interested.
Take genuine interest in other people, what they say, what they need, where they
are going, how they got there . . . then ask yourself how you can help them achieve
more. “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in
other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.” —Dale
Carnegie
- Be determined.
Put your best into everything you do. Set your sights on excellence and let no
one dissuade you. Stay focused. Stay on task. Never give up!
- Get involved.
Be a team player, not a spectator. The team needs your contribution more than
it does your negativity. Anyone can criticize, be cynical and find fault, but
the one who pitches in and helps the rest of the team succeed gains the respect
of others.
- Accept responsibility.
Excuses and blaming others robs us of our accomplishments. We all fail. Take ownership
for your actions. Don’t care who gets the credit: be solution-focused, not
problem-oriented.
- Become an encourager.
Seek ways to build up someone else and make them feel valued. Compliment at least
five people per day. Until you do, don’t criticize anyone else.
- Be coachable.
No one grows who has an unteachable spirit. All winners have coaches or mentors
who give them advice and direction on how to improve and challenge themselves.
Be pliable, willing to change, grow and develop.
- Be goal oriented. You will go in the direction of your goals. A goal is your plan to achieve your dream. “The price of success is less than the cost
of failure.” —Zig Ziglar
- Remember to play! Life is exciting and is meant to be enjoyed. Within your work and relationships, add a dose of fun and play.
Don’t let yourself or anyone hold you back. PE
