Attitude simply means the way that you think and feel about something, the way you behave towards something that shows how you think and feel.
In life it’s never pleasant to talk about negatives but we have to talk about negatives as life itself is in part negative. Negative is normal; it’s never a success story but it is normal in human life.
You can never avoid negatives but what you can do is know how to handle negativity. Never ignore negativity, just know how to handle it. I know there are so many teachings about negativity; we are being taught that whenever you see negativity coming your way turn away from it.
Don’t give it your time or your attention and am not telling you not to listen to such teachings. All I am saying is that in my opinion it’s better to know how to handle negativity rather than avoiding it because it’s a part and parcel of human life.
o listen to them, listen to me as well and make up your mind; don’t be a follower but be a student. Running from negativity is simply like running away from your own shadow which will always follow you wherever you go and you can never get lead of it. But you can come to terms that it’s always going to be there, and don’t let it bother you or focus on it.
The key word is knowing how to handle it; don’t live in it, don’t dwell on it just know how to handle it. It’s important to understand that the minute you are born you are set off for the war, the war between good and evil, between darkness and light, negative and positive, success and failure etc.
The minute you step into the world the war is on, when light sleeps, darkness takes over just like when good stops evil takes over, as well as when positivity stops negativity automatically rules.
Now, going back to our lesson today about the importance of watching your attitude towards life, I have put together the five great enemies of attitude that can literally hinder you from getting to the life that you want, I call them the five diseases of attitude as they are very dangerous and if not watched they will kill or wreck all your chances to do well in life.
The number one disease of attitude is indifference. Indifference in life is very dangerous as a person with such attitude is always irresponsive, always not concerned and always drifted.
Life is how you make it, and how you want your life to be is your choice. You have got to pick a direction and go with everything you have; don’t be cold and with lack of interest towards life.
You have got to make a choice. Don’t just sit around and say whatever it is let it come. Don’t be dull, life is how you make it and I don’t know you but this is what I know about you, you have greatness within you and you deserve a life of significance.
There is no such thing as being warm or somewhere in the middle drifted in all directions. It’s either cold or hot. Know exactly want you want and stick with it to the end.
And if you realize you are on a wrong direction it won’t take you long time to rectify it and head in the other direction. So the medicine to this disease is being concerned don’t be drifted, don’t follow a hot passion of the day. Grapple with what exactly you want and don’t sit around because to be any kind of winner you have got to work out your plans.
The number two disease of attitude is indecision. This is the habit of not being able to decide, always uncertain, not sure of exactly what to choose or where to go, in other words we can call it mental paralysis or a state of someone being unable to make up his or her mind.
It reaches a point in life where you have to understand that a life full of adventures is a life full of decisions and the ones that turn out to be wrong gives you a chance to make even better decisions. So don’t see how many decisions you can get yourself off but how many you can get yourself in. Be a person who can stand in what you believe in because the decisions you make for your life will determine your future.
Don’t lend your mind and ears to other people to tell you what they think of you and what they think you should do because how big your dream is it’s only you and God sees it and nobody else. Reach a point of making a decision for your life and stick with it until you get the results you want, period.
The number three disease of attitude is doubt. Doubt is simply the state of not believing. When you allow doubt in yourself you have no idea how damaging that can be to your life. And the only solution to this is turning the coin over and become a believer.
There are so many things to believe in and one of the major ones is believing in yourself and understanding your self-worth, which is the beginning of progress in life so put away all the doubts. Believe in yourself and be a magician of your own life, and with that I mean turn your life around.
The fourth disease is worry. Worry is a devastating disease that can cause health problems, social problems, financial problems and so many more. If you worry too much it can drop you on your knees into begging, and many people are faced with this problem. They become super worriers - and don’t confuse this with super warriors - because I believe your family wishes you were a super warrior instead of super worrier.
And the only medicine is to give up worrying. It’s not going to be easy but it is worth it, so give up worrying. The last but not the least disease of attitude is over caution. People live their lives with full of cautions. It makes them doubt taking any risks; as a result they end up not living at all but existing.
Whenever they have to make a decision or take a certain risk they come up with a thousand reasons; what if it does not work out, what if this happens, what if that happens, ‘what if’ becomes their defense mechanism, not realizing that what if is the language of the poor.
They ask themselves what if so many times until they talk themselves out of what was meant to be their breakthrough. You have to understand that everything in life is risky and if you don’t take a risk of trying, wait until they give you a bill of not trying! If you think investing is risky wait until they give you a pill for not investing. Life itself is risky because you are not going to get out of it alive. So take risks and go for the life that you want because I believe it’s better to live thirty years full of adventure than a hundred years in a corner scared of taking risks. It’s not important how long you live but how you live.
I would like to sum up by encouraging each and every one of us to be optimistic and not pessimistic. Just take a half glass of soda, for a pessimistic person they will say it’s half empty but for an optimist they will say it is half full.
So from this we all come to an agreement that our lives are mostly affected by the way we think things are and not the way they are, and the only way to live your life is to be optimistic and change your attitude towards life and watch your life elevate.
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