Senin, 12 Maret 2012
Sabtu, 10 Maret 2012
A Discussion of Attitude and Motivation
By: Lindelle Jones
There are absolutely thousands and thousands of self help books, self help videos, audio CDs, and self-help websites available to the average consumer. All of them claiming the secret knowledge of how to make you happier, how to make you more successful, how to make you richer; you ever wonder with all these things out there why we don't all live in a Utopian society? To make change happen, for real, within your own personal life, takes time and commitment. You must be focused and have the will-power to follow through.
Did you know that unsuccessful people normally talk about the negative influences that seemingly shadow their existence? The doom and gloom, the fear and loathing; all this negativity must really pile up - and it does!
The biggest difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is their attitude toward life. Successful people will find a positive outlook, while unsuccessful people will dwell on the negative. These attitudes affect everything, especially the lives of their creators!
Successful people will learn from their failures, while unsuccessful people make excuses as to why they weren't triumphant. Successful people take a negative situation and turn it into a positive reality. Negative people tend to spiral, seemingly out of control. Unsuccessful people use words like: I can't, if only, and excuses that kill any chance they have at success.
So are unsuccessful people just born that way? Of course not! It is a learned behaviour and has everything to do with attitude and a lack of motivation. Their attitudes keep them from being motivated and the cycle continues. The secret to breaking this cycle is taking a new perspective on life and changing the negative attitude to a positive outlook. Once this has happened, a person can truly start to find motivation, and when motivated - drastic changes will take effect.
Motivation leads us toward success. Sure there may be stumbling blocks along the way, but that's why a change in attitude is so important. With a positive attitude a person has the ability to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, figure out their mistake and learn something. A negative situation can be turned into positive application, as long as you have the right attitude.
The truth is that the secret to changing one's self begins within one's self. All these self help gurus can lead you down the path, but ultimately it is your choice to make. If you are willing to use diligence, a positive attitude, and search deep inside for that intrinsic motivation, then you are on your way to a more positive life. The change depends on you though, and you have to stick with it.
There are absolutely thousands and thousands of self help books, self help videos, audio CDs, and self-help websites available to the average consumer. All of them claiming the secret knowledge of how to make you happier, how to make you more successful, how to make you richer; you ever wonder with all these things out there why we don't all live in a Utopian society? To make change happen, for real, within your own personal life, takes time and commitment. You must be focused and have the will-power to follow through.
Did you know that unsuccessful people normally talk about the negative influences that seemingly shadow their existence? The doom and gloom, the fear and loathing; all this negativity must really pile up - and it does!
The biggest difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is their attitude toward life. Successful people will find a positive outlook, while unsuccessful people will dwell on the negative. These attitudes affect everything, especially the lives of their creators!
Successful people will learn from their failures, while unsuccessful people make excuses as to why they weren't triumphant. Successful people take a negative situation and turn it into a positive reality. Negative people tend to spiral, seemingly out of control. Unsuccessful people use words like: I can't, if only, and excuses that kill any chance they have at success.
So are unsuccessful people just born that way? Of course not! It is a learned behaviour and has everything to do with attitude and a lack of motivation. Their attitudes keep them from being motivated and the cycle continues. The secret to breaking this cycle is taking a new perspective on life and changing the negative attitude to a positive outlook. Once this has happened, a person can truly start to find motivation, and when motivated - drastic changes will take effect.
Motivation leads us toward success. Sure there may be stumbling blocks along the way, but that's why a change in attitude is so important. With a positive attitude a person has the ability to pick themselves up, dust themselves off, figure out their mistake and learn something. A negative situation can be turned into positive application, as long as you have the right attitude.
The truth is that the secret to changing one's self begins within one's self. All these self help gurus can lead you down the path, but ultimately it is your choice to make. If you are willing to use diligence, a positive attitude, and search deep inside for that intrinsic motivation, then you are on your way to a more positive life. The change depends on you though, and you have to stick with it.
Your Biggest Mistake Isn’t Asking What Mistake You’re Making (The View Point Summary Of Failing Forward from Dr. John C.Maxwell)
Success doesn’t mean avoiding failure. All of us fail. As we travel, we all hit potholes, take wrong turns, or forget to check the radiator. The only person who avoids failure altogether is the person who never leaves his/her driveway. So the real issue is not whether you’re going to fail. It’s whether you’re going to fail Successfully (profiting from your failure). The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views mistakes. If you want to continue on the success journey, you need to learn to fail forward.
So, when failure gets you by the heart. Let’s face it. Failure can be very painful, sometimes physically and more often emotionally. Seeing part of your vision fall flat really hurts. And if people heap ridicule on top of your hurt feelings, you feel even worse. The first important step in weathering failure is learning to not personalize it – making sure you know that your failure doesn’t make you a failure. But there’s more to it than that. For many people the pain of failure leads to fear of failure. And they become like the person who says, “I’m too old to cry, but it hurts too much to laugh.” That’s when many people stuck in the fear cycle. And if fear overcomes you, it’s almost impossible to fail forward.
If you can take action and keep making mistakes, you gain experience. That experience eventually brings competence, and you make fewer mistakes. As a result, your fear becomes less paralyzing. But the whole cycle-breaking process starts with action. You must act your way into feeling, not wait for positive emotions to carry you forward.
To leave the road of continual failure, a person must first utter the three most difficult words to say: “I Was Wrong“. He/she has to open his/her eyes, admit his/her mistakes, and accept complete responsibility for his current wrong actions and attitudes. Every failure you experience is a fork in the road. It’s an opportunity to take the right action, learn from your mistakes, and begin again. Mistakes really do pave the road to achievement. Here is an acronym that was created by Dr. John C. Maxwell to help us keep mistakes in perspective. Mistakes are ...................
Messages that give us feedback about life.
Interruptions that should cause us to reflect and think.
Signposts that direct us to the right path.
Tests that push us toward greater maturity.
Awakenings that keep us in the game mentally.
Keys that we can use to unlock the next door of opportunity.
Explorations that let us journey where we’ve never been before.
Statements about our development and progress.
Successful people don’t let failure go their heads. Instead of dwelling on the negative consequences of failure, thinking of what might have been and how things haven’t worked out, they focus on the rewards of success. Learning from their mistakes and thinking about how they can improve themselves and their situations. “Try to see failure as a learning experience today”.
No matter how difficult your problems were, the key to overcoming them is in changing yourself. That in itself is a process, and it begins with a desire to be teachable. From this moment on, make a commitment to do whatever it takes to Fail Forwad. “ Maintain a teachable attitude in everything you do today”.
So, when failure gets you by the heart. Let’s face it. Failure can be very painful, sometimes physically and more often emotionally. Seeing part of your vision fall flat really hurts. And if people heap ridicule on top of your hurt feelings, you feel even worse. The first important step in weathering failure is learning to not personalize it – making sure you know that your failure doesn’t make you a failure. But there’s more to it than that. For many people the pain of failure leads to fear of failure. And they become like the person who says, “I’m too old to cry, but it hurts too much to laugh.” That’s when many people stuck in the fear cycle. And if fear overcomes you, it’s almost impossible to fail forward.
If you can take action and keep making mistakes, you gain experience. That experience eventually brings competence, and you make fewer mistakes. As a result, your fear becomes less paralyzing. But the whole cycle-breaking process starts with action. You must act your way into feeling, not wait for positive emotions to carry you forward.
To leave the road of continual failure, a person must first utter the three most difficult words to say: “I Was Wrong“. He/she has to open his/her eyes, admit his/her mistakes, and accept complete responsibility for his current wrong actions and attitudes. Every failure you experience is a fork in the road. It’s an opportunity to take the right action, learn from your mistakes, and begin again. Mistakes really do pave the road to achievement. Here is an acronym that was created by Dr. John C. Maxwell to help us keep mistakes in perspective. Mistakes are ...................
Messages that give us feedback about life.
Interruptions that should cause us to reflect and think.
Signposts that direct us to the right path.
Tests that push us toward greater maturity.
Awakenings that keep us in the game mentally.
Keys that we can use to unlock the next door of opportunity.
Explorations that let us journey where we’ve never been before.
Statements about our development and progress.
Successful people don’t let failure go their heads. Instead of dwelling on the negative consequences of failure, thinking of what might have been and how things haven’t worked out, they focus on the rewards of success. Learning from their mistakes and thinking about how they can improve themselves and their situations. “Try to see failure as a learning experience today”.
No matter how difficult your problems were, the key to overcoming them is in changing yourself. That in itself is a process, and it begins with a desire to be teachable. From this moment on, make a commitment to do whatever it takes to Fail Forwad. “ Maintain a teachable attitude in everything you do today”.
Right To Lead
The key to becoming an effective Leader is not to focus on making other people to follow, but on making yourself the kind person they want to follow. You must become someone others can trust to take them where they want to go.
As you prepare yourself to become a better leader, use the following guidelines to help you grow:
It certainly isn’t gained by election or appointment. Having position, title, rank, or degrees doesn’t qualify anyone to lead other people. And ability doesn’t come automatically from age or experience, either. The Right To Lead can only be earned and that takes time. Leadership isn’t learned or learned in a moment.
A Leader knows the way,
goes the way, and shows the way.
-John C. Maxwell
Urgyen Rinchen Sim
Founding Partner of The John Maxwell Team
sim@johnmaxwellgroup.com
http://johnmaxwellgroup.com/urgyenrinchensim
As you prepare yourself to become a better leader, use the following guidelines to help you grow:
- Let Go Of Your Ego
- Become A Good Follower First
- Build Positive Relationships
- Work With Excellence
- Rely on Discipline, Not Emotion
- Make Adding Value Your Goal
- Give Your Power Away
It certainly isn’t gained by election or appointment. Having position, title, rank, or degrees doesn’t qualify anyone to lead other people. And ability doesn’t come automatically from age or experience, either. The Right To Lead can only be earned and that takes time. Leadership isn’t learned or learned in a moment.
A Leader knows the way,
goes the way, and shows the way.
-John C. Maxwell
Urgyen Rinchen Sim
Founding Partner of The John Maxwell Team
sim@johnmaxwellgroup.com
http://johnmaxwellgroup.com/urgyenrinchensim
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