1. Make Attitude Your Most Valuable Asset: Change is the Only Constant
Joann L. Spaleta, MBA, MHA, MT (ASCP)
Charlotte Area Health Education Center
AHEC Director, Regional Education

2. Objectives Define attitude and the impact on Individuals
Discuss the “make-up” of attitude
Discuss obstacles to a positive attitude
Explore strategies for developing a positive attitude

3. What is Attitude? Definitions Point of view about a situation
Inward feeling expressed by outward behavior
Three components of attitude
What you feel
What you think
What you do

4. Attitude
As an individual, your attitude has a profound impact on your life
A person’s attitude impacts relationships, changes their view of failure, and defines their approach to success
Attitude is not everything, but it is one thing that can make a difference
Your attitude can change every aspect of your life.
It is like the mind’s paintbrush.

5. Attitude Impacts Individuals
Five Realities about Attitude
Attitude has the power to lift up or tear down.
An attitude changes when exposed to others.
Bad attitudes cause reaction faster than good ones.
Attitudes are subjective.
Bad attitudes unattended, ruin everything.
Attitude
is always
a player on
your team.

6. Attitude Impacts An Individual
1. Our attitude determines our approach to life.
2. Our attitude determines our relationships with others.
3. In many situations, our attitude is the only difference between success and failure.
4. Our attitude at the beginning of the task will affect the outcomes.
5. Our attitude can turn our problems into blessings.
6. Our attitude can give us a positive perspective.
Attitude determines success or
failure.

7. Changing Attitudes Attitude is not permanent state, it can be changed
You have to want to change… change is constant
Change is a choice in any situation
Conditions
Choices
As time goes by, choices increase.
Note:
Only if you want to change it.

8. Choosing a Positive Attitude
Evaluate your present attitude.
Take responsibility for your attitude.
Write a statement of purpose.
Have the desire to make a change.
Live each day…one day at a time.
Change your thought patterns.
Develop good habits and choices.
Choose to have a “right” attitude.

9. Choices Choice One: Evaluate Your Present Attitude
Identify your problem feelings and behaviors
Identify problem thinking
Clarify truth
Secure commitment
Plan and carry out your choice

10. Choices Choice Two: Take Responsibility for Your Attitude
Lives can be changed by changing your attitude
Change depends on your state of mind
Believe that you can change and you will

11. Choices Choice Three: Write a Statement of Purpose
Write specifically what you desire to accomplish each day.
Verbalize to an encouraging friend what you want to accomplish each day.
Take action on your goal each day.
Have the desire to change.
Live one day at a time.
Change your thought patterns.
Develop good habits and choices.
Continually choose to have a positive attitude.

12. Choices Choice Four: Have the Desire to Make a Change
The desire to change will lead us in the right direction.
Choice Five: Live Each Day…One Day at a Time
Live for today and do not worry about yesterday or tomorrow.
Choice Six: Change Thought Patterns We are where we are and what we are because of the thoughts that occupy our minds.
Fall in love with the challenge to change
and
watch the desire to change grow.

13. Choices Choice Seven: Develop Good Habits & Choices
An attitude is a habit of thought
Habits are acquired actions or reactions
If habits are hurtful, they negatively impact our attitudes as well as others
Break the cycle by cultivating positive thoughts and developing good habits and choices

14. Choices Choice Eight: Choose to Have a Right Attitude
Attitudes have a tendency to revert back to their original patterns, if they are not nurtured and developed.
You can make your attitude what you want it to be. You determine what you will think and how you will act.

15. Obstacles Enhance Attitude
Make failure a regular part of your life
Fail early, fail often, fail forward
How we handle change makes us stronger and teaches us perseverance
The greatest battle you wage against failure occurs on the inside, not on the outside.

16. Top Five Obstacles
Discouragement
Change
Problems
Fear
Failure

17. Dealing with Discouragement
Get the right perspective
See the right people
Say the right words
Have the right expectations
Make the right decisions
“Ninety percent of those who fail are not actually defeated.
They simply quit.”
- Paul J. Meyer

18. People Resist Change Because …
Personal loss
Fear of the unknown
Timing could be wrong
It feels awkward
Tradition
If change does not cost you anything, then it is not real change.

19. Problems Everybody has problems…they just may not be your problems
Our perspective on the problem, not the problem itself, determines success or failure of when solving the problem
Problem recognition versus problem solving
Responding to problems correctly, can propel us forward

20. Destructive Power of Fear
Breeds more fear
Causes us to be inactive and not move
Makes us weak
Wastes energy
Destroys productivity
Keeps us and others from reaching personal potential

21. Benefit from Failure Change your attitude Change your vocabulary
Disregard the negative talk of others
Let failure point you to success
Keep your sense of humor
Learn from your mistakes…we all make them
Use failure as a gauge for growth
Never give up

22. Benefits of Adversity Creates resilience
Develops maturity…make us stronger
Pushes the envelope of accepted performance
Provides greater opportunities
Promotes creativity and innovation
Brings unexpected results
Motivates others and ourselves

23. The Future with the Right Attitude
Failure may be defined:
Failing to perform a duty or expected action
Lack of success
Falling short of expectations
Giving way under stress
Not moving forward when changes occur
“Failing
Forward”

24. Seven Abilities Needed to “Fail Forward”
Reject failure
Failure is temporary
See failures as isolated incidents
Keep expectations realistic
Focus on strengths…not weaknesses
Vary your approach to success
Be resilient…bounce back

25. The Ingredients to Success
Success is…
Knowing your purpose in life
Growing to reach your maximum potential
Sowing seeds that benefit others
Success is a Journey:
The “Right Attitude” toward change
The “Right Principles” for getting there
The “Right Choices” when making decisions

26. Know Your Purpose Ask yourself these questions:
What am I searching for?
Why am I here?
Do I believe in my potential?
When do I start?

27. Growing to Your Potential
Concentrate on one main goal.
Continually improve.
Forget the past.
Live in the present.
Focus on the future.

28. Sowing Seeds That Benefit Others
Possess the right view of success, no matter what circumstances you are in.
Help people succeed with a can-do attitude.
Be your authentic self…others are looking at you as a role model.
We make a living by what we get;
but we make a life by what we give.

29. Top 10 Tips “How to Have a Positive Attitude”
Take ownership of your attitude.
Take action to eliminate what bothers you.
Live in the present.
Let go of things that do not matter.
Be non-judgmental.
Listen to yourself and trust what you hear.
Live your values.
Have fun and enjoy humor.
Invest energy in the people who you love and care about.
Develop an attitude of caring and love.
- Unknown Author