ATTITUDE

Referenced from the Zig Ziglar Corporation

 

 

There is no doubt that a proper attitude is the key to success. The most important thing a coach can do for players is to help them understand the importance of a proper mental attitude.

 

• There are over 50,000 schools in America today that will teach us how to do everything from trimming toenails and fingernails to how to operate heavy machinery to how to become a doctor or a lawyer. However, there is not one single school in existence today that will teach us how to be any better than mediocre unless we have the proper mental attitude.
• It is your attitude, as you undertake a project that is the most dominant factor in the success of that project. Basically, your attitude is really more important than your aptitude.
• Charles Swindoll said this about attitude: “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, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say, or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. Attitude will make or break a company…a church…or a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we embrace for that day. We cannot change our past…we cannot change the fact 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….Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you as well…WE are in charge of OUR attitudes.”

 

If attitude is that important – then what exactly is it? If you look attitude up in the dictionary, it says, “A manner of thinking, acting, or feeling.” So YOUR attitude is how YOU think… What you do always comes after what you think!!!!! Hmmm.