Posted By: Robert Alexander
Topic: Attitude
If any thing can get you in more trouble it is your Attitude. Almost always, you have a choice as to what attitude to adopt. There is nothing in any normal work situation that dictates you must react one way or another. If you feel angry about something that happens, or even happy, sad ect; for instance, that's how you choose to feel. Nothing in the event itself makes it absolutely necessary for you to feel that way. It is your choice. And since you do have a choice, most of the time you'll be better off if you choose to react in a positive rather than a negative way.
You can become a master of control of your Attitude by the use of cognitive thinking. You control how you feel and act by having control. Not by letting other control you by their actions or words. The biggest of any Attitude and cognitive action is JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS. Now how many of you have jumped the gun on something, which later bit in in the but ???
Anyways no matter what your attitude is it will effect the way people see you as a person. You control your attitude.
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." ~Herm Albright, quoted in Reader's Digest, June 1995
I like that quote at the end. Secondly, control is excellent, but it doesn't necessarily mean not feeling what you originally would. Real control is feeling a strong emotion but not reacting to it. For instance, say someone is doing everything they possibly can to make you angry, or offend you. Every part of you is just that, angry, you probably want to hit them, but with control you can get past the emotion of it and still react in a sane and logical manor despite your anger towards that individual. But, then again, that's just my view on the subject.
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