The Attitude Factor

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No 4 of the Series: Success Factors:

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. Kahlil Gibran

I have often heard people around me (in a bus, or a store) say to their friend or family member: “Are you giving me an attitude“?

It took me a while to actually understand what they were saying. (Ok, I am a kiwi, so I don’t always “get” the American “colloquialisms” at first or even second hearing).

I finally understood that what they are saying is “Are you giving me a BAD attitude“? So most people have some understanding of what attitude is, but do we all REALLY understand the actual impact it can have on our lives?

Attitude is the way you mentally look at the world around you. It is how you view your environment and your future. It is the focus you develop toward life itself. Unknown.

There is not a person living on this planet who has not at some time or another expressed that they would like succeed with something or they would like something better in their lives than what they already have.

Yet do they achieve it?

We all know that statistics show that 90 plus percent do not.

Why could they not achieve their desired success? Could their attitude be a reason? I think so.

Those 90% or so all have an excuse as to why they could not succeed. There were just too many hurdles in their way (according to them). They spend too much of their time with “an attitude” (a bad one) and not enough time being determined to win. (Of you I know that you are not included in this scenario right?)

Mm I wonder what Walt Disney would have said. He started off as a newspaper boy. What could be lower than that? Yet he did not have an excuse, he had a dream and a plan that was unstoppable. His attitude was that of a winner.

Of course we could spend thousands of words mentioning so many of those who have achieved greatness after starting out with very humble and difficult beginnings. (If you are wondering why I thought of Walt Disney and not someone like Robert Allen or Donald Trump, mm I like Mickey Mouse).

Which Life Story Version Will You Focus On?
I have often said that all of us could write at least two books about our lives. One would be a book of tragedy and the other would be a book of triumph. Both books would relate the story of the SAME LIFE, just from two different perspectives.

I know I have could easily think of a tragic story I could tell, (I won’t because the triumphant one is better Do you see what I mean?

So let’s do a checkup on ourselves:
What is my attitude towards my life?
Am I happy with how things are going?
Is my attitude helping me reach success, or hindering success in my life?

How can we tell what our attitude is really like?
Think about it, every time you hit a road block on your journey to success, what is the first thought that flashes through your mind?

Is it a thought of doubt? Or is it a thought that expresses determination to conquer no matter what?

If there are still doubts, you have work to do.

Change your mind, change your life!