The 80/20 rule is as applicable to
individual people.
Fully eighty percent of your success will
be determined by your attitude and only twenty percent by
your aptitude. Some people feel that attitude is ninety
percent of success in all human endeavours involving other
people, but we can quite comfortably use eighty percent as a
figure for the purposes of this article.
Develop a Positive Attitude - A positive mental attitude, or
a constructive and optimistic way of looking at yourself and
your work, goes hand in hand with success in every
field and in every market. The development of this
unshakable attitude of cheerfulness and enthusiasm is your
springboard to greatness as a person, no matter what is
going on around you.
Upgrade the Quality of Your Thinking - The quality of your
thinking determines the quality of your life. If you improve
the quality of your thinking, in any area, you improve the
quality of your life in that area. By using your mind, your
ability to think, you become a creator of circumstances
rather than a creature of circumstances. You move from being
powerless to being powerful. You determine everything that
happens to you by the way you think about it, in advance.
You may not be what you think you are, but what you think,
you are!
Change Your Inner Attitudes of Mind - The most rapid and
positive changes in your personality and your results
come about when you change your thinking about yourself and
your possibilities. When you reprogram your subconscious
mind so you feel a sense of unshakable optimism and self-
confidence, every part of your life begins improving
immediately. As William James of Harvard wrote in 1905, "The
greatest revolution of my generation is the discovery that
individuals, by changing their inner attitudes of mind, can
change the outer aspects of their lives."
Expect the Best - The very best people have an attitude
of calm, confident, positive self-expectation. They feel
good about themselves and they have absolute faith that
everything they are doing is contributing toward their
inevitable success. They are cool, relaxed, happy and
cheerful about their lives and their careers.
They know, deep in their hearts, that they are good at what
they do, and their customers know it as well. They are the champions, or superstars, of life, and you can be one of them by developing the same attitudes and attributes that they have.
Action Exercises:
Here are two things you can do immediately to put these
ideas into action:
First, resolve today to develop and cultivate an attitude of
calm, confident, positive expectations towards yourself,
your customers and your career. Expect the best!
Second, take complete control of your thinking and
concentrate on the solution rather than the problem. Look
for the good in every situation. Be positive and cheerful,
no matter what happens.
You can CHOOSE to take action or you can CHOOSE not to, one thing is for sure...... You will get a result one way or another, good or bad!!
