No,4 Positive attitudes building by amit kumar -.ppt

positive attitude building

1. POSITIVE ATTITUDE
BUILDING

2. WHAT IS AN ATTITUDE?
Attitude is a state of mind
Your attitude is your mind-set
It is the way you look at things mentally
Attitudes are evaluative statements
They indicate one’s feelings either
favourably or unfavourably to persons
objects and or events

3. DEFINITION OF
ATTITUDE?
Attitude is defined as the persistent
tendency to feel and behave in a particular
way towards some objects, persons or
events

4. ATTITUDES ARE EVALUATIVE
STATEMENTS
Attitude reflect how one feels about
something
Ex. When someone says “I like teaching” he
is expressing his attitude about his work

5. Three kinds of attitude:
a)Positiveattitude:Whenanattitudetowardsa
situationorsubjectispositivethentheperson
tendstobereceptiveandhemakesaneffortto
understand.
b)Negativeattitude:Ifaperson’sattitudeis
negativethenhesetsupbarriersandfilters,
acceptsdataandideasselectively.Herejects,
ignores,distorts,minimizessomethingsand
exaggeratesothersandcriticizesdestructively.
c)Neutralattitude:Thepersontendstobe
indifferent.

6. WHAT ARE THE SALIENT FEATURES
ABOUT AITUDES?
Attitudes are related to feelings and beliefs
about people
Attitude is a response to persons objects or
events
Attitudes affect behaviour positively or
negatively
Attitudes undergo changes
Attitudes affect perception, and in turn,
behaviour

7. WHAT IS A POSITIVE
ATTITUDE
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY?

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Benefits of Positive Mental
Attitude
1.The Individual
Increases Confidence
Reduces stress
Career success
High productivity
Improves interpersonal relations
Is energizing

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Benefits of Positive Mental
Attitude contd
The Organisation
•Fosters Teamwork
•Solves Problems
•Makes For Congenial Atmosphere
•Increases Productivity
•Breeds Loyalty
•Reduces Stress

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Effects of negative attitude on the
Individual
Self doubt
Poor self esteem
Increases stress
Bitterness
Resentment
Poor Health

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Effects of negative attitude on the
Organisation
Low productivity
low morale
coworker conflicts
Scares of customers
Poor quality work

12. Positive attitude manifests in the
following ways:
Positive thinking
Constructive thinking
Creative thinking
Expecting success
Optimism
Motivation to accomplish your goals
Being inspired.
Contd....

13. Choosing happiness
Not giving up
Looking at failure and problems as blessings in
disguise
Believing in yourself and in your abilities
Displaying self-esteem and confidence
Looking for solutions
Seeing opportunities

14. The benefits of a positive attitude:
Helps achieving goals and attaining success
Success achieved faster and more easily
More happiness
More energy
Greater inner power and strength
The ability to inspire and motivate yourself and
others
The ability to surmount any difficulty
Life smiles at you
People respect you

15. BUILDING POSITIVE ATTITUDE
1. Change your focus towards the positive
aspects-
•Focus on what is right than what is wrong
•Focus on what you have rather than what you
don’t
•Focus on solutions rather than problems
e.g.-I was crying for a pair of shoes until I saw
a man without legs.
2. Make it a habit of doing it now-Start
today with which person, people or situation
you will change your attitude.

16. BUILDING POSITIVE ATTITUDE
3. Be optimist-
•Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace
of mind.
•Take health, happiness and prosperity to every
person you meet.
•Spend so much time improving yourself that you
have no time left to criticize others.
4.MakeaCommitment-Whenyoumakea
commitmentandarewillingtodowhateverit
takes,youbegintoattractthepeopleand
circumstancesnecessarytoaccomplishyourgoal.

17. BUILDING POSITIVE ATTITUDE
5.Turnyourproblemsintoopportunities-After
theinitialdisappointmentwearsoff,youhavea
choicetomake.Youcaneitherwallowinmisery
anddwellonthenegativeaspectsofyoursituation
oryoucanfindthebenefitorlessonthatthe
problemisoffering.Youwillprobablyfacea
periodofuncertaintyorstruggle,butthereis
alwaysaflipsidetothedifficulty.
Aproblemisoftennotaproblematall.Itmay
actuallybeanopportunity.

18. REMEMBER! ATTITUDE IS
NEVER STATIC!
IT IS AN ONGOING
DYNAMIC PERCEPTUAL
PROCESS

19. If negative factors stay around for
a long time they will be reflected
in your disposition
The positive may be still there
but may be overshadowed by the
negative

20. Challenge!
Push the negative factors to the outer
perimeter of your thinking
Those who will learn the trick will reflect it
and others will notice it

21. Challenge!
Of course! No one can be positive all the
time
Excessive optimism is not realistic
Positive attitude is not an act. It must be
genuine

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WHAT MAKES YOUR LIFE 100% ?
Which of these makes your life 100%?
Skills
Knowledge
Hard work or
Attitude

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WHAT MAKES YOUR LIFE 100%?
Each letter of the alphabet is given a numerical value. Using
this, find out which of these make your life 100%
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
SKILLS
19119121219
= 82
KNOWLEDGE
11141523125475
HARD WORK
8112423151811
ATTITUDE
120209202145
=
=
=
96
98
100

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Attitude makes our life 100%

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Obstacles to Maintaining a
Positive Attitude
These obstacles are:
Fear
Worry
Anger
Doubt.

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Steps to Developing a Positive
Mental & Work Attitude
Think Positive
Develop Can Do attitude
Do not Complain
Keep Positive thinking friends
Be appreciative
Control your frustration
Live in the present