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Developing Positive
Work Attitude
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Ground Rules
Put cell phones on silent mode.
Be punctual.
Ask questions and
participate.
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Program Flow
Module 1 Mans Purpose and Work
Evolution of Definitions of Work
Purposeful/Transcendent Work
Module 2 Attitude and Work Behavior
Developing a Positive Attitude
Shifting your Paradigm
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"Not to be occupied and not toexist are one and the same
thing for a man.
Voltaire
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Essence of a purpose in life:
to work, to create, to excel, and to be
concerned about the world and itsaffairs.
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Evolution of Definition of WORK
My father taught me to work;
he did not teach me to love it.Abraham Lincoln
Theres no fun like work.Thomas J. Lipton, Founder of Lipton Tea
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PredominantPhase
Attitude Timeframe
Traditional Workalienates
Up till 1517(Reformation)
Transitional Work neither
alienates noractualize
1517 to 1950
(InformationAge)
Transcendent Workactualizes
1950 - Present
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Traditional Perspectives
Work alienates because itsabotages mans ability to pursuemore worthwhile goals.
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Transitional Perspectives
We will work! We will earn our daily bread bythe sweat of our brow. Work is what weneed. (Anton Chekhov)
A means to some desired end.
A reason to work
making a living
avoiding boredom
keeping in touch with other people
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Transcendent Perspectives
The action of working providesstimulation and impetus becausethrough it, the individual becomes allthat he is capable of becoming
Imagine work as a medium through whichpeople discover each other; work as havingspiritual content; and work as the process
which leads to transcendence
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Transcendence
to rise above or go beyond the limits of;to triumph over the negative orrestrictive aspects of; to surpass or
exceed.
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Mans Constant Search for Happiness
Lasting happiness is not found in leisureactivities, but in purposeful work.
One of the greatest misconceptions of life isthe universal failure to realize that workgives your joy.
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Attitude + Work content = Purposeful work
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Purposeful Work
Id rather be working.
Work is a meaningful activity
Work is your identity
Work is FUN!!!
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Ask Yourself NOW
In what one way is my work meaningfulor even life-giving?
How do I deal with difficulties at workand with my own limitations?
What is one way I can be:
Creative at work
Relate to someone at work
Change a dehumanizing system
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Attitude + Work content = Purposeful work
ATTITUDE IS THE KEY!!!
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Attitude
Propensities or tendencies to reactin a favorable or unfavorable waytoward an object
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A mental disposition
regarding a certainobject, person orsituation.
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Attitude
A point of view about a situation
Has three components
What you think
What you feel
What you do
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What Attitudes Do for Us
Provides a frame of reference(PARADIGM)
Values are expressed through
attitudes Can facilitate reconciling
contradictions
Aids in personal adjustment
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Somewhere between our emotionsand our thought processing liesour attitudes.
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Attitude can have a significant effecton the behavior of a person atwork.
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THE ICEBERGHOW MUCH DO YOU SEE OF ANICEBERG?
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THE ICEBERG
ONLY 10% OF
ANY ICEBERG
IS VISIBLE.THE
REMAINING
90% IS BELOW
SEA LEVEL.
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THE ICEBERG
SEA LEVELBEHAVIORS
ATTITUDE
UNKNOWN
TO OTHERS
KNOWN
TO OTHERS
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THE ICEBERG
SEA LEVEL
BEHAVIOR
VALUES STANDARDS JUDGMENTS
ATTITUDEMOTIVES ETHICS - BELIEFS
KNOWN
TO OTHERS
UNKNOWN
TO OTHERS
PARADIGM
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Attitudes and Paradigm
Paradigm the image you have in yourmind of the way things are out there
- the images we carry in ourheads of the way things are, of reality,come from our own backgrounds andexperiences
- the map we have in our
minds
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All of us think we see the world as itis; we see the world as we are.
New York Subway story
Participant
Over-protective mother
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Paradigm Shift
Know that PRINCIPLES govern Battleship
Focus on your Circle of Influence
Traffic
Be Proactive
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Reactive Allowing moods, feelings and
circumstances to drive your responses Your life is a product of your
circumstances, environment, feelings andemotions
Proactive The power, freedom and ability to choose
your responses according to values
Your life is a product of your choicesanchored on values and principles
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3-Step Process
Awareness Watch out for your self-talk
Be conscious of your reactions
Acceptance
Choose your focus
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Changing Your Attitude
What you think
What you feel
What you do
It is easier to change the way you
think than your emotions.
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Developing Positive Attitude at Work
Do the best you can and tell yourselfthe best has got to be good enough.
Things arent as bad as you think they
are. Think positive,As You Think So YouAre.
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Obstacles
ExaggeratingExample: Im always late for meetings.
Replace with: I make it to meetings mostof the time.
Over generalizingExample: Im stupid.
Replace with: This time I made a wrong
turn, but usually I do get to where Imgoing early.
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Obstacles Personalizing
Example: Everyone noticed that I wore the samedress twice.
Replace with: I like this outfit, and I am properlydressed for the occasion.
Either-Or ThinkingExample: Either I get the promotion or Im a
failure.
Replace with: My performance has beenexceptional, and I have a good chance of gettingpromoted. If I dont get it this time, there will be
other opportunities.
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Obstacles
Jumping to ConclusionsExample: I wasnt assigned the project because Iwasnt at my desk when my manager called.
Replace with: Ill ask my manager if theres a wayI can help out with the assignment.
Ignoring the PositiveExample: I did not make my sales quota last
month.
Replace with: I hit my sales goals for 11 or 12
months and I will hit it again.
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Improve Your Mental Attitude
1. Work first on your relationships.
2. Develop a routine to starteveryday in a positive mental
state.
3. Learn how to monitor yourcurrent mental state and changes
to it.
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Improve Your Mental Attitude
4. Create an energizing physicalenvironment.
5. Carefully monitor your self-talk.
6. Develop methods of shiftingyourself to a more positive state.
7. Deal with problems effectively.
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Improve Your Mental Attitude
8. Focus your energy on attractingmore of what you want.
9. Be a positive energy source with
others.
10.Avoid using negative energy asan energy source.
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The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of
attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important
than facts. It is more important than the past, the
education, the money, than circumstances, than
failure, than successes, than what other people
think or say or do. It is more important than
appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or
break a company... a church... a home. The
remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday
regarding the attitude we will embrace for that
day. We cannot change our past... we cannot
change the fact that people will act in a certain
way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only
thing we can do is play on the one string we have,and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is
10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react
to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of
our Attitudes.
Charles Swindoll
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"The definition of success--To laugh much; to
win respect of intelligent persons and the
affections of children; to earn the approbation
of honest critics and endure the betrayal of
false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the
best in others; to give one's self; to leave the
world a little better, whether by a healthy
child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social
condition.; to have played and laughed with
enthusiasm, and sung with exultation; to
know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived--this is to have
succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson
WHAT MAKES YOUR LIFE
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