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As we all know, one of the most important things that impacts personal and organizational results is the attitude of the people involved. We have devoted this edition of In Harmony to just that: What impact is your attitude having on your outcomes, and how can you make that attitude more positive to achieve improved results? Please use these articles in the growth of your own business or share with your clients when appropriate as a value-added tool.
Greg Stuart Certified Business Coach
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 Want to Be Successful and Wealthy? The Right Attitude Is All You Need!
A famous quote says, "Your attitude today determines your success tomorrow." The most valuable asset you can possess is a positive attitude towards your life. Your attitude determines how much success you can achieve in all aspects of your life. Your attitude is also one of the first things people notice about you, and impacts on all the business and personal relationships you will have. Positive attitude is not a product of heredity; but with proper training, anyone can acquire this important trait.
If your attitude is not positive, then you can use some tools to do an "attitude tune-up." - Understand the power of your attitude.
Your attitude is the most powerful tool for positive action that can help you become successful, so you will need to understand this before you can work on the following steps towards adjusting your attitude for the better. Your attitude impacts on everything you do, the way you think and your motivational levels. In order to turn your attitude around and get into action towards your goals, you need to be able to consistently fight any negative or pessimistic thoughts that you may get. You need to surround yourself with positive things and people, and you need to keep on your ultimate goal of achieving the success and wealth you want. - Make a choice to be in command of your mind and your attitude.
Taking full responsibility for what goes on in your mind by monitoring your thoughts is the first step towards being in control of your attitude. The power of choice is very influential in our lives. In order for you to be successful and wealthy, you must first choose to be successful. While you are working your way towards your goals, you will encounter some hurdles, you may experience some failure; but it is very important that you control how you respond to whatever happens, and keep your attitude positive, while working towards your goals. So, what will be your choice? A positive or a negative attitude? It may be easy to make this choice, but what tends to be a challenge is to actually stick with this choice no-matter what setbacks you face. "Program" your attitude by training yourself to always be positive, maintain a positive inner dialogue, and keep your focus on your long term goals. Choosing to have the right attitude will help you become successful in all areas of your life. - Identify and stop the negative attitude that holds you back.
Assess your present day attitude and identify aspects of which may be holding you back from becoming successful. What are the underlying causes of your negative attitude? What attitude do you need to propel yourself towards success and wealth? Do an attitude assessment and work on all the attitudes that are keeping you away from being successful and wealthy. Rid yourself of any debilitating attitude, and focus on the positive attitudes which will help you attain your optimum potential in all areas of your life. - Turn your attitude into action and find your purpose and passion.
After you have identified what it is that is holding you back, you will be ready to take on the next step of looking ahead and analyzing where you want your life to go and what you want to achieve. In order to be successful, you must understand the importance of living your life with purpose and passion, and having a personal vision of what you want in your life. If you do not have a vision, you have nothing to work towards, and therefore you cannot be consistently motivated. Once you have your success goals specified, then you can easily turn your attitude into action as you work towards these goals. - Develop strategies for maintaining the right attitude.
For you to be successful in your life and in your business, it is important to be able to maintain the right attitude at all times, regardless of any setbacks you may face. You will need to prepare yourself for handling any challenging situations that may threaten to provoke negative attitudes that will throw you off course. You must develop some self-motivation techniques to help you maintain the right attitude towards your goals; namely affirmations, visualization, positive attitude talk, enthusiasm etc. By using these tools, you will be well prepared to achieve professional and personal success. It is also important to build supportive relationships that will get you through challenging times.
By simply following the steps outlined above, you can have the right attitude which will help you transform your life and achieve any success you want. |
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Maintaining a Positive Attitude Is Good for Business
Here are six ways to build a positive attitude:
- Be Committed.
It took me a couple of years to reach the point I'm at now. I could have given up any time before I got here and I had a million different reasons for doing so. But I knew what I wanted and stuck it out. That's the first key to success. - Accept Challenges.
Being your own boss and owner of your own business can be scary and a bit intimidating. It takes guts to leave a 9 to 5 job and start your own empire. It takes guts to have a dream and to go for it. You ultimately determine whether your business succeeds or fails. - Be in Control.
Keep your mind focused on important things. Set goals and priorities for what you want to do and accomplish. Develop a strategy for dealing with potential problems and when those problems surface, feel confident in your ability to handle them. The worst you can do is fail. - Don't Be Too Critical.
There is no use criticizing yourself once you've made a mistake. Saying "I should have landed that account or handled that situation differently" is not going to make any difference at all. It's just going to drain you of your energy and discourage you. Simply learn from your mistakes and move on. - Practice Makes Perfect.
The best way to learn for most people is to do. So get out there and start practicing. It can be with friends or relatives, or 'D' level prospects. Just keep trying. - Ask for Help.
You want to work for yourself not by yourself. There is nothing wrong with asking for help. Don't think you're incompetent simply because you can't do it all. Professionals hire other professionals to do the job properly. Don't be afraid to bring in a specialist when you need it.
If I have to warn you that there's nothing more important than getting the work/family balance right, then the chances are you're going to learn the hard way. I went into this for the money. But there's no question that the greatest benefit my business has given me is the extra free time I have to spend with my family. I'm sure if I put that time into building more websites or selling more products, I'd make more money.
But there's more to life than money. |
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Harmony Solutions International, LLC
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We offer a personal assessment tool that provides information as to how a person makes decisions: intrinsically, extrinsically, or systematically. It also identifies areas of strength (maximizers) and areas of weakness (minimizers).
By understanding the way in which we think, it becomes possible to leverage that knowledge to make better decisions, maximize strengths, minimize weaknesses, and achieve greater success in whatever we do. When we gain this understanding for another person in an organizational setting, it increases understanding, allows for better utilization of skills and alignment of work, increases management efficiency and effectiveness, and in general can impact the organization's overall health and performance.
For more information visit our website, send us an email, or call Greg at 805.413.4128.
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