ATTITUDE
When my daughter was a small kid, I remember showing her a glass filled with water and asking her to describe it. She thought for a second and said “well, this is a glass half full of water”. “Good”, I said, “this shows that you are an optimistic person”. My daughter could have said that the glass was half empty and that is equally right. But that would have shown that she was pessimistic. So the way you look at situations in your life relates to your attitude.
The dictionary meaning of ‘attitude’ is “a state of mind or a feeling; disposition”. Attitude plays a vital role in one’s life. It affects the quality and direction of our thoughts with which we approach a situation. It can therefore make a lot of difference to the quality of life of the person. A person with a positive attitude is likely to reach greater heights in his career or profession. The people with a positive attitude see things in an altogether different perspective. They are people with a never-say-die spirit. Whatever the circumstances may be, they stay calm and cool and go about solving the problems with confidence. Motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar’s quote on attitude is relevant in today’s scenario: “It’s your attitude, not your aptitude that will determine your altitude.”
How does Attitude Influence the Corporate World?
There is an awakening in the corporate world of the importance of a positive mental attitude. Customers are lost, friction and conflicts occur, stress increases, employees report sick, performance at work gets affected, productivity goes down – all due to a negative mental attitude. There is an increasing awareness on part of the top management and HR to ensure that while hiring, attitude of the employee also needs to be properly assessed and only employees having a positive attitude should be hired. I have noticed that an employee with a positive attitude disseminates the same to his colleagues and thus helps in improving the work environment of the company.
To summarize, there are two key attributes that an individual possesses — the skills he requires to perform and his attitude towards work. While skills can be developed over a period of time with hard work, it is critical to develop a positive attitude towards work, which includes learning from failures, helping others, working under stress and with people from diverse cultures.
The dictionary meaning of ‘attitude’ is “a state of mind or a feeling; disposition”. Attitude plays a vital role in one’s life. It affects the quality and direction of our thoughts with which we approach a situation. It can therefore make a lot of difference to the quality of life of the person. A person with a positive attitude is likely to reach greater heights in his career or profession. The people with a positive attitude see things in an altogether different perspective. They are people with a never-say-die spirit. Whatever the circumstances may be, they stay calm and cool and go about solving the problems with confidence. Motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar’s quote on attitude is relevant in today’s scenario: “It’s your attitude, not your aptitude that will determine your altitude.”
How does Attitude Influence the Corporate World?
There is an awakening in the corporate world of the importance of a positive mental attitude. Customers are lost, friction and conflicts occur, stress increases, employees report sick, performance at work gets affected, productivity goes down – all due to a negative mental attitude. There is an increasing awareness on part of the top management and HR to ensure that while hiring, attitude of the employee also needs to be properly assessed and only employees having a positive attitude should be hired. I have noticed that an employee with a positive attitude disseminates the same to his colleagues and thus helps in improving the work environment of the company.
To summarize, there are two key attributes that an individual possesses — the skills he requires to perform and his attitude towards work. While skills can be developed over a period of time with hard work, it is critical to develop a positive attitude towards work, which includes learning from failures, helping others, working under stress and with people from diverse cultures.
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