Highly successful people exhibit an impeccable attitude of positive behavior and there is nothing these people cant achieve in their life. There is absolutely nothing they cannot aspire to be and there is simply nothing they cannot possess! These people are the masters of positive attitude, a self realized energy that propels them towards the path of greatness. You can do whatever you want if you have the power of positive attitude. How you steer your life, depends on how you adjust your attitude; a positive attitude will help you develop a successful career, while a negative attitude will create more problems in your personal life.

Attitude is a state of your mind; it also tests your patience and stress. If you handle your stress with optimism and hope, youll come out of the clutches of despair and hopelessness. A positive attitude will also ensure that you stay optimistic in whatever do you do and perform in your life. Optimists are effective in countering any form of stress or problem to emerge as ultimate winners, while a pessimist is likely to deny the existence of problem and run away from the source of problem as well. An optimist invariably becomes successful in achieving his cherished goals, while a pessimist can never hope to become successful, because of his negative attitude.

More often the trait of positive attitude is developed from the time we are adolescent A person shows a high degree of positive attitude, if he/she grows in an environment, that is highly positive and immensely hopeful. People with a positive attitude always look at things very positively and respond to any tricky situation with positive answers like, Yes, I can do it, It is achievable, It is perfectly possible and I am capable. While negatively inclined people always complain about people and situations and are always pessimistic in what ever they think and do.

If you have been showing an extreme negative attitude in your life and always expecting failure and tragedies, it is now the right time to alter the way you think and behave. It is also a correct time to get rid of those negative thoughts and behavior and achieve cherished goals for a happy life. Here are some of the suggested ways to get rid of those bad, negative feelings and develop right attitude and positive mindset, in their place:

1. When you see the signs of a negative attitude or feelings creeping in your mind, say STOP; instead start visualizing those vividly beautiful pictures of success and contentment.

2. Experts suggest a novel way of stopping negative thoughts from your mind. Though this method is a bit difficult to master, you can try them at your own leisure. Thought stopping process involves two basic stages: a driving mechanism to shoo away all those negative feelings and perceptions and an infiltration mechanism whereby your negative mind is infiltrated with positive thoughts and feelings.

3. Self talk and positive affirmations are known scientific mind principles which can help you develop positive mindset. Develop your own self talk and affirmation statement and start talking to yourself on a regular basis.

4. Another unusual method is to create sticky notes with positive statements like, I can do it, I am capable, Success is mine and I have a purpose, and to stick them up on your car dashboard, study table, personal diary, study room cupboard and dining places, where you can see the message everyday and night.

5. Get acquainted with highly successful people with tangible achievements. Right association and acquaintance will make things easy for you to develop positive attitude.

6. Start reading all those positive self help books and magazine. Attend to self help workshops and seminars.

Positive thoughts can only be instilled by you and not by anyone else. It is an internal mechanism and thus it needs your effort and dedication. It may take considerably long time, but it is priceless when you achieve it.

How often do you walk into Starbucks, go to the coffee pot at home or work, grab some chocolate or a bag of chips, or buy your favorite caffeinated beverage looking for just a little more juice, something to energize you, or to amp up your day just a little bit (there’s even an energy drink named Amp!)?

Sure you may like the taste of those treats, and even gain some temporary energy, but they aren’t a complete answer to your energy and attitude challenges.

Here are seven specific things you can do at any time (including right now) to amp up your energy and attitude – with no caffeine crash or calories!

Amp Your Attitude

- Take action first. Dale Carnegie taught, “Act enthusiastic, and we’ll be enthusiastic.” He was right. Actions impact thoughts. Don’t believe me? Ever gotten up and drug yourself around the house trying to get your day started? How much energy do you feel on those mornings? Compare that to the mornings when you hop out of bed because you are late. In which case do you have more energy in the moment?

- Assume you can. How many new ideas (or even old ideas) are immediately met with “that won’t work,” or “we can’t do that”? Maybe you can’t, and maybe it won’t. But what if everyone started with the assumption that you could do it and that it would work? I’m not saying every idea is great or that you can do everything. But it does mean that ideas can be investigated from a perspective of can-do and hope. This approach will definitely create a better attitude – and better results.

- Have some fun. Take time out of your day (right now?) and have some fun! I’m not suggesting forgetting or neglecting your work – but approaching your day with the spice of fun. What happens to your attitude when you are laughing? (My point exactly.)

- Look for the good. Look for the good in the day, in the situation, in other people. Look for the good in ideas (we’ve already covered that one!), challenges and problems. Just look for the good – all around you. Once you choose to look for it – you will find it. And, your attitude will improve, guaranteed.

- Take off your black hat. In many situations I hear, “but someone needs to be the devil’s advocate.” In my experience the same people are always the devil’s advocate. If you always wear the black hat, take it off for awhile. If work with the black hat, ask for a black hat moratorium in your office for an hour, a day or a week. Even if you work by yourself, you will amp your attitude by being an angel’s advocate today.

- Change your environment. Maybe you can’t change the paint in your surroundings (and you certainly can’t do it right now), but you can change your environment. If you find yourself heading to the ‘dark side,’ get up from your desk. Walk around the office or outside. Do anything to change your perspective and you will improve your attitude – the brief bit of exercise won’t hurt either.

- Smile. I’ve saved the simplest and easiest for last. Smile. When you smile you feel better. When you smile – and others see it – they smile too (try it) and then you feel even better. If you want to amp your attitude right now, smile (it takes less than a second).



You can do any (or all) of these things right now. They are each a choice. Some may be easier for you, so it might be smart to start there. Start there, but don’t stop there – implement these ideas and make your attitude (and results) soar!



Potential Pointer: There is real value in having a good attitude. Not the least of which is that people with positive attitudes are the ones others want to work with and be around! There are very specific things you can do every day to improve your attitude, and there’s no time like the present to start.

Your attitude is showing - and it's not good. What to do about it?

A story about an attitude needing adjustment - and about critical personal decisions.

A very close friend had her position cut from full time to 3 days a week. Her duties and responsibilities didn't change - just her hours and her compensation - which was cut by 40%. She was given 24 hours to decide whether or not she would accept the change. She decided to stay and work through the situation. But it hasn't been easy. Three months into the part time situation, she received her annual review - by mail. Her boss has marked her attitude as "meeting standards" toward her job and toward her fellow workers. All of her previous reviews were "excellent." It's red flag time.

She works in a branch location - and with all the things she has to do there, the reduction to three days doesn't allow for face time with her boss and peers at the main location. She's disappointed that peers who were not affected by the reduction in hours and pay haven't reached out to talk to her. She feels hostage to the feedback her boss receives from other members of his staff. Her boss spends no time with her.

She feels she is being poorly dealt with - and she's right - and it shows.

But the reality is that it is her attitude that is the key issue in her review - not how she's been dealt with. And there is no more damning thing to be said about a person in a leadership role than to be described as having a "bad attitude."

Her attitude has changed - from being a key member of the leadership team dedicated to making a new enterprise work, to being a part time worker who is expected to remain a dedicated leader of the new enterprise. It's easy for her to feel like a victim. Her boss notes in her review that she is not the same person since the "temporary setback" and that she needs to talk to him about how to "fix" her attitude. The implication is that should things stay the way they are, her attitude will be considered unacceptable. And we all know what that means.

A tough place to be - but it happens more often than we would like to think.

What should she and the thousands that find themselves in similar situations do?

There are two sets of issues to be deal with. The first has to do with the situation - be it a job, a relationship, a career - and it does need to be dealt with first. The second has to do with attitude.

The first issue deals with the situation. Whether to stay or go? There are so many factors in that analysis that are specific to each situation that there can be no easy answer - but it's absolutely critical that there is an answer. Too many people just stagger along, feeling some weird kind of comfort in the status quo, and then waking up years later, as Thoreau describes it, finding themselves "leading lives of quiet desperation." So the first order of business has to be the decision to stay, or to leave - and the terms and conditions for either alternative. The realization that there is a choice can, by itself, be tremendously liberating.

Then the attitude issue needs to be addressed. Once again, choice is the key. Our manager may not be able to control or choose the circumstances that led to her cut in pay and hours, but she can choose how it affects her - and how she expresses how it affects her. It's perfectly human to be angry, depressed, and feeling victimized when negative changes happen, but after the appropriate "mourning" period, it's time to choose the best response - the one that affects behavior positively. It's important not to fall into the victim mode. Victims show negative behaviors, and in addition to being repellant, very little good ever comes from them.

In our manager's case, she has decided that some projects in her job are near and dear to her heart. They are in process now, they require her full attention, and they keep her involved and associating with people outside her organization who she really enjoys - three good reasons for her decision to stay. Longer term still needs to be decided, but the success of the projects will be good for her organization, and of long term career benefit to her. Plus she can feel good that she has kept her word and her integrity and not left commitments undone. The act of making that decision has helped her dig out of most of the negativity she had been feeling. She's no longer a victim - she's in charge of herself.

The attitude issue needs work - but the stay or leave decision has made that issue an easier one to deal with. It has made her inner attitude much more positive. She is reaching out to friends, to her boss and to associates to better understand how others perceive her attitude, and to adopt behaviors that accurately express her much improved inner attitude. She wants to be positive, and focused, and optimistic, and she knows she owns the rights to those qualities. She's going to make it happen.

If you see yourself or someone else in this kind of situation, use the two issue approach to get back on track. Situations change, so can attitudes and behaviors.

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Let us assume, rightly or wrongly, that babies are not born with attitudes. Or if they are, not very many. Babies mimic attitudes from their parents and caregivers initially. As they grow, they experiment with copying other attitudes they see around them (helpful, demanding, loving, belligerent, etc.), and adopt those that produce the results they want. In short, attitudes are adopted, by choice. Conscious or unconscious choice, but by choice nonetheless.

Unfortunately, the attitude of quality is uncommon, so is seldom adopted. In fact, the opposite is far more common, the attitude of anti-quality. Children who enjoy study and get good grades are eggheads. Those who excel at math are nerds. Neat and well-behaved kids are squares, or whatever the latest derogatory term is. Meticulous, detail-oriented people are nitpickers. Self-respecting teens are prudes.

By the time one reaches adulthood, with all its responsibilities, most people's attitudes are pretty well set in stone. More often than not, these attitudes include a certain degree of resignation, as evidenced by some common expressions:

"You can't teach an old dog new tricks."
"Good enough for government work."
"You get what you pay for."
"No one expects it to be perfect."

The result is the world we live in: full of error, mediocrity, bad drivers, high school drop-outs, unreliable technology, and daily unpleasant surprises. The idea of quality being a standard operating basis is completely unthinkable by almost anyone.

But why? Attitudes are adopted, not innate. Anyone can adopt an attitude. Why not adopt the attitude of doing things as well as you can? Of looking for ways to make things better? Of helping others do things better? No one can make you adopt an attitude, but no one can stop you either. And if adopting an attitude of quality means giving up the attitudes of defeat and just-try-to-get-by to make room for it, is that a bad thing?

Things are not the way they are because that's the way they are. Things are the way they are because people make them that way. People. Not cats or dogs or trees or computers. People. If a person wants to do something right, he can. If a lot of people wanted to do things right, then things wouldn't be so wrong.

That's all a Quality Attitude is: Wanting to do things right. Even if it isn't "necessary." Even if it takes a little longer. Even if you're "not paid enough."

Why bother? Because doing things better gets better results. Neat stuff, like happiness and respect and pride, and who knows, maybe even a raise, or a happier family. Do it long enough, keep doing things better and better, and the sky's the limit. Not overnight, but sooner than you think, and as certainly as the sun will rise.

Quality is first and foremost an attitude. It's yours for the taking. Adopt it and win.

If you have ever felt like life is not treating you right then you should take a moment to consider how great a role your thinking and attitude play in how life treats you; because it is all about how you perceive your life to be that determines how it will be. If you have negative thoughts, your attitude tends to be just as negative and if you have positive thoughts your attitude will be just as positive. You cannot expect to have a good attitude when all of your thoughts tell you that life is hard, full of disappointment and that it's you against the world.

I want you to try this quick experiment so that you can see how your thoughts really do affect your perceptions on life, as well as your attitude. Think of your best friend and the unconditional love and support shared between the two of you...

Did you smile without meaning to? Did you remember a specific time when your friend showed unconditional love and support for you? Did you notice that your attitude brightened while thinking about your best friend? Chances are very good that this is the experience you had by thinking about something positive.

You were asked to do this quick experiment about positive thinking so that you could experience for yourself how your thoughts affect your attitude. While articles like this are informational and useful, I have always found that they are even more helpful when I can relate to them on a personal level like the experiment above, which positive thinking allowed me to do. I understand what people mean when they say that positive thoughts equal a positive attitude.

How do our thoughts and attitudes play a role in how life treats us? Our thoughts and attitude determines the way we perceive our life. Negative thoughts and a negative attitude will cause us to perceive everyday occurrences negatively. While positive thoughts and a positive attitude will cause us to perceive everyday occurrences positively. People with negative perceptions often make mountains out of mole hills so to speak.

Small things become a very big deal and people with negative attitudes always seem to be the ones that have bad things happening to them on a daily basis. They were late to work. They forgot their lunch at home. Traffic was bad when they got off. The cable was out. You get the idea. Unbeknownst to them is the very real fact that due to their negativity they are missing out on the good things, great and small that are trying to come into their lives.

Through our attitude we send messages to the people around us, and it is not hard to pick out the negative thinkers in the crowd because they usually have sour attitudes and we know one causes the other. Most people do not find negativity attractive. You can significantly improve your relationships with positive thoughts and a positive attitude.

If we are in a negative mode and perceiving our lives in that manner, we are actually creating an existence wherein we attract negativity to us while repelling anything positive. When we do this to ourselves we rationalize that life is just out to get us. We seethe inside as life seems to be going good for everyone else but us. Life is energy. It is not an entity with the power to wage a battle against you. Life is comprised of both good and bad things. The degree to which you will recognize and enjoy the good and cope with the bad is determined by how you perceive these things. And your perceptions are shaped by your thoughts and attitude.

In closing I leave you with this. Indulge in a life of positive thoughts which will equal a positive attitude and life will be good to you. Instead of thinking that the grass is greener on the other side, make your grass the greenest grass that you have ever seen. If you positively believe in your own success, then you can make it happen. Remember that your thoughts have power.

Attitude is defined as ones’ feelings or mood - Positive or negative - toward things, circumstances or people. No matter how you may choose to define attitude, it is one of your “most priceless” or disabling possessions. Attitude will shape your career. A great attitude will propel you forward, while a poor attitude will get you fired.

You, and only you, are in charge of your attitude! You must realize that your attitude is your choice to make, and that you alone can decide how to deal with events in your life. Your attitude will determine how you position yourself in life and what you get or don’t get out of life.

Attitude is important because attitude truly is everything! It drives virtually every decision you make and how you live each day of your life. Your attitude either propels you forward or holds you back.

Attitude is a reflection of the person inside, and while the external circumstances in your life can be chaotic, with a great attitude you can sill chart your path.

Viktor Frankel, psychologist and survivor of the World War II holocaust, observed a few men in the concentration camps walking through the huts comforting others, giving proof that everything can be taken from a human, but the last of human freedoms - the choice of ones attitude in any given circumstance – can not be taken.


The following points should be kept close at hand and read until they become the way you live your life on a daily basis.


• My job is to choose what kind of a day I want to have.


• I can tear myself down with negative self-talk or build myself up with “positive self-talk.”


• I can complain because of the rain or be thankful the grass is getting watered for free.


• I can feel sad that I don’t have more money or glad my present finances encourage me to plan my purchase wisely.


• I can complain about my health or be glad I am alive.


• I can complain about my lack of friends or a broken relationship, or go out and discover new friends and develop new relationships.


• I can complain because I have to go to school or open my mind and fill it with rich new knowledge.


• I can complain about having to go to work or appreciate the fact I am fortunate to have a job to go to.


• I can wait and see how my day will shape up and be, or I can plan and shape it to be rewarding and a positive experience.


• What today will be… is to a great degree up to me. My attitude... really determines my attitude.



Having a great attitude is not the result of having a great life; having a great life is the result of having a great attitude! Are you getting the results you want out of your life?

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Whenever you are faced with something that seems negative, try adopting a more positive attitude...it will help you achieve your desired results.
Throughout the ages, virtually everyone has agreed that in order to succeed, we need a positive attitude.
There are however 2 things about attitudes that few people discuss. .

Your Attitude Is Variable

Positive and negative attitudes are not mutually exclusive....just because you have one, it does not mean that you do not or cannot have the other.
Your attitude is like the bass and treble elements on a sound system.
You can adjust the overall sound by increasing the bass and decreasing the treble...or vice versa.

Similarly, you can adjust your overall attitude by making it more positive...or for reasons I fail to understand...making it more negative.

Further, few people...even the most optimistic...are always positive. And even the most pessimistic of people are not negative all the time. . And sometimes even the most positive among us feels more negative than normal.

The bottom line on attitudes...they are variable...sometimes more positive...sometimes less positive and more negative.

You Can Change Whatever Is Variable

While it is definitely possible to shift from a totally negative attitude to a totally positive one, a better approach is to make the change one step at a time. Think of how jarring it is when you adjust the sound system from all bass to all treble, or vice versa...it takes some getting used to.

Just as you would adjust your sound system by gradually adding treble...or bass.. you change your attitude by gradually adding more positiveness. As you continue to do this, you will gradually have an increasingly positive attitude.

Regardless of the nature of your business your market shifts and changes. Don't allow these changes to drag you down and drain your time and energy. By adopting a more positive attitude, you can survive whatever changes are occurring...and continue to thrive.

To help develop a more positive attitude, focus on completing work that you know can successfully finish.

It's also a good idea to connect with your network contacts, including clients. Discuss new economic developments and how these factors influence local market conditions.

It's always productive to keep in touch with clients and contacts...this helps you maintain and improve your relationship and helps generate more repeat and referral business.

Taking positive, proactive action helps develop a more positive attitude.

On the other hand not doing anything strengthens a negative attitude and makes things seem worse than they really are.

Achieving the results you seek challenging enough without making it harder for yourself.

We all have the potential within us to achieve great things with our lives, and to be anything we want to be. I think most people would accept the findings of brain researchers that we only use a small fraction of the potential power of our minds. I also think that most people would accept that if we are prepared to set goals, make plans and work hard, we are likely to achieve much more with our lives and to build better lives for ourselves and our families, than we would if we just do the minimum required to get by.

We may know and accept these things but that doesn't mean that we are prepared to act on this information and actually do something about it. Why is that? I think that the alternatives are often just too attractive and easy. It may not be that difficult to put in the extra effort required that could make a big difference to our lives, but the reality is that it's much easier not to do it.

There is one overriding factor that makes the difference and determines our actions, and that is our attitude.

Our attitude is a deciding factor to what we experience and become in so many areas of our life.

If your attitude to your job is that you aren't prepared to do anything outside your job description, or even less if possible, you may feel pleased to be getting one over on the boss, but you're unlikely to be considered for promotion.

If you enter into a personal relationship with the attitude that you've been hurt in the past so you most likely will be hurt again, it's this attitude more than anything else that will most cause you to take actions likely to ensure that your predictions come true.

If you approach problems with a 'why does this always happen to me' attitude you're likely to not only attract problems, but also to have difficulty dealing with them.

Your attitude largely determines your expectations for the future, what you want from your life and what you are prepared to do to ensure you do have the life you want.

If your attitude is 'what's the point?' or 'it's not worth the effort' you're sure to be proven right.

By the opposite also holds true. If you're prepared to make more of an effort in your job, it's likely that this will be noticed and you will attract promotion and growth opportunities.

If you attitude is generally optimistic and you don't expect to experience problems, you're not only less likely to do so, but when you do, you'll most likely find solutions more easily so you can quickly get back on track.

If you have a positive attitude and look forward to every day for the opportunities it will bring, you will find more opportunities. If you determine what you want from your life, make the plans to achieve your goals and take action, you will be well on your way to achieving your ideal life.

With an attitude of positive expectation, you'll not only achieve more, but you'll also experience more satisfaction in your daily life.

Other people can influence our attitudes, as can all forms of the media and our life experiences. Unfortunately, it often seems there are more negative than positive influences. We cannot control other people or events, and things will happen that we don't like that may affect us in some way. But what we can and must control is how we react to these things. No person or event can control or change our attitude – unless we allow it.

Likewise, no one else can really cause us to become upset or angry. When this happens we are giving other people control over our lives and relinquishing control of our most basic human right – the control of our own mind.

I'm sure you've all seen those signs in offices that go something like 'Everyone brings joy to this office, some when they enter, and some when they leave.' Which one of these people would you like to be known as? Would you like to be known as a person whose attitude gives the impression they are walking around with a permanent rain cloud over their head; or would you rather been known as a someone people look forward to seeing? Which person do you think has a happier and more fulfilling life?

A wise man once said, something like 'it's not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.' If your attitude is not working for you, it's probably working against you and holding you back in ways you don't even realise. No one else can control your attitude; it's all down to you. If you truly want to, you can change your attitude and it will change your life.

'Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us. – John N. Mitchell

Can having a positive attitude energize your life? It can and does, daily. Just as the opposite is true. Having a negative outlook enervates your life and you. Why?

What is a Positive Attitude?

A positive attitude could be described as an outlook on life with expectation that all will be well, all is well. Similarly, a negative attitude is an outlook on life filled with fear and expectation of problems and travail.

A positive attitude then is adjusting your mind to reject negativity in all forms, including negative people, and looking at your daily affairs in only a positive and constructive way. Certainly there will be obstacles and set-backs, failures and disappointments, but someone with a positive attitude thinks of these as stepping stones to success and happiness.

How can a Positive Attitude Energize Your Life?

As an attitude is an intention, or group of intentions, and thus, thoughts, and being positive ones, they hold energy. A thought is nothing less than intelligent energy. In fact, it is intelligent energy that is the basic constituent of the entire universe. Therefore, by you holding a positive attitude, you in effect attune yourself to a perfect universe. The energy of the universe, no less, is at your disposal.

This energy is used to solve problems, help people, help you be creative, healthy, and most of all happy. You life is full of positive energy if you can maintain a positive attitude.

What is Depression? Can a Positive Attitude Help Alleviate it?

Depression is beginning of illness. Depression is a negative attitude manifesting itself in your life and body. Depression and its cause, a negative attitude, destroys all happiness in your life. It closes the door to opportunity. It brings your energy levels to minimums, and destroys your immune system.

As depression and its cause, a negative attitude is foreign to our basic natures, we seek to banish it with drugs, or alcohol, or other endless external stimuli.

If you could just learn to hold a positive attitude, depression ends the way darkness ends with the dawn or when a light is turned on.

Modern Medicine and Mental Attitude

Today's medicine and doctor are commercial affairs. Money is made out of human suffering in one way or another. Depression is so endemic to today's life, that there are countless synthetic solutions; from the easiest anti-depressant, tobacco, to the most radical, hard drugs.

Could a doctor make any money if he told you just to develop a positive outlook? Hardly! However, it's the truth.

Develop a positive attitude and watch your health
improve, your financial situation improve, your inter-personal relations improve.

Try it, and see if what we are saying is not correct. Resolve to go one week with no negative thoughts or outlook towards your life. Resolve to go one week with a positive attitude, and look back and see if things did not improve. They will have had to! It's a universal law...that where the man holds a positive attitude, the power of the entire universe works with him.

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Your attitude is the number one criteria to your success in wooing, winning, and wedding the woman of your dreams. I'm sure that you have heard that many times before. But it's true.

Attitude is the most important aspect to success in any venture.

You need three things to be able to successfully court a woman half way around the world: Personal resources, a plan, and commitment. Of these three, commitment is the most important.

If you have commitment, you will find the personal resources and you will persist until you succeed.

We all have the potential within us to achieve great things with our lives. We can be anything we want to be. I think most people would accept the findings of brain researchers that we only use a small fraction of the potential power of our minds.

Most people would accept that if we are prepared to set goals, make plans, and work hard, we are likely to achieve much more with our lives. We would have the ability to build better lives for ourselves and our families, than we would if we just do the minimum required to get by.

We may know and accept these things, but that doesn't mean that we are prepared to act on this information and actually do something about it. Why is that? I think that the alternatives are often just too attractive and easy to pursue than to put in the work necessary to achieve our goals.

It may not be that difficult to put in the extra effort required that could make a big difference in our lives, but the reality is that it's much easier not go the easier softer way. There is one overriding factor that makes the difference and determines our actions, and that is our attitude.

Our attitude is the deciding factor to what we experience in life and the attainment of our goals in so many areas of our life.

If your attitude toward your job is that you aren't prepared to do anything outside your job description, or even less if possible, you may feel pleased by getting one over on the boss, but you're unlikely to be considered for a promotion.

Many people enter into a personal relationship with the attitude that because they've been hurt in the past, they are likely to be hurt again. It's this attitude more than anything else that will insure that these predictions are likely to come true.

If you approach problems with a "why does this always happen to me" attitude (a victim mentality), you're likely to not only attract problems, but also have difficulty dealing with them.

Your attitude largely determines your expectations for the future, what you want from your life, and what you are prepared to do to insure you achieve your goals in life. If your attitude is 'what's the point?' or 'it's not worth the effort' you're sure to be proven right.

By the opposite also holds true. If you're prepared to make more of an effort in your job, it's likely that this will be noticed and you will attract promotion and growth opportunities.

If your attitude is generally optimistic and you don't expect to experience problems, you're not only less likely to do so, but when you do, you'll most likely find solutions more easily so you can quickly get back on track.

If you have a positive attitude and look forward to every day for the opportunities it will bring, you will find more opportunities. If you write down your goals, you will make the plans necessary to achieve your goals and take appropriate action. You are well on your way to achieving your ideal life.

With an attitude of positive expectation, you'll not only achieve more, but you'll also experience more satisfaction in your daily life.

Other people can influence our attitudes. The media, our choice of friends, and relatives. We are also affected by our life experiences. Unfortunately, it often seems there are more negative than positive influences.

We cannot control other people or events, and things will happen that we don't like that may affect us in some way. But what we can and must control is how we react to these things. No person or event can control or change our attitude - unless we allow it.

Likewise, no one else can really cause us to become upset or angry. When this happens, we are giving other people control over our lives and relinquishing control of our most basic human right - the control of our own mind. I'm sure you've all seen those signs in offices that go something like 'Everyone brings joy to this office, some when they enter, and some when they leave.'

Which one of these people would you like to be known as? Would you like to be known as a person whose attitude gives the impression they are walking around with a permanent rain cloud over their head. Or would you rather been known as a someone people look forward to seeing? Which person do you think has a happier and more fulfilling life?

A wise man once said, something like 'it's not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.' If your attitude is not working for you, it's probably working against you. Your attitude can be holding you back in ways you don't even realize. No one else can control your attitude; it's all up to you. Change your attitude and change your life.

The Astrological chart of a person constitutes of the planetary positions and movements as observed during his/her time of birth. It is with the help of this astrological signs and charts that the attitude of human beings can also be revealed. Knowing our individual attitudes including our good as well as the bad traits can help us in improving ourselves for the betterment of our future.

The excellent mixture of art, craft and science is what is known as Astrology. The subject remains mysterious and has no ends, no matter how much of knowledge is acquired on the same. This characteristic of astrology makes it an interesting science. No science or art is more interesting, instructive and useful to mankind in contributing to his advancement than the magnificent science of Astrology.

Opinion is the other name of attitude. It is the way you perceive something; it reflects your preferences, your line of thinking, your habits and also your likes and dislikes. These specific attributes of human beings are very clearly reflected in the natal charts. For example, if a person is born with Mercury in the sign of Sagittarius, then it is very obvious that he/she will bear a different attitude that the one who is born with Mercury in the sign of Cancer. Like this, the different planetary positions and movements in the twelve zodiacal signs reveal a lot more things about human attitude.

For the purpose of acquiring a better understanding about your own self, it is important to know your attitude. Knowing your attitude can also help you understand what are the things and habits that you need to change for the betterment of yourself and in order to get along with people under all situations and circumstances. Attitudes are basically of two types: positive attitude and negative attitude. Positive attitudes are the one which help us in achieving our goals; while the negative attitudes are the ones which act as a hindrance in our path of success. It prevents us from getting well along with people.

It is not absurd for you to think of - "Which are the negative attitudes I have that may prove to be detrimental to me or in my path of success?" Astrology is there to help you in your quest.

After thoroughly reading and scrutinizing your natal chart, it is not a very tedious task for a skilled astrologer to tell you clearly about your attitudes and explain to you very precisely how they tend to function under any given situation. For all of us these are the valuable set of information which is worth knowing.

As social beings, every now and then we come across people from all walks of life who do appreciate the kind of attitude we possess as because we support their activities and help them reach their goals; while at other times, we also have to work with people whose attitudes are totally different from ours. In those times, we generally do not agree with them, in the way they see things from their perspectives and things does not seem to work with them, the only reason being - their attitude.

As it is not possible to change the other person, it is necessary that we change our own selves and our attitudes for things to fall into their respective places. So during those times, you need to know what attitudes you need to change for the purpose of getting along with them. This thing can well be known by comparing your own astrological signs with theirs. Both the astrological signs need to be thoroughly analyzed before any conclusion is drawn.

These are the fields where a professional astrologer can help you in gaining an insight. These are the beneficial insights which can be given only after extensive study and research work. Astrology does not let your hidden attitudes remain as hidden. It is with the help of the professional astrologer, that you can become fully aware of what is going on within you as well as within the people involved with you in one way or the other.