Become a Leader with a Positive Attitude

Success or Failure is caused more by the mental attitude than by the mental capacity.
There’s a reason that only 5% of people do well and 95% do not. That reason is not
talent, money or “being at the right place at the right time.” The reason is attitude.
Only with a positive attitude can you achieve the results you seek and maintain your
position as a leader.

Everything operates on the law of cause and effect. Success can be guaranteed if
we live in the right manner. Good attitude = Good result, fair attitude = fair result,
and poor attitude = poor result. If you find yourself not closing enough sales, there’s
not much you can do but keep trying until you get the results you want. If you find
some good out of it, even if it’s just a lesson learned to not give up, your result will
be that you are getting something valuable for your lost time. If you throw a fit and
complain for several days that things just are working out in the wallet department,
you will have wasted your even more time on something you have no control over.

Each of us shapes our own life based on our attitude, and that determines life’s
attitude toward us. Begin by focusing on having an optimistic view of yourself. We
can’t give to others what we don’t have. We are so familiar with ourselves that we
become our own worst critic. When you reach a goal, pat yourself on the back and
realize that not everyone can do what you do. Most people are capable, but don’t
possess the drive to tap into their undeveloped potential. The drive comes from
knowing that you can do it because you have a positive attitude about yourself.

Anyone who is successful occasionally fail. They probably fail more times than they
succeed because they keep trying. And they don’t keep trying the same thing. They
know that they have the ability to try new and different ways until they finally reach
their goals. Whenever we find a person doing an outstanding job and getting
outstanding results, we find a person with the right attitude. They all expect more
good out of life than bad, but they do expect to fail along the way. If they didn’t,
they wouldn’t be leaders and they would let every obstacle stop them from thinking
optimistically. Our environment is a mirror of our mental attitude. If we don’t like
what we see, we have to change our way of thinking before we can change
anything else.

The best way to practice having a good attitude is by walking, acting and looking
as though you belong to a group of positive thinkers. Actions trigger feelings, just
as feelings trigger attitudes. Try to find good and exciting aspects of anything that
may annoy or anger you. Life is dull and irritating only to those who are dull and
negative. When you can find something interesting in everything you see and
everyone you meet, life becomes interesting and your attitude will improve. A
person must look, act and feel successful before they achieve success.

For the next 30 days, act toward the world with an attitude which represents the
kind of results you wish to achieve. If someone turns you down after a business
briefing, simply go on to the next knowing that you are getting closer to someone
who will want to join you. Do not burn bridges because even those who say “no”
now may say “yes” when they are ready. Treat everyone with admiration and respect,
just as you would want to be treated by them. People with good attitudes naturally
ascend to the top because they will eventually attract what they seek, no matter
how many times they fail.