The Attitude and Its Importance to Success
Part two in the four-part series Our Thoughts… Exposed!
The attitude is influential in the success that we have in life it sets us upon the right path or the wrong one. It creates within us emotions, either positive or negative, and these emotions cause us to act. These actions produce results and these results determine our success or failure. It is our choice whether we have a good attitude,positive, or a bad attitude, negative. We alone control this and to blame it on others is just setting ourselves up for failure.
The Creation of the Attitude
Just as our body requires fuel in the form of food for energy our minds require “thought food” to fuel the creation of our attitude. When we eat food that is not nutritionally adequate for the needs of our body we become sluggish, tired, ill-tempered. It is the same with our mind if we partake in unhealthy thought food then our attitude will reflect this and be unhealthy. The reverse is also true healthy thought food produces a healthy attitude and that manifests into healthy habits.
It all starts with what we take in. That is why what we watch on TV, what we read and who we interact with are all very important. These things are the seeds of our thought food. The precursor to our thoughts. True we choose what we think and meditate about but what goes in most assuredly will influence what comes out.
The Attitude and Success
Our dominate thoughts, those we dwell on, are how the attitude comes into form. When we constantly focus our thoughts on success then our attitude, about everything, will be one of success. This will cause us to change our habits to those that will bring about our success. Implementing these positive habits daily or self-discipline will give us the results we desire.
Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out.
Joe Vitale
How to Keep Our Attitude on the Right Track
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Know exactly what it is you want and write this out as if it has already happened. Read this several times a day. There are several ways to do this the method I use is the one Napoleon Hill describes in the second chapter of his book Think and Grow Rich.
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Decide exactly how you will achieve what it is you desire. Make a plan write it down and read this several time a day also.
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Start immediately on this plan and persevere until its completion.
When we focus on that which we desire most it is much easier to maintain a right attitude than if we are just floating through life taking what comes our way.
Summing It Up
The attitude is a precursor to success, show me a successful person and I guarantee that their attitude fosters success. We build our attitude layer upon layer by the dominate thoughts of or choosing. Our emotions reflect the attitude we exhibit and these emotions move us to act. The actions we take produce results.
Choose your thoughts, choose your attitude, choose your success.
