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I built my life and my business with hard work. Along the way, I developed skills and created systems to help me succeed. I want to share with you the knowledge and skills that led to my success, with the goal of giving you focus for your own success. My life skills program will help you understand the skills you need to develop an action plan so your life can be successful beyond what you currently feel is possible. So how do you get what you want? It's actually really easy. Do what you love and do it with passion..
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I built my life and my business with hard work. Along the way, I developed skills and created systems to help me succeed. I want to share with you the knowledge and skills that led to my success, the goal being to give you focus for your own success. My Life Skills Program will help you understand the skills you need to develop an action plan so your life can be successful beyond what you currently feel is possible. So how do you get what you want? It's actually really easy. Do what you love and do it with passion.
The way you think and feel about someone or something, especially when it shows in the way you behave.
Your attitude is a window for who people think you are.
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Your attitude’s on display. So, if I see you acting a certain way, that’s who I think you are, based on what you’re projecting out. Your attitude is always communicating to people, always sending signals to them whether you are deliberate and purposeful, or unaware. People will look at you and judge you by what they see, just like you look at them and judge them based on what you see. Remember, everybody’s watching you all the time, so be aware of yourself. You’ve got to be careful what message you’re sending by the way you hold yourself and act.
Your attitude is impacted by a lot of things and it can change based on your health and how you’re feeling. It can also change based on who you’re interacting with, whether you like or dislike that person, and whether you trust them or not. If you’re sick or upset about something, or distracted about a problem, you might come across to others as having a bad attitude. Whatever your attitude, you need to realize how it affects other people, and how you make decisions. Negative emotions and a negative attitude affect your ability to think and act clearly.
There are three things that happen within milliseconds that your brain instantly does when you meet someone; it judges whether they’re:
Competent
Likable
Trustworthy
For a fact! That quick.
What’s your attitude? What’s the message you convey to others? Here are some behaviors that affect how others view you:
Unfavorable:
Arrogant • Condescending • Egotistical • Emotionally Immature • Prideful • Sarcastic • Self-Centered • Victim—That's Not Fair!
Favorable:
Competent • Contributor • Enthusiastic • Forgiving • Giver vs. Taker • Grateful • Likable • Passionate • Possitive • Respectful • Sensitive • Servant Heart • Showing Initiative • Teachable • Team Player • Trustworthy
While you work on the attitude that you are projecting, I hope you will also work on not judging people by what you perceive in them as an attitude. They might be in a crisis of some sort, and you really have no clue what’s going on in their life.
I’m working on my attitude. Arrogance is probably one of my greatest flaws. I don’t want to be arrogant. If I spend enough time thinking, I could probably identify the situations I’m in that make me act that way. I’m working on that, to improve myself.
Your attitude is a choice. Smiling, even forcing a fake smile, will actually help you feel better. Your brain will automatically react to your actions. Smile at somebody, give a compliment to somebody, open a door for somebody, be pleasant to somebody. And if you keep doing that, it’s going to rewire your brain, and you’ll find yourself doing these things automatically.
If you can change your own mood through smiling, imagine what you can do for those around you.
—Mike Holt
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The content for this newsletter was extracted from Mike Holt's Life Skills. For more information on this video program, or to get your copy, click on the image to the left, or visit MikeHolt.com/Life.
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