Repositioning Your Attitude For A New Altitude

Life's battle is won when the attitude battle is won. The difference between a success and a failure is traceable to the attitude they have towards life. Your attitude, they say, determines your altitude in life. However, if you carry the winning attitude, you can never be a destitute in life. Your "inlook" (attitude) will always determine you outlook. So get excited about life, because it takes excitement to excel. Change your attitude and shortly, your difference will make you a reference positively.

ATTITUDE: WHAT IT IS
Attitude, whether positive or negative, is an inward feeling expressed by behavior. That is why an attitude can be seen without a word been spoken. It is not your reputation but it determines your reputation. It is also not charisma.

IMPORTANCE OF ATTITUDE
Its importance cannot be overemphasized because:

1. It determines our approach to life
2. It determines our relationships with people
3. It is the difference between success and failure
4. Our attitudes at the beginning of a task will affect its outcome
5. It can turn problems into blessing
6. It can give us a positive perspective.

FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE ATTITUDE
Everyone influences and is being influenced from time to time. However, you determine the extent of your influence and to which you are influenced. The factors have a positively strong influence on our attitudes:
Other are:

(i) Personality (who I am)
(ii) Environment (What is around me)
(iii) Word Expression (What I hear)
(iv) Affirmation (What I feel)
(v) Self image (How I see myself)
(vi) Association (Who influences me)
(vii) Physical Appearance (How we look at others)

MAKE-UP OF THE WINNING ATTITUDE
A study of the men and women who made impact, it is revealed that they possessed the following:

1. Faith Attitude (Confidence/Courage)
2. Praise Attitude (Joy/Internal gladness)
3. Love Attitude (Genuine Affection)
4. Patience Attitude
5. Purity Attitude
6. Contentment per time
7. Integrity
The List is endless.

ENEMIES OF THE WINNING ATTITUDE
Some of them are:
1. Fear of failure
2. Discouragement
3. Struggle with sin
4. Criticism
5. Presence of problems
6. Negativism, etc

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HABITS AND ATTITUDES
According to Dr. John Maxwell,
Thoughts - Meditated thoughts - Decision - Actions - Continued action - Habits - Attitude/character
Your habits are what determine your attitude and your attitude determines your future.

Your name, certificate, qualification, titles, position, achievement, etc are all good but one thing is more important and that is having a WINNING ATTITUDE. Without it you never win in life. So get excited, stay excited, stay ignited because there is more to life than what we seen now.

"If you want to be distressed - Look within
If you want to be defeated - Look back
If you want to be distracted - Look around
If you want to be dismayed - Look ahead
If you want to be delivered - Look Up "

The attribute (quality) of your attitude (character) influences your aptitude (ability) to enhance your altitude (height).