Attitudes are contagious, is yours worth catching? Lot have been said and written about attitudes.....What exactly are attitudes? The dictionary meaning of attitude is: "1. a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused by this: example :It's often very difficult to change people's attitudes.2 If you say that someone has attitude, you mean that they are confident and independent, often in a rude or unpleasant way. All of us have been following a set of attitudes we learned in our lifetime through our own experiences and those of others. Some of them are positive ....helps us to live our lives to
fullest-enjoying every moment. There are other attitudes which make our lives and that of others miserable - harming ourselves or others around us. There are a few other attitudes in life which are neither negative nor positive......but can be put under category - General - living our lives way we have been and living and doing nothing to progress in life - in our careers, our relationships, our physical, mental or spiritual aspects of life. Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thoughts, and habits can be acquired. An action repeated becomes an attitude realized.--Paul Myer (in Developing Leader Within You by Maxwell) The essence of Life as human beings is progress.....One thing all of us have to understand clearly is that if in any way we want to improve our lives -want more money, bigger house, smaller cell phones, have good health, recover from our addictions-if any, looking for "peace within", serenity and contended life, we have to work on ourselves to change for better. There are no two ways about it. "Changing our attitudes will definitely change our altitudes" But problem is that many of us are not ready to change.....we fear change....Friends "pain doesn't come from change ....it comes from resistance to change" Here are a few “action steps” which will help you to work on "Change of Attitude" Process. Try to work on it honestly and thoroughly. After all it is your life which can improve for better.
First of all, do a little self searching exercise. You can ask yourself these questions: a) Am I happy with growth at my work. b)Am I having a loving and understanding relationship with my wife/husband/partner or parents or children?
c) Do others treat me way I want them to treat me? d) Am I grateful for whatever I have today? e) Do I believe that "my feelings are results of my thoughts" can I can change myself to think differently to feel and act differently.
There are many, who answer in affirmative to above...they are doing a wonderful job with themselves are working on other areas in life where they feel there is scope for improvement.....and focus is on progress and not perfection. Because once we aim at perfecting a particular thing or behavior.....we don't even start...it is human nature....we tend to be perfectionists.....either we do it perfectly or we don't do it at all...So friends .....we are not looking to have a noble price for living a happy and better life but are targeting at improving from our present one.
