Positive Attitude

INTRODUCTION A good attitude or positive attitude is the outward manifestation of a mind that dwells primarily on positive matters. It is a mind-set tipped in favour of creative activity rather than boredom, joy over sadness, hope over futility. A positive attitude is that state of mind which can be maintained only through conscious effort. When something jars one's mental focus into a negative direction, those who are positive know that in order to bounce back adjustments must be made.

THE CHOSEN ISSUE Attitude is the way you communicate your mood to others. When you are optimistic and anticipate successful encounters, you transmit a positive attitude and people usually respond favourably. When you are pesimistic and expect worst, your attitude is often negative, and people tend to avoid you. Inside your head, where it all starts, attitude is a mind-sets. It is the way you look at things mentally. Attitude is never static. It is an ongoing dynamic, sentitive, and perceptual process. Unless your are on constant guard, negative factors can slip into your perspective. This will cause you to spend 'mind time' on difficulties rather than opportunities. If negative factors stay around long enough, they will be reflected in your disposition. The positive is still there, but it has been overshadowed by the negative attitude. It is challenge to push the negative factors to the outer perimeter of your thinking. Those who learn this 'trick' will reflect it, and others will notice. The positive attitude also helps to cope more easily with the daily affairs of life. It brings optimism into your life, and makes it easier to avoid worry and negative thinking. If you adopt it as a way of life, it will bring constructive changes into your life, and makes them happier, brighter and more successful. With a positive attitude you see the bright side of life, become optimistic and expect the best to happen. It is certainly a state of mind that is well worth