Attitude Determines Altitude
Your attitude determines your altitude – in business and in life. You can’t change someone else’s
attitude for them. But this powerful adage could also be an excellent reminder that you simply
can put before anyone who needs an attitude adjustment. I might wish to speak a couple of few
of the varied ways each folk can develop a winning attitude each day. It’s what leaders do.
Marcus Aurelius, the great philosopher who ruled the Roman Empire, said it simply: “Our life is
what our thoughts make it”.
Dale Carnegie, chatting thereupon quote said: “Yes if we expect happy thoughts, we'll be happy.
If we expect miserable thoughts, we'll be miserable. If we expect fear thoughts, we'll be fearful.
If we expect sickly thoughts, we probably are getting to be ill. If we expect failure, we'll certainly
fail. If we wallow in self-pity, everyone will want to shun us and avoid us”.
Am I advocating a Pollyanna attitude toward all our problems? No. Life isn’t that easy. But I’m
advocating – within the strongest terms – that we assume a positive attitude instead of a negative
one.
Mental attitude - the power we hold in our heads. Reality is often changed dramatically by one
thought. In nutrition the adage is you're what you eat. In terms of leadership, it’s more likely
you're what you think that that. Contrary to what people want to believe, outside influences don’t
