Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Attitude

To those of you who follow me on Facebook, I told you that you'd be seeing this photo in a blog post soon:

I talked about knowledge not being power a couple of weeks ago. And as I've also said a couple of times, Success = Strategy x Execution, where strategy starts with knowledge and execution is the hard work portion of this equation. But without the right attitude, nothing will happen!

But how do you get the right attitude? And what is it?

From dictionary.com

attitude

[at-i-tood, -tyood]

noun

manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind:

a negative attitude; group attitudes.

But is that really helpful? OK, you can have a positive or negative attitude, but what does that mean? Here's a definition of positive attitude:

Optimism, as defined by Dictionary.com, means "a tendency to expect the best possible outcome or dwell on the most hopeful aspects of a situation".

Take now the following definition of positive attitude: "a person's disposition towards life in a manner that shows optimism" (as opposed to a pessimistic point of view). Does this sound like you?

So, attitude is a tendency to act a particular way and is generally broadly categorized as positive or negative.

But how can you change your attitude? Check out this article on "5 Simple Things That Can Help Change Your Attitude". Do you need to change your attitude right away? Try these 6 Ways to Change Your Attitude Right Now. Or maybe finding something to celebrate can help

Interesting days

Today - Dog Day and Women's Equality Day Women have always made great contributions to society, but I don't understand why they aren't treated as equals. It's been pointed out to me that my calendar is missing an important day for today:

Tomorrow - "The Duchess" Who Wasn't Day and Burger Day You know I'll be celebrating this one!

Next Wednesday - V-J Day Some of my younger readers may equate this with MTV's video jockeys but it marks the occasion of Japan's surrender marking the end of World War II. This photo captures the spirit perfectly: