Have you ever stopped to think of what attitude means to you! Well, I dared to stop on the thought and was amazed by what it does to you. This was worth sharing as it applies to everybody reading this - pretty confident about that!Having an inclination towards public speaking, and human resource management being a childhood ambition, I attended almost every public speaking workshop that came my way. My favorites were of Raghavendra Okade and Prof. Dixit. I was always inspired by the manner in which words put across by them, resonated in perfection with your own thoughts. They were simple day to day things which one could adopt, to make life simpler and happier. And each of those were nothing but taking a second look at your attitude.As humans we worry too much - way TOO MUCH, it specially mounts when we turn into adults. We want to weigh everything that comes our way. Worrying unconsciously becomes a habit; I call it a habit because we do it religiously and with no peer motivation. You might say "Have you lost your mind? Do you hear yourself!" Don't worry, I'm not living in an imaginary ideal world while I write this and am well aware of the reality we live in. There's two ways to deal with a situation, well most of the time. Let's keep aside the happy situations such as those of praise, affection, celebration, graduation, promotion et al. Those keep us happy anyway and there is nothing to worry about.Let's move our focus to the times when you're not at your best and let's try to figure out how attitude can help you in that situation. Few of the common not so happy situations are those of anger, discrimination, dishonesty, jealousy et al. The most important thing in each of these scenarios is to not instantaneously react or respond to them. There are numerous ways to withdraw from a situation for a little bit and to give yourself a few minutes of thought to pull yourself together and come up with a calm and effective response (20 minutes is ideal and not a whole lot to ask for), it can work wonders! In a conversation that may have turned into a heated discussion, you can simply excuse yourself by saying something as simple as "let me think about this a little more and get back to you". If you're being yelled at by someone, do not respond with anger at that time. That will only worsen the situation and make you angrier. I am with you on that holding back emotion, especially anger, is difficult but, it's worth a try. Discrimination is something that can happen unintentionally but sometimes, it can be intentional. It is necessary to talk about it, just picking the right time and words to do so will actually prevent it from happening again. The point I'm trying to put across is not to sit back and stay quiet to ease a situation but is to frame the right response before you react. And that can happen with a calm mind and the right attitude. Jealousy is one other common emotion we often experience either in our professional or personal lives. Jealousy can be only "your" feeling of being not as good. And this can be turned into inspiration. Instead of striking negativity caused by it, make it as an opportunity to learn from the good you believe in.Attitude drives one's action and reaction. You can change your attitude in simple ways, by just looking at things differently. Most things have a positive and negative side to it. Choosing to look at the former one eases many things for us. Gives you that extra time to smile :)So what's in the attitude??? huh! well! EVERYTHING!
Keep it Styish!
