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       The Power of Attitude
       By: Intervention Date: November 28, 2015, 5:59 am
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       The Power of Attitude
       There is nothing as powerful as attitude. Attitude dictates your
       response to the present and determines the quality of your
       future. You are your attitude, and your attitude is you. If you
       do not control your attitude, it will control you. Attitude
       creates your world and designs your destiny. It determines your
       success or failure in any venture in life. More opportunities
       have been lost, withheld, and forfeited because of attitude than
       from any other cause. Attitude is a more powerful distinction in
       life than beauty, power, title, or social status. It is more
       important than wealth and it can keep one poor. It is the
       servant that can open the doors of life or close the gates of
       possibility. It can make beauty ugly and homeliness attractive.
       The distinguishing factor between a leader and a follower is
       attitude.
       Attitude Creates Your World And Designs Your Destiny
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       What is attitude?
       We will discuss this topic in detail in coming chapters, but for
       now let me simply define attitude as "the mind-set or mental
       conditioning that determines our interpretation of and response
       to our environments." It's our way of thinking. It is also
       important to understand that attitude is a natural product of
       the integration of our self-worth, self-concepts, self-esteem,
       and sense of value or significance. In essence, your attitude is
       the manifestation of who you think you are.
       Leaders think differently about themselves, and this
       distinguishes them from followers. The story of the lion and the
       sheep demonstrates the power of attitude. We live our attitudes
       and our attitudes create our lives. The difference between the
       attitudes of a lion and a sheep determines their place in the
       scheme of the animal kingdom. Perhaps that is why the Creator,
       as recorded in the books of the Hebrew writer Moses and other
       biblical writers, identifies himself with the unique
       temperaments or natures of certain animals. We live our lives
       based on who we think we are. According to the illustration, if
       you believe in your heart that you are a sheep, then you will
       stay in the confines that others have placed you in or that you
       have made for yourself.
       If you think that you are a lion, then you will venture beyond
       manmade limitations and embark on the life of #leadership that
       you were born to live. You will develop into someone who
       inspires and influences others within your inherent domain. N o
       amount of training in #leadership skills, courses in management
       methods, power titles, promotions, or associations can
       substitute for the right attitudes. I am convinced that all the
       money in the world may make you rich, but it can never make you
       a leader.
       You #leadership development is determined by your perceptions of
       who you are and why you exist in other words, your sense of
       significance to life.
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