OH! Magazine - Australian Version January 2016 | Page 7

ATTITUDES

DON
ELGIN

ARE CONTAGIOUS

www.donelgin.com.au

( OH WOW! )

Paralympion Don Elgin explains the contagious nature of attitudes!
here are few things more powerful
than a positive attitude. The most
exciting thing about being human is we
get to choose what our attitude is going to
be. Yes you read correctly, we choose our
attitude.

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When we decide to be a person that goes
through life not blaming anyone for our
situation we immediately take positive
steps to a healthy attitude. The power of
a positive attitude has far reaching
effects, not only will you feel better but
the people around you will feel better in
the company of a person with a positive
attitude.

you see them. Do this in a small way to
other environment’s you frequent. Leave
notes with positive messages in draws
throughout your house.
3. Choose the people you let impact your
energy levels
When you choose to have a positive
attitude your world will start to change,
you will see the people in your life that
are negative and never seem to have
anything positive to say, spend less time
with these people, they will be a huge
drain of your positive energy.
4. Make small adjustments often

No one can tell you that you are not
allowed to be a happy person, admittedly
this may not happen over night, it takes
time and effort to maintain a positive
attitude but it is well worth it.
Follow these five simple steps to give
yourself the best chance of creating and
maintaining a positive attitude.
1. Find a way to smile every day
Life is so much easier with a smile on
your face, smiling relaxes your face and
helps you feel happier. It also encourages
those around you to smile, further
building a more pleasant environment for
your positive attitude to develop. Having
a prompt to smile can be very useful, try
smiling every time you look at your watch.
2. Create positive energy in the space you
spend most time
If you are in front of a computer a lot, be
sure your desktop has a photo of family or
of things that bring happy thoughts when

Creating a positive attitude is based on
lots of little adjustments to how we see
the world, aim to find a positive in every
situation, no matter how bad it may
seem, there is always something positive
that can be found. Do this when you are
watching news stories, typically the news
will be filled with