Emotions give rise to attitude; and the attitude is guided by our emotions. The attitude of an individual can be either optimistic or pessimistic. The attitude of an individual can have ambiguity as some times the attitude of the individual is neither optimistic nor completely pessimistic but is somewhere in between of the two. Judgments form the basis of our attitude, which is structured on the influence, change in the behavior of an individual and experience of an individual. The sentimental retort is a response which is physiological and which gives a way out to the entity's preferences. The behavioral intent is the way of giving voice to the personage intentions. The experience of an individual is the assessment of the attitude of the personage. The personal observations are the basis on which the attitude of the personage rests.
Attitude can be either implicit or explicit. Implicit attitude is the unconscious reactions but they have an effect on the individual. Explicit attitude also affect the behavior of the personage but in the different terms. The attitude of a personage can be altered through affiliations. Jung the famous psychologist defines attitude as, "readiness of the psyche to act or react in a certain way".
Thinking affects all the facets of the life of an individual. Having the positive mindset helps a personage muddle through day to day activities of an individual. If an individual accepts the positive outlook towards the life, the person can overcome the fret and pessimistic way to life. Having the positive mind frame ensures the contentment, cheerfulness and accomplishment in the life. The dazzling side of the life can be seen easily, if one follows the right path. It is of prime concern of every individual to widen and strengthen the mind set of an individual.
The optimistic stance can be manifested by practicing positive thinking, creative thinking, motivating the individual to achieve the ambitions, not giving up the spirits of and exercising persistence and looking failures as a blessing in disguise and having faith in the abilities of oneself. If the individual follows the path of positive outlook not only the individual can feel the difference but also the milieu around him modifies and looks colorful and bubbling of life. An optimistic deems that all the good things will fall in their way without striving much for it. But if something negative happens the optimist just takes it as another obstacle in their way and a lesson to be learnt from it. And then again they come back to their normal self.
It is necessary for the individual to manage the stress and work towards its accomplishments. One needs to be pragmatic and decide the ambitions; one should not set the targets, which one knows is beyond the reach of the individual. For developing the positive energy around you, try and spend maximum time with your loved ones. An individual must strive hard to accept the situations as they are or even try and look something positive in the failure as it teaches you where you went wrong.
If the individual has a positive mind set he or she has better chances surviving in this world where all negative and depressing things takes place. For the process of self development, it is necessary to practice the art of keeping the optimistic mind frame so that an individual gets strength of mind. The personage can by practicing meditation, yoga, massage, color therapy and realizing the true worth of oneself one can overcome the problems which are generally associated with the practice of pessimistic outlook. It would not be wrong to conclude that for healthy living an individual must follow the path of optimism. Exercising is the way to develop you for sport and life.
The Ohio Longitudinal Study Of Aging and Retirement, a 20-year study of people that were 50 years or older found that our attitude about aging affected how long we lived. The study showed that people that had a more positive view about aging lived an average of 7.8 years longer than those than those who did not hold positive views about aging. Obviously many factors beyond attitude affect our life span, but since the study covered 1,157 people, a number of these other factors were balanced out.
So if our attitude about ageing can affect our bodies to some extent, what else can a positive attitude affect?
The short answer is almost everything. Hence the old saying “attitude is everything".
So what would you like to affect in your life? Your income, your health, your happiness, what? Make a list of things you would like to affect, but keep the list to less than seven items, so you can focus on them. Next, do some serious soul searching about the attitude you really have in these areas. Check with others to see what they say your attitude in those areas as a reality check on what you believe. Also check to see if your actions match what you think your attitude is. If you have to choose between what you think is your attitude and actions that don’t match it, go with actions as the guide to your attitude, since they show where you are really at.
Now study your attitude in each area to see if it is productive for you given your goal. Write out the attitude you want to have in each area that needs change and turn the attitude you want into an affirmation. For instance if you want to have an attitude that it is okay to be rich, you could start repeating the sentence “I am a person that thinks it is okay to be rich" several times each day. Affirmations are very powerful ways to change your attitude about something in a relatively short time.
It is helpful if you can enlist the aid of your friends in your effort to change to more productive attitudes. Tell your friends of you effort to change your attitude and ask them to let you know when you show signs of moving in that direction. This will build your morale and self esteem and speed the change process. On a personal note, I find that people know me as a motivational expert and as such they always expect me to be “up" and positive. People are quick to note when I am not in the mood they expect and I am able to adjust my attitude back to where it should be. I tell my audiences that one of the curses of being a motivational speaker is that you are never allowed to be in a bad mood.
I was so impressed with the power of our attitude, that I included this passage in my book Sixty Seconds To Success:
“Be your own fortune-teller and predict good things for yourself. Here is a trick that fortune-tellers use to predict someone’s future that you can use on yourself. Fortune -tellers quickly get a sense of what a person is thinking-are they positive or negative. Then they can project what will happen given that type of thinking. You can do this for yourself. If you are positive, good things are going to happen to you: if you are pessimistic, things are going to go badly for you.
If you want to predict a good fortune for yourself, act positive, think positive, etc., and the world will be yours. Always be positive about yourself when you talk. If you’re negative, it causes others to lose faith in you; you also lose faith in yourself. Always be positive in your speech, regardless of whether someone else is around, as you are the most important that will hear it.
Remember, your attitude is contagious to others as well as to yourself, so predict good fortune for yourself and others and it will come true."
So we have learned that our attitude in a very powerful thing. This force can work for or against you. I urge you to make it a positive force in your life and from this moment on, choose to focus on the positive in your life. Life goes on regardless of our attitude, but your attitude can make you go on a bit longer as well.
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