The Difference Maker Making Your Attitude Your Greatest Asset

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The Difference MakerMaking Your Attitude Your
Greatest Asset

• Dr. John C. Maxwell

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The sum of all your thoughts comprises your
overall attitude.
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Where Did You Get Your Attitude?

• Personality Who You Are
• Environment Whats Around You
• The Expression of Others What You Feel
• Self-Image How You See Yourself

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Where Did You Get Your Attitude?

• Exposure to Growth Opportunities What You
  Experience
• Association with Peers Who You Are With
• Beliefs What You Think
• Choices What You Do

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If you think you can do something, thats
confidence. If you can do it, thats competence.
Both are needed for success.
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Your Attitude Cannot

• Substitute for Competence
• Substitute for Experience
• Change the Facts
• Substitute for Personal Growth
• Stay Good Automatically

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The problem with experience is that you rarely
have it until after you need it.
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What Attitude Can Do For You

• Makes a Difference in Your Approach to Life
• Makes a Difference in Your Relationships with
  People
• Makes a Difference in How You Face Challenges

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The greatest difference my difference maker can
make is within me, not others.
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Attitudes People Principles

• The Lens Principle
• The Pain Principle
• The Elevator Principle
• The Learning Principle

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You cannot disconnect attitude from reality and
expect success.
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Attitude Your Greatest Asset

• Take Responsibility for Your Attitude
• Evaluate Your Present Attitude
• Develop the Desire to Change
• Change Your Thoughts
• Develop Good Habits
• Manage Your Attitude Daily

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Evaluate Your Present Attitude

• Identify Problem Feelings About Yourself
• Identify Problem Feelings Related to Others
• Identify Problem Thinking

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You are not what you think you are, but what you
thinkyou are.
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Five Attitude Obstacles

• Discouragement
• Change
• Problems
• Fear
• Failure

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Ninety percent of those who fail are not
actually defeated. They simply quit.Paul J.
Meyer
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Dealing with Discouragement

• Get the Right Perspective
• See the Right People
• Say the Right Words
• Have the Right Expectations
• Make the Right Decisions

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Getting the Right Perspective

• Take a Good Look at the Whole Picture
• Take a Short Look at the Problem
• Take a Close Look at Yourself
• Take a Long Look at Successful People
• Take a Wide Look at the Possibilities

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Saying the Right Words

• This too shall pass.
• Things could be worse.
• Keep your chin up.
• Do it anyway.

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People Resist Change Because

• Of Personal Loss
• Of the Fear of the Unknown
• The Timing Could Be Wrong
• It Feels Awkward
• Of Tradition

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Every beginning is a consequence. Every
beginning ends something.Paul Valery
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A Checklist for Change

• Will this benefit the followers?
• Is this change compatible with the purpose of the
  organization?
• Is this change specific and clear?
• Are the top 20 in favor of this change?

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A Checklist for Change

• Is it possible to test this change before making
  a total commitment to it?
• Are physical, financial, and human resources
  available to make this change?
• Is this change reversible?
• Is this change the next obvious step?

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A Checklist for Change

• Does this change have both short- and long-range
  benefits?
• Is the leadership capable of bringing about this
  change?
• Does everything indicate the timing is right?

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If change doesnt cost you anything, then it
isnt real change.
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Preparation for Successful Change

• Change Will Happen Whether You Like it or Not
• Without Change There Can Be No Improvement
• Make a Commitment to Pay the Price for Change

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Preparation for Successful Change

• Change Must Happen Within You Before It Can
  Happen Around You
• Decide What You Are Not Willing to Change
• Remember, Its Never Too Late to Change

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They always say that time changes things, but
you actually have to change them yourself.Andy
Worhol
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A Perspective on Problems

• Problems Are Everywhere, and Everybody Has Some
• Our Perspective on the Problem, Not the Problem
  Itself, Usually Determines Our Success or Failure

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A Perspective on Problems

• There Is a Difference Between Problem Spotting
  Problem Solving
• The Size of the Person Is More Important Than the
  Size of the Problem
• Problems, Responded to Correctly, Can Actually
  Advance us Forward

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A problem is something you can do something
about. If you cant do something about it, then
its not a problemits a predicament.
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Principles for Handling Problems

• Define What a Real Problem Is
• Anticipate Problems
• Face the Problem
• Evaluate the Problem
• Embrace the Problem as a Potential Opportunity

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Principles for Handling Problems

• Think of People Who Have Bigger Problems
• List ALL the Potential Ways to Solve the Problem
• Determine the Best Ways to Solve the Problem
• Refocus the Mission

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When Facing Problems, People

• Flee it they try to get away, but problems
  always follow
• Forget it they hope the problem will go away,
  but problems left alone only get worse
• Fight it they resist, but the problem still
  persists
• Face it they look at the problem realistically

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Positive thinking is how you think about a
problem. Enthusiasm is how you feel about a
problem. The two together determine what you do
about a problem.Norman Vincent Peale
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The Destructive Effects of Fear

• Fear Breeds More Fear
• Fear Causes Inaction
• Fear Weakens Us
• Fear Wastes Energy
• Fear Keeps Us From Reaching Our Potential

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How to Handle Fear

• Admit Your Fears
• Discover the Source of Your Fears
• Realize How Your Fears Can Limit You
• Accept Normal Fear as the Price of Progress

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How to Handle Fear

• Convert Fear Into Desire
• Focus On the Things You Can Control
• Give Today Your Attention Not Yesterday or
  Tomorrow
• Feed the Right Emotion and Starve the Wrong One

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Ive been through some terrible things in my
life, a few of which actually happened.Mark
Twain
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Self-Sabotaging Behaviors

• Expecting Failure
• Personalizing Failure
• Refusing to Take a Risk
• Letting Failure Defeat Them

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It may not be your fault for being down, but it
is your fault for not getting up.Steve Davis
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How to Profit From Failure

• Change Your Attitude
• Change Your Vocabulary
• Pay Little Attention to the Odds
• Let Failure Point You to Success
• Hold On to Your Sense of Humor

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How to Profit From Failure

• Learn From Your Mistakes
• Dont Lose Your Perspective
• Dont Become Too Familiar With Failure
• Make Failure a Gauge For Growth
• Never Give Up

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Failure doesnt mean youll never succeed. It
just means it will take longer.
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Your Attitude Failure

• Expectations
• Self-Image
• Risk
• Tenacity

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Helping You Helping Others

• Make the decision to allow the difference maker
  to make a difference in your life.
• Manage your decision every day of your life.
• Do not allow adversity to have an adverse effect
  on your attitude.
• Help others discover the difference maker in
  their lives.

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Success each day should be judged by the seeds
sown, not the harvest reaped.