ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING


ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

BY KEITH HARRELL


INTRODUCTION:

This book is a must read for everyone who really wants to excel in life or achieve personal fulfilment. The author rightly pointed out that the most valuable asset one can possess is a positive attitude towards one’s life as our attitude is one of the first things people notice about us.

He went further to provide ten steps for turning attitude into action with each step focusing on the fundamental principles of self-development and personal growth.

 

These ten steps also formed the ten chapters of the book given as follows

Ø  Attitude is everything - Understand the power of attitude

Ø  Altitude is a choice - Choose to take charge of your life

Ø  Bag your bad attitude - Identify through self-awareness the attitude that hold you back or propel you forward

Ø  Change your bad attitude for good – Refrain your bad attitude

Ø  Turn your attitude into action – Find your purpose and passion

Ø  Warning: Attitude Hazards Ahead – Be pro-active

Ø  Your Attitude Tool Kit – Discover how to motivate yourself

Ø  Build Your A-Team – Build supportive relationships

Ø  Develop A Whatever-It-Takes Attitude – See changes as an opportunity

Ø  Make A Mark That Cannot Be Erased – Leave a lasting legacy

 

Understand the power of attitude

The very striking part of this chapter is that we must change our heart to change our attitude as the heart is the control centre of our attitude. This is very evident in the lives of highly successful people in the world today whose positive attitude is the foundation of their successful lives which has also propelled them to making powerful impact.

 

Putting attitude to action can be achieved by doing the following four 4 things:

Ø  Focus on handling stress,

Ø  Identify your pessimistic/negative thoughts

Ø  Tell a supportive person how you feel:

Ø  Act to settle a problem:

 

The author went further to conclude each step or chapter of the book by highlighting some basic principles or quotes if well-articulated can help one maintain the best attitude at all times. They are stated as follows:

 

1.   No matter what you do in life, if you have a positive attitude, you’ll always be 100 percent. Accordingly to our alphabet system, if you assign a numerical value to each letter (1-26), altitude will equal 100 percent

2.   The greatest power a person possesses is the power to choose --J. MARTIN KOHE

3.   Only the limits of our mind-set can determine the boundaries of our future. 

4.   Remember that your real wealth is measured not by what you have, not by where you are but by the spirit that lives within you.

5.   There are two great moments in a person’s life; first is when you are born and second is when you discover why you were born.

6.   Fear cannot scare a person who is at peace with God. There is no room, opportunity or place for fear in such a person. Remember, you must have faith.

7.   Don’t forget, the best coach with the strongest power over your performance is the coach that lives within you.

8.   You are successful when you remember that somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a gift. That gift is what started you in the right direction. Remember that you are blessed when you pass that gift on to help someone else.

9.   The choice is yours. Change is the essence of life. Embrace it.

10.                 In all that you get, get understanding - Proverbs 4:7

 

MY VIEW ON THE SUBJECT - ‘Attitude is Everything’

Reading through the lines of its treatise, the author greens on positive attitude but my view, still through the writings, trails the subject ‘Attitude is Everything’ on critics’ aspect as follows:

 

I understand that ‘Attitude’ could be approach, outlook, manner, etc which is seeable as it is being manifested. At that, I agree that it is ‘Everything’.

However, every human react or manifest certain ‘Attitude’ based on the following:

  1. What they ‘SEE’.
  2. What they ‘HEAR’
  3. What they ‘FEEL’
    4.  

These three senses are major input in the visibility of any ‘attitude’ manifested and as such, it cannot be called ‘Negative or Positive Attitude’ seeing that it is a response to an applied input which must inversely receive a proportional result.

 

In conclusion, the fear of God is the beginning of all wisdom, wisdom is the principal thing for we need to get understanding first in order to exhibit the right attitude at all times.

 

This is my view.

 

Thank you
 

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