...on ATTITUDE

Hey all!

I found this old blog that I wrote a few years back, and thought that it is still relevant today. Please check it out, and let me know what you think!
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The Secret Part II (Choice)

“I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it’s only a choice in attitude.” – Judith M. Knowlton

I told you all that I would FINALLY get to it… so here it is! I really didn’t know how I was going to go about writing this particular blog. The difficulty in writing is, well, the word “CHOICE” itself. There are so many ways you can really talk about choices. So I decided that I would approach the word by simply talking about making choices concerning your ATTITUDE.

To me, your attitude determines what kinds of things are allowed to be presented in your life. I learned this lesson the hard way, and I still have to remind myself sometimes of this very lesson.

When I worked for The Home Depot, one of our VP’s always talked about “choosing your attitude”. Let me tell you, this was one of the HAPPIEST people I knew, and it was almost sickening to me! She was like a 40-year-old cheerleader! Anywho… she would always say, “Choose Your Attitude!”, and frankly, I thought that it was a crock of shit! LOL My mentality at the time was that they promoted who they wanted, no matter what kind of performance that person may or may not have had, and I could be the nicest person in the world, and they still wouldn’t promote me. But what I was doing was allowing myself to be defeated before I even gave anybody the chance to think about me for a promotion! My ATTITUDE STUNK!

Another case in scenario… have you all ever encountered someone who just ALWAYS had something to say? A boss, a co-worker, some hater from around the corner?! Now, think about it… how did you choose to react to that person whenever they opened their mouth? Did you pop back off at them? Did you roll your eyes, flip them off, or suck your teeth? And how did that person react to you? Most of the time, the attitude that you’ve chosen to deal with a person with, is exactly the type of attitude that they are going to give right back! I learned this first at CAU… sitting in the financial aid line, and noticed the difference in how the financial aid personnel would treat the people who would get straight IGNANT with them, versus the people who were polite and acted as if they had a lick of home training.

On the job, I’ve learned how to channel my anger towards my crazy tail boss(es), and not give them the pleasure in knowing that they’ve pissed me off. It’s hard, but I’ve found that I can get more accomplished, and be a more productive worker if I didn’t focus my energy on the negative. I started to change my attitude in how I dealt with things, and it works!

I feel as if I’m rambling, so I’ll stop there. Try it, though. See what happens! Like the old saying goes… you catch more flies with honey… or something like that!

Choose your attitude!