Attitude: “A predisposition or a tendency to respond positively or
negatively towards a certain idea, object, person, or situation. Attitude
influences an individual's choice of action, and responses to challenges,
incentives, and rewards” (www.businessdictionary.com)
The
following is a simple, two-phase strategy toward developing and maintaining a
positive attitude, (provided of course that you want to have a positive
attitude – some people choose to like their negative attitude which is another
problem unto itself)
If you want
to have a positive attitude you should regularly “throw away” what isn’t
good for you. Because we are human and imperfect, negative aspects of attitude
can pop up at any time. People with a positive attitude have mastered the art
of eliminating the thoughts that can transform a good attitude into a bad one.
Everyone has negative thoughts at some point so it is critical to be able to
know what thoughts are potentially dangerous to our outlook and attitude and
then to quickly throw those negative thoughts in the garbage, like the trash
that they are.
As one
would expect, the next key component of maintaining a positive attitude is
identifying and then nurturing the positive thoughts that sustain a positive
mindset and viewpoint. The most important thing about positive thoughts is that
they have to be meaningful to you. If
thinking positive thoughts does not come naturally to you, then similar to growing
a garden of flowers, you may need to plant, seed, fertilize, water and
cultivate positive thoughts in order to help them “bloom” in your current state
of mind.
The following questions will open discussion about attitude
followed by further group activities afterward:
Attitude Self-Assessment
How would you rate your overall attitude in life?
When you are struggling with your attitude, what does it look like
to yourself and to others?
What can trigger a negative shift in attitude for you?
What are some challenges when it comes to your overall outlook and
attitude in life today?
What are some areas in which you have made improvement when it
comes to your attitude?
How do you look, act and feel when you are able to keep a positive
attitude?
Who or what can help you maintain and sustain a positive attitude?
What do you think that you may still need to work on in these
areas?
This is excellent, Thank you !!
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