Women's Network September 2018 | Page 48

Attitude is the reflection of a person and the world mirrors our attitude. - Earl Nightingale Mindshift for Success: T here is a reason that Earl Nightingale claimed that attitude really is the magic word. The key to your success in everything, she believes is wrapped up in this word package. Your attitude towards yourself and towards others; your attitude towards business; your attitude towards success and money, and your relationships; she believes is the major part of your success. But what really is an attitude? On Googling attitude you can find a definition like this. 48 Women’s Network Magazine “a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person's behaviour.” Earl Nightingale described attitude “as a composite of your thoughts, your feelings and your actions”. Importantly, understanding attitude can change your results faster and more dramatically than anything else. Really think about where your attitude is set right now! While you have one thing in your mind, you may have another thing happening physically and the results you desire won’t show up for you. When you express yourself you can be coming from the past, the present or the future. You need to train your attitude to be focusing on the future, that is, where you want to be. You have 3 parts of your personality – your thoughts, your feelings and your actions. Your attitude is a composition of these things. What is critical is that you understand attitude. To change and improve your attitude you really have to explore and understand these three