“Winning is all in the attitude”
Denis Waitley
“Two things you are in control of in life your attitude and effort”
Author Unknown
The difference between a good or bad day is a person’s attitude. Yes, there will be days when people face difficult situations, challenges and setbacks but these things must not determine your attitude. People can still possess a positive attitude during challenging moments. According to an article written by Swetha Amaresan “having a positive attitude means being optimistic about situations, interactions, and yourself. People with positive attitudes remain hopeful and see the best even in difficult situations.” The question becomes how can a person be optimistic in every situation and interaction.
Elements of a winning attitude are:
1. Intentional: A winning attitude is determined by you and nothing or no one can determine that for you. You are in the driver’s seat when it comes to your attitude and outlook on a situation. You decide your attitude, despite what has been stated in the past – your situation does not dictate your attitude. Possessing a winning attitude is determined by you.
2. Look for the Rainbow: A winning attitude is embracing a difficult situation while seeing the rainbow through the clouds of the situation. You find the good in the situation and you lean into that good (rainbow). For example, you may have to take care of a loved one but the rainbow is that you have the ability to provide care, you have been positioned by God to care and support your loved one. Another example -- you may have lost your job, but maybe it’s time to start your own business or go back to school.
3. Hopeful: A winning attitude is being hopeful. It is looking to your future through the lens of optimism. It is having an expectation of a better and brighter future despite what you may be encountering or will encounter.
Finally, a winning attitude gives a person an aura that is contagious and uplifting for themselves and those around him/her. People are not to live a life of doubt, fear, and possessing a negative attitude. But people must turn their life into one of faith, positivity and possessing a winning attitude and they will be surprise how life will give back to them what they give out.
