2. The Power of Positive
Attitudes
Buddha’s eightfold path
Right Belief
Right Thought
Right Speech
Right Actions
Right Means of Livelihood
Right Meditation
Right Efforts
Right Remembrance
All that we are, is the result of what we have
thought
3. Ten Steps to Change
Attitude
Look for Positive; Ignore Negative
Locate Opportunities in difficult situations.
Refrain from Pessimistic and Negative
Influences
Get into Continuous Education Program
Learn to like the things you do
4. Feed your mind with positive thoughts.
Develop an attitude of gratitude
Avoid spending our energies in criticizing
others; enhance and conserve our energies
with positive thoughts.
Start the day with positive thought.
Make habit of doing now.
5. Look for Positive;
Ignore Negative
Don’t bother for fault finders. They will always find
fault with every person, every time
Remember; the negative people, fault finders and
blamers are ‘energy suckers’.
Make your people feel ‘there is something in them’.
Look at the sunny side of everything.
Forget the mistakes of the pasts and press on to the
greater achievements of the future.
6. Locate Opportunities even
in Difficult Situations
•What determines Attitude?
•Our attitude determines how we look at a set
back.
• When a manager would say “ I can’t do it.”
• How would we recognize people with a positive
attitude?
• What are the benefits of positive attitudes?
• What are the consequences of negative
attitude?
• When become aware, why don’t we
change?
7. Be away from the
Pessimists
WHO ARE PESSIMISTS ?
PESSIMISTS:
FEEL BAD WHEN THEY SEE OTHERS PROGRESS.
ARE UNHAPPY WHEN THEY HAVE NO TROUBLES TO
SPEAK OF
SPEND MOST OF THEIR LIFE AT COMPLAINT
COUNTER.
THEY ALWAYS SAY, “I AM OK OTHERS ARE NOT OK.”
ALWAYS TURN OUT THE LIGHTS TO SEE “HOW DARK
IT IS”?
DON’T LET NEGATIVE PEOPLE DRAG YOU DOWN
8. NOT ONLY EXPECT THE WORST, BUT MAKE
THE WORST OF WHATEVER HAPPENS
BELIEVES THAT SUN SHINES ONLY TO CAST
SHADOWS
FORGET THEIR BLESSINGS AND COUNT THEIR
TROUBLES.
BE AWAY FROM PESSIMIST.
IF YOU ASSOCIATE WITH ACHIEVERS, YOU
WILL BECOME ONE; IF YOU ASSOCIATE WITH
LOOSERS; YOU WILL BECOME ONE.
REMEMBER, A PERSON’S CHARACTER IS NOT
ONLY JUDGED BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS
BUT ALSO BY THE COMPANY HE AVOIDS.
9. Ways to Enjoy Work
If you decide to work, you might as
well enjoy it. Here are some ways to
enjoy your work...
10. Love what you do
WINNER
If we can’t work with love, but only with distaste, it is
better that we should leave our profession.
All that we are, is the result of what we have thought.
Oppose a negative wave of thought with a positive
thought.
Life is not worth of living without a purpose or
meaning.
If we don’t know where we are going, any road will
take us there.
11. Make up your mind to feel good at
work...
You’ll be surprised how much better
you’ll like it if you just make a
deliberate decision to enjoy it.
12. Maintain good and friendly
relationships with your boss and
colleagues...
Getting along with and liking the
Getting along with and liking the
people you work with will make your
people you work with will make your
job more enjoyable.
job more enjoyable.
13. Remember that your work provides
much (if not all) of your necessities
and luxuries...
Just think, unless you inherited a
bundle, you owe all you have to
work.
14. Keep in mind the services you are
providing people through your
work...
The job you do helps other people.
Now that is a good feeling, isn’t it.
15. Challenge yourself at work...
Set and pursue attainable goals.
Always try to do a better job. Stretch
yourself and your abilities. Grow!!!
That attitude can make even a dull
job exciting.
16. Concentrate on the good things about
your job...
Write out a list of things you like about
your job.
17. Do more than you are paid to do...
If you do just enough to barely squeak
by, you’ll be bored, but if you really
get after it, you’ll feel good about
yourself. Besides, your boss will
soon notice and you’ll be rewarded
before too long.
18. Adopt the “this is my company”
attitude...
You may not actually own the
company, but wherever you work,
it’s your company. And when you
begin to feel like it’s your company,
you’ll discover a new sense of pride
and fulfillment.
19. Often, the secret to enjoying your job
is not to change your job but to
change your attitude.
28. Winners stand firm on values and
compromises on business strategies;
Losers stand firm on business
strategies and compromises on
values.
WINNERS DON’T DO DIFFERENT THINGS, THEY DO THINGS
DIFFERENTLY
29. When a winner makes a
mistake, he says, “I was
wrong”; when a loser makes a
mistake, he says, “it was not
my fault”.
32. Winner says, “I must do
something”;
Loser says, “Something must
be done”.
33. Winner does not take decision only
on the basis of his personal
perceptions, he listens to others
before taking decision; Loser takes
decision without listening to others,
he feels that he is always right.