Month: December 2011

"Learn to help people with more than just their jobs: help them with their lives." —Jim Rohn

"At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you." —Jim Rohn

Attitude Is The Key To Life

Victor Frankl once wrote, "Everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitudes in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Frankl was right. Attitude is a choice. You could be faced with a thousand problems, many or most over which you have absolutely no control. However, there is always one thing you are in complete and absolute control of and that is your own attitude.

When you surrender control of your attitude to what appears to be a negative situation, you will react to that situation. More often than not, reacting is inappropriate. On the other hand, if you were to remain objective, you would respond to the situation appropriately, thereby creating a winning situation.

If attitude is such an important word, why do so few people understand it? To be honest, it wasn't until I was in my late 20s when I finally understood its full impact. All through my teens and into my early adult life, I can't tell you the number of times that I heard, "Bob, if you'd just change your attitude, you would do a lot better." In retrospect I can easily see the cause of my problem. I didn't know what attitude was, let alone know how to change it!

Attitude is the composite of your thoughts, feelings and actions. Your conscious mind controls feeling and ultimately dictates whether your feelings will be positive or negative by your choice of thoughts, then your body displays those choices through action and behavior.

Attitude is actually a creative cycle that begins with your choice of thoughts. You do choose your thoughts and that choice is where your attitude originates. As you internalize ideas or become emotionally involved with your thoughts, you create the second stage in forming an attitude; you move your entire being - mind and body - into a new "vibration." Your conscious awareness of this vibration is referred to as "feeling". Your feelings are then expressed in actions or behaviors that produce the various results in your life.

Positive results are always the effect of a positive attitude. Attitude and results are inseparable. They follow one another like night follows day. What I mean by that is: one is the cause, the other, the result. There is a term we use to distinguish this "cause and effect" relationship, it is called The Law of Cause and Effect. Simply stated, if you think in negative terms, you will get negative results; if you think in positive terms you will achieve positive results. Ralph Waldo Emerson reiterated that same point when he said, "A person is what they think about all day long." The results you achieve in life are nothing more than an expression of your thoughts, feelings, and actions. Take a close look at your life and evaluate the results you are achieving in various areas. See if you are able to relate your attitude to your results.

Winning and losing are opposite sides of the same coin - and that coin is attitude. There are many things wrong in this world; unfortunately that is all some people are able to see. Those who view the world in this light are often unhappy and somewhat cynical. Usually, their life is one of lack and limitation and it almost appears as if they move from one bad experience to another. I know people who are like this and I'm certain you do as well. It would appear as if they were born with a streak of bad luck and it has followed them around their whole life. These individuals are quick to blame circumstances or other people for their problems, rather than accepting responsibility for their life and their attitude.

Conversely, there are others who are forever winning and living the good life. They are the real movers and shakers who make things happen. They seem to go from one major accomplishment to another. They're in control of their life; they know where they are going and know they will get there. They are the real winners in life and their wins are a matter of choice.

You can experience that kind of life as well, you only need to decide. Making that simple decision is the first step to a new life. Dorothea Brand once said, "Act as if it were impossible to fail," and I challenge you to do so. By simply becoming aware that you can choose your thoughts each and every day, you will change your entire outlook. You have the power to choose an abundant life no matter your circumstances. That active choice will allow other positive people and opportunities to be attracted into your life. Don't wait to experience all the wonderful things the universe has in store for you. Start today by working on your attitude and welcome the abundant life that you were meant to lead.

Bob Proctor

Bob Proctor is an Author, Speaker, and Life Coach. To get more information on how he can help you, go to: www.bobproctorcoaching.com

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Quotes of The Week

Challenges

"Contentment is for cows; a challenging purpose is for people." —Denis Waitley

"Problems are only opportunities in work clothes." —Henry J. Kaiser

"The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done."
—Arnold Palmer

"When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge."
—Terry Bradshaw

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
—Albert Einstein

"There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet." —William F. Halsey

"I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity." —Kin Hubbard

"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure." —Peter Marshal

"Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They´re what make the instrument stretch—what makes you go beyond the norm." —Cicely Tyson

"A feeling of confidence and personal power comes from facing challenges and overcoming them." —Brian Tracy

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." —Arnold Schwarzenegger

"The walking of Man is falling forwards." —Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Fortunately, problems are an everyday part of our life. Consider this: If there were no problems, most of us would be unemployed. Realistically, the more problems we have and the larger they are, the greater our value to our employer." —Zig Ziglar

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." —Margaret Thatcher

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
—Martin Luther King Jr.

From Ron White’s Newsletter, a great little article on challenges.

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