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Attitude Paves an Upward Career Path
Every situation is different and no one can predict what a person will need to do in order to succeed, but here are some observations about the kinds of attitudes that can help people be more successful:
1. Competition can be motivating:
While many people use competition as an excuse for not doing something, those who really want to win see competition as an opportunity, and they're willing to do the tough work necessary to win.
2. Learn to deal with your fears:
Fear is one of the greatest deterrents to taking risks. People worry so much about failing that their fear paralyzes them, draining the energy they might otherwise be using in more productive ways. Fear also puts imaginary difficulties in our paths, creating problems even when we haven't experienced any. And fear spreads because the people around us sense when we are fearful of something. One of the best ways to overcome fear is to simply do the thing you fear the most so that it no longer controls you.
3. Beaten paths are for beaten people:
Sometimes the thing that will help you become a winner is not something you dread doing or don't want to do, but rather something you are dying to do yet don't have the courage to try. Successful people are those who are willing, at some critical point, to take a risk-not a foolish risk, but one that they have carefully thought through, recognizing both the positives and negatives that may result from the action.
The ability to take such a risk moves you off the beaten path and sets you apart from everybody else. It may make you uncomfortable, but it also can make you a winner.
Tips for changing your attitude
- · Give a little bit more. Be willing to give your full 100 percent to every endeavor.
- · Dedicate yourself to a single goal. While you don't have just one chance to win in life, you also don't have to be lured by the notion that the grass may be greener if you switch options.
- · Learn to be flexible. Be prepared to make adjustments if the situation calls for it.
- · Find a hero who can inspire you when you are discouraged. It helps to remind yourself that even the most successful people suffer setbacks.
- · Be prepared. Be aware of things that could go wrong. Consider all the possibilities available, so that when the inevitable problems crop up, you'll be ready with solutions.
Quick tips
- ü Vary the time of day at which you perform your tasks. Energy levels vary for people during the day. Some work best from 5 a.m. to 12 noon, others from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. If you find your concentration lagging, then change when you do that particular task, and rearrange your priorities accordingly. Using your optimal energy times will increase your productivity and, in turn, keep stress levels and negative attitudes in check.
- ü Make silly or outrageous bets. Bet a friend that you'll complete a task by a certain date, or before he will, or better than he will. The loser buys the winner tickets to a local sporting or theatrical event. Or be a friend that you'll actually do it (versus not doing it), and then when you do, she'll take you to a movie. Or bet that if you don't complete the project, you'll do something outrageous like enter a marathon; give a bottle of wine to a competitive coworker, or wear a wild dress or crazy tie.
- The Little Book of Big Motivation, by Eric Jensen
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- 1. Know Thyself - Socrates. From ancient Greece comes this reminder that introspection, keeping a journal, paying attention to the heart of things, comes first. Before we can know the world around us, and make wise choices, we must first come to grips with who we are and what we value.
- 2. To Thine Own Self Be True - Shakespeare. In life there is no substitute for integrity. My grandmother was fond of saying, "We either stand for something, or we'll fall for anything." Integrity is about going beyond the truth to full and complete honesty, openness and fairness.
- 3. And the Greatest of These is Love - St Paul. He also observed that "without love I am just a clanging symbol or a noisy gong." Without love, caring relationships, and compassion, life is indeed a dry and shallow thing.
- 4. Imagination Rules the World - Albert Einstein. The good life is at least partly based on dreams that are worthy of us, dreams that elevate and challenge and inspire our best. Bobby Kennedy noted, "Others look at the world and ask, 'Why?' I dream of a world that never was and ask, 'Why not?'" Martin Luther King's defiant cry, "I have a dream!" will live long after most of us are gone and forgotten.
- 5. Too much of a good thing is just right - Mae West. The good life is about living large, about expressing the joy and love of life. It's about song, exuberance, and about taking chances, and "going for it".
- 6. Opportunities multiply as they are seized - SunTzu. Success depends on the courage to act, and courage in turn requires a level of faith that every opportunity acted upon will lead to more and better ways to serve, learn, grow and prosper.
- 7. Do, or do not. There is no "try". - Yoda (The Empire Strikes Back). Life requires action, boldness and decisiveness. Mae West also observed, "He who hesitates is a damned fool."
- 8. Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away - Antoine de St. Exupery. Henry Thoreau recommended, "Simplify, simplify, simplify. Let your concerns be as 2 or 3, not more." Friends, work, the media and this thing called the Internet, along with our own "wish lists" try to seduce us to complexity, busy-ness and anxiety. Keep it simple!
- 9. The artist is nothing without gift, but gift is nothing without work - Emile Zola. Only focused, intelligent, diligent effort turns potential into reality. Without creative efforts, talent and "gift" seem to atrophy and die. Truly a case of "use it or lose it".
- 10. There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein. I highly recommend practicing the attitude of gratitude. What else is there?
Submitted by Philip E. Humbert, Ph.D., Copyright by Coach U, all rights reserved. |
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offered their models of the "Good Life", and some have left quotes that nicely summarize important truths. The following are ten of my personal favorites. 
