Attitude is Everything
ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING
A wise man once said,
“God gave us the power of choice. We choose to build or destroy. To do good or evil. To be positive or negative and to be a success or a failure.” Since we have complete control over this one thing, then surely it’s our most valuable asset! In a world with so many things beyond your control, what a blessing it is to know that you have complete control over your attitude.
William James, the great Harvard psychologist said,
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by changing their attitude.” To me this is without a doubt the most important discovery of our time, because without question the difference between people who live happy and successful lives and those who live with defeat and despair is their attitude. Let’s face it, everyone experiences adversity, disappointments and setbacks. But the little thing that makes the big difference is how you respond. If you respond positively you’ll get good results; if you respond negatively you’ll get bad results.
I love what U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Champion Scott Hamilton said, “The only real disability in life is a bad attitude.” And the good news is a bad attitude is 100% curable. You see, “It’s not the situation that’s important, it’s your attitude about the situation that really counts.” Once you realize that your attitude is more important than anything that happens to you, then nothing can defeat you!
Charles Swindoll wrote this beautiful message about the importance of our attitude:
“The longer I live, the more I realize the
impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than
facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money,
than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other
people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance,
giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company . . . a church .
. . a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day
regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change
our past . . . we cannot change the fact that people will act in a
certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can
do is play on the one string we have and that is our attitude . . . I am
convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react
to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our attitudes
Realize that it’s your attitude, not your abilities, that determine how successful you are in life. In fact, a person with very little talent, but a good attitude, will find more success than an extremely talented person with a bad attitude. A recent study found that 90% of the reason that a person gets a raise or a promotion is because of attitude. So, life is an attitude. Make sure you have a good one and you’ll be sure to have a successful ife.
From the book “100 Secrets to Success”. By Keith Randolph-Lipscomb (You can order here on our blog)
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