ATTITUDE
By
Muhedin Abdi
What is Attitude ?
It is the most power full and
complicated part of our body.
Success = Skill + Attitude + Knowledge
S A K
Importance of Attitude
• it is not the color of the balloon, it is
what is inside that makes it go up.“
• why some individuals, organizations, or
countries are more successful than
others?
• I believe that the success of an individual,
organization or country, depends on the
attitudes their people.
• "The greatest discovery of my life
is that human beings can alter
( Change ) their lives by altering
their attitudes of mind."
Alternatives is not always good and
bad but also it become b/n the
Dangers.
TQP
TQP is ( Total Quality People )
( positive attitude. )
• People can be your biggest asset or your
biggest liability.
• For example, some customer service
programs teach participants to say "please,"
and "thank-you," give smiles and
handshakes.
FOUNDATION
• The Calgary Tower stands at 190.8
meters. The total weight of the
tower is 10,884 tons or
( 108,840 ) kuntal , of which 6,349
tons is below ground
(approximately 60%).
• This shows that some of the greatest
buildings have the strongest
foundations. Just like a great
building stands on a strong
foundation, so does success. And
the foundation of success is attitude.
YOUR ATTITUDE CONTRIBUTES TO
SUCCESS
when a person gets a job, 85% of the time it is
because of their attitude, and only 15% of the
time because of how smart they are and how
many facts and figures they know.
Surprisingly, almost 100% of education dollars go
to teach facts and figures which account for only
15% of success in work!
Attitude is the most important
word in the English language. It
applies to every sphere of life,
including personal and
professional life.
• The grass on the other side
always looks like greener.
• While we are dyeing the grass on
the other side, there are others
who are dyeing the grass on our
side.
Our attitude determines
how we look. To a positive
thinker, it can be a
stepping stone to success.
To a negative thinker, it
can be a stumbling block.
Great organizations are not
measured by wages and working
conditions, they are measured by
feelings , attitudes and
relationships.
FACTORS THAT DETERMINE OUR ATTITUDE
1. Environment
2. Experience
3. Education
1. Environment
Environment consists of the following:
• Home: positive or negative influences
• School: peer pressure (noble ranks )
• Work: supportive or over critical supervisor
• Media: television, newspapers, magazines, radio,
movies
• Cultural background
• Religious background
• Traditions and beliefs
• Social environment
• Political environment
2. Experiences
• Our behavior changes according to our
experiences with people and events in
our life.
• If we have a positive experience with a
person, our attitude toward him
becomes positive and vice versa.
3. Education
• I refer to both formal and informal education, not
just academic qualifications. Knowledge
strategically applied translates into wisdom, ensuring
success , I talk of education in the broader sense.
• We are drowning in information but starving for
knowledge and wisdom. Education teach us not
only how to make a living but also how to live.
THE BENEFITS OF A POSITIVE
ATTITUDE
• These are many and easy to see. But what is easy to see is also easy to
miss. To mention a few, a positive attitude
• increases productivity
• fosters teamwork
• solves problems
• improves quality
• makes for congenial atmosphere
• breeds loyalty
• increases profits
• fosters better relationships with employers, employees, and
customers
• reduces stress
• helps a person become a contributing member of society and an
asset to their country
• makes for a pleasing personality
Negative People will Always
Criticize
• Some people always look at the negative side.
Who is pessimist?
• Pessimists are unhappy when they have no
troubles to speak
• feel bad when they feel good, for fear they will
feel worse when they feel better
• spend most of their life at complaint counters
• always turn out the lights to see how dark it is
• are always looking for cracks in the mirror of life
• stop sleeping in bed when they hear that more
people die in bed than anywhere else
• cannot enjoy their health because they think
they may be sick tomorrow
• not only expect the worst but make the worst of
whatever happens
• believe that the sun shines only to cast shadows
• forget their blessings and count their troubles
• know that hard work never hurts anyone but
believe "why take a chance?"
THE CONSEQUENCES OF A NEGATIVE
ATTITUDE
• Our life is an obstacle course and we become our own
biggest obstacle by having a negative attitude.
• People with a negative attitude have a hard time
keeping friendships, jobs, marriage and relationships.
Their attitude leads to
• bitterness
• resentment
• a purposeless life
• ill health
• high stress level for themselves and others
WHEN WE BECOME AWARE OF OUR
NEGATIVE ATTITUDE, WHY DON'T WE
CHANGE?
Human nature generally resists change. Change is
uncomfortable. Regardless of its positive or
negative effect, change can be stressful. Sometimes
we get so comfortable with our negativity that even
when the change is for the positive, we don't want
to accept it. We stay with the negative.
STEPS TO BUILDING A POSITIVE
ATTITUDE
• How do you build and maintain a positive
attitude?
• Become aware of the principles that build a
positive attitude
• Desire to be positive
• Cultivate the discipline and dedication to
practice those principles
Steps
1: Change Focus, Look for the Positive (bee and
honey )
( When you go digging for an ounce of gold, you
have to move tons of dirt to get an ounce of gold.
But when you go digging, you don't go looking for
the dirt, you go looking for the gold.“ )
Step 2: Make a Habit of Doing
It Now
• Procrastination leads to a negative attitude. The habit
of procrastination fatigues you more than the effort it
takes to do it.
• If you want to build and maintain a positive attitude,
get into the habit of living in the present and doing it
now.
• He slept beneath the moon
• He basked (lied) beneath the sun
• He lived a life of going to do
• and died with nothing done.
The saddest words in life are:
• "It might have been."
• "I should have."
• "I could have."
• "I wish I had."
• "If only I had given a little extra."
• Never leave till tomorrow which you
can do today.
Step 3: Develop an Attitude of
Gratitude (feeling )
Step 4: Get into a Continuous
Education Program
We receive a lot of information in
schools and colleges. Don't get
me wrong. We do need
information to be educated.
But we need to know the true
meaning of education.
Reality
Good decision comes from
experience but experience
comes from accumulation of
mistakes.
A person can and will be successful with or
without formal education if they have the 5 Cs:
• character
• commitment
• conviction (belief )
• courtesy ( respect /good manner )
• Courage (fearlessness)
Feed Your Mind Good.
• Just like our bodies need good
food every day, our minds need
good thoughts every day.
Knowledge is Power
• It is potential power and it becomes power only when it is
acted upon.
• If you are not a reader you can not be a leader.
• Learning is like eating food. It is not how much you eat
that matters, what counts is how much you digest.
• Knowledge is potential power, wisdom is real power.
• Education takes many forms, it is not just grades and a
degree. It is
• cultivating your strength
• learning self-discipline
• listening
• desiring to learn
Step 5: Build a Positive Self-Esteem
What is Self-Esteem?
Self-esteem is the way we feel about ourselves.
When we feel good within, our performance goes up,
our relationships improve both at home and at work.
The world looks nicer. What is the reason? There is a
direct correlation between feeling and behavior.
Step 6: Stay Away from Negative Influences
Today's teenagers learn from adult behavior
and the media. They face peer pressure.
Peer pressure is not just limited to
teenagers, it is also prevalent in adults. It
shows a lack of self-esteem when people do
not have the courage to say "No, thank
you," and stay away from negative
influences: What are the negative
influences?
Negative Movies and Television Programs
• Today's kids are learning their attitudes and
values more from television and movies than
from anywhere else. It is estimated that in the
United States, by the time a youngster gets out
of high school, he has watched more than 20,000
hours of television, witnessed 15,000 murders,
and watched 100,000 alcohol-related
commercials video smoking , Drugs , crime.*
• They convey the message that drinking is fun,
is glamorous, and are the "in" thing. No
wonder the rate is so high!
• Soap operas glamorize premarital and
extramarital sex. No wonder commitments are
lacking in relationships and divorce rates are
high.
Learn to Like the Things That
Need to be Done
Some things need to be done whether we like
them or not; for example, mothers caring for
their young. They may not be fun and games,
and may even be painful. But if we learn to
like the task, the impossible becomes
possible.
WINNERS VERSUS LOSERS
• The Winner is always part of the answer;
• The Loser is always part of the problem.
• The Winner always has a program;
• The Loser always has an excuse.
• The Winner says, "Let me do it for you";
• The Loser says, "That is not my job.“
• The Winner sees an answer for every problem;
• The Loser sees a problem for every answer.
• The Winner says, "It may be difficult but it is
possible";
• The Loser says, "It may be possible but it is too
difficult.“
• When a Winner makes a mistake, he says, "I was
wrong";
• When a Loser makes a mistake, he says, "It wasn't my
fault."
• Winners follow the philosophy of empathy: "Don't do to
others what you would not want them to do to you";
• Losers follow the philosophy, "Do it to others before
they do it to you."
• A Winner makes commitments;
• A Loser makes promises.
• Winners have dreams;
• Losers have wrong perception.
• Winners say, "I must do something";
• Losers say, "Something must be done.“
• Winners are a part of the team;
• Losers are apart from the team.
• Winners see the gain;
• Losers see the pain.
• Winners see possibilities;
• Losers see problems.
• Winners believe in win-win;
• Losers believe for them to win someone has
to lose.
• Winners see the potential;
• Losers see the past.
• Winners choose what they say;
• Losers say what they choose.
• Winners use hard arguments but soft words;
• Losers use soft arguments but hard words.
BE A WINNER--ACTION STEPS
• 1. Be a good finder.
• 2. Make a habit of doing it now.
• 3. Develop an attitude of gratitude.
• 4. Get into a continuous education program.
• 5. Build positive self-esteem.
• 6. Stay away from negative influences.
• 7. Learn to like the things that need to be done.
• 8. Start your day with a positive.
Thank you
for
your participation
