Does Your Attitude Control Your Thoughts In Bad Circumstances?

by Wanda on Monday, April 26th, 2010 | View Comments

Have you considered how much your attitude can control your thoughts in bad circumstances? Everyone knows that a positive attitude is Key to the successful life. But what happens when things go wrong?

Its tough to not let an attitude take a big dive along with what ever has gone wrong with our state of affairs.Set backs happen minor or major its a part of life.

Heres the thing , in order to rise above the setback we need to keep or attitude intact. Lets look a few questions. Maybe they will look familair to some of you.

Q. Do you have a habit of reflection before responding?
Q. Do you have a habit of keeping your eye on the goal?
Q. Do you focus on solutions or problems?
Q. Do you give yourself positive outside influence?
Q. Do you have a habit of telling yourself the good?
Q. Do you remind yourself that nothing is forever?

Here are some practical tools to help us understand how to keep our attitude up when life sucks.

Take Time Out

The next time your best laid plans fall apart, take a moment to step back from the problem. Be an observer, grab a cup of coffee, breath and relax.

Think about he situation in this manner, it will get your state of mind to go back to its proper place. You will be able to deal with the issue at hand rationally, instead of reacting with emotion. This will help you function with you being in control rather than the circumstance.

Keep Your Eye On The Prize

One of the biggest barriers with trouble is we lose our focus. When you are in the middle of a bad circumstance, and people ask you how is it going: tell them ” you are keeping your eye on the goal”. Keeping your focus on your goal will help you keep moving forward.

When circumstances take you down, sit down and write out what is your goal or the end result you are seeking? Give some thought to how you can achieve that goal or others you may have. ” We shouldn’t be under the circumstances,. we should be focused on the goal and moving forward.”

Focus On Solutions Not Problems

If negative circumstances are in our face and we continue to talk about it, stress over it we are giving the problem to much attention. Talk about solutions, get it down on paper and think how good things are going to be.

Get Positive Input

Encouragement is needed when your negative situation has put you up against the emotional wall. You need to plug every good positive external influence possible into your mind to fuel the attitude.

This can be everything from encouragement form a good friend, or a great book, a audio recording or motivational video from successful masters like John Maxwell, or Robin Sharma,

there are so many of these great people who have already gone through what you are going through and they have made it to the other side. There writings and speaking engagements are a source of great strength and encouragement in our down times.

We have the internal power to control our thoughts. Dwell on the good things in your life. Think of the positive things you enjoy and give you a sense of peace and happiness.

Let your positive attitude develop from within as well as from without.

Remember circumstances are not forever! Sometimes it seems like we have been up to our butt in alligators a very long time. In reality this too will pass. Thinking about coming out of the valley and climbing that mountain to your dream, will give you the sense of hope, and you live and work to change your attitude and put yourself into the fast track of growth and success.

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