It's easier when you're not self-improving alone, so for inspiration and encouragement find role models you want to emulate. And these don't have to be in real life — follow go-getter entrepreneurs on Twitter, follow happiness-seekers on Instagram, or read the encouraging posts of a self-development blogger. Surround yourself with positive role models and their vibes will start rubbing off on and teaching!
Self-improvement writer Kara Heisman at Life Hack suggested, "Find someone who has the kind of attitude that you want to have, and let his or her life give you inspiration and encouragement to move beyond your temporary failures in your journey towards becoming a better person.
If you have a nagging issue that won't go away, instead of caving into your bad attitude, try to find a different way to think of the situation. After all, reality is what we construct, so the way we respond to an experience is the way we end up feeling.
Thambipillay pointed out, "For example, if you feel like you have too much to do at work , rather than complaining and wishing it will go away, take on your extra work as a challenge.
Imagine how good it would feel to get through all this work and have your head above water again. Then, with your new positive attitude attack your workload with a new enthusiastic gusto. If you're having a hard time finding a reason to shake off your bad attitude, think ahead how a change in attitude will change and better your life.
There's your motivation right there. Heisman asked, "Will changing your attitude mean a happier family or social life? Will a change in your attitude mean a more successful career or business?
Fix your mind on the things that would come as a result of your attitude change and you will have a greater chance of reaching your goal. When we're stuck in a bad attitude, it can be hard to see the way out. If work sucks, then everything else does.
Your boss makes you feel like you don't bring value, your cash flow makes you think you don't have enough to enjoy a Saturday night, and your mindless tasks make you feel like you're wasting your life.
A person with a negative attitude will almost always lose to a person with a positive attitude. Sadly, many people with a negative attitude are stuck in a doom loop because they have a negative attitude about improving their attitude.
This is not a good place to be! A positive attitude is the result of a disciplined and deliberate way of seeing, thinking, and responding to life. It is a mental discipline.
It is intentional. It is mental toughness. Rather, it sees and acknowledges problems and then focuses on finding solutions and opportunities. It looks for the opportunity within the problem. A positive attitude is habit-forming, and it has an impact on you and people around you. A positive attitude affects you physically. A person with a positive attitude will almost always outperform a person with a negative attitude. In order to have a positive and proactive attitude, you must be disciplined and deliberate about the way you see and think about events, situations, people, and yourself.
The way you think drives the way you feel; therefore, consciously managing the way you perceive and process events is essential to a positive attitude. A key element of mental discipline is paying attention to and managing your self-talk. It is how you choose to interpret and explain the events you are experiencing. Managing your self-talk is critical because words carry thoughts, and thoughts create feelings.
It will never work. The way you think drives the way you feel. When faced with a difficult or frustrating situation, you can choose to focus on the problem, engage in negative self-talk, and focus your emotional energy on worrying and complaining; or you can acknowledge what is challenging, discipline yourself to see the big picture, engage in productive self-talk, and focus your emotional energy on finding a solution or on enduring the challenge.
Make a note this is important that a positive attitude does not ignore problems. It does not gloss over hard issues or disregard what is challenging. In fact, a positive attitude actually sees the situation more accurately and thoroughly because it does not lock-in on the negative aspects of the situation. A negative attitude tends to be narrow, limiting, and rigid. Once a negative attitude finds what it is looking for which it almost always does , it stops looking and stops thinking.
A positive attitude, on the other hand, tends to give greater perspective and insight because it stays fully engaged in the search for a solution. If you think managing internal thoughts to produce a positive, proactive attitude is merely a hyped-up motivational technique, consider the research that confirms the effectiveness and power of this mental discipline.
Here is a snapshot of what Csikszentmihalyi has discovered in his studies:. The most successful people, the happiest people, are those who learn to take charge of what happens in the mind.
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Home About. Take responsibility. Taking responsibility for your attitude is the first step. Evaluate your present attitude. To start improving your attitude, first assess your current attitude. Identify negative feelings you have about yourself, others or your workplace that are affecting your attitude. Develop the desire to change. This is the key to growth in all areas of life.
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