The Bam Bam Martial Arts Character Development Program
How Your Attitude Determines Your Success Or Failure
What Is “Attitude” And Why Does It Matter?
Our attitude is the how we usually think about things in a way that influences our behavior.
It has rightly been said that our attitude is the main force that determines our success and failure.
Your attitude matters because it determines what you decide to do.
And what you do or do not do is what makes the biggest difference in your life.
People with bad attitudes tend to do destructive things, while people with good attitudes tend to do productive things.
Some Rules About Attitude
- Our Attitude Determines Our Approach To Life - How we think about things is how we decide to act, and our acts determines what happens to us.
- Our Attitude Determines Our Relations With Other People – Knowing how to get along with people is one of the most important elements of success. Nobody likes to work with people with bad attitudes
- Usually Our Attitude Is The Only Difference Between Success And Failure – Having a good attitude is more important than being talented or smart
- Our Attitude At The Beginning Of A Task Will Affect Its Outcome More Than Anything Else – Approaching a new task with a negative attitude will almost guarantee failure
- Our Attitude Can Turn Our Problems Into Blessings – Your attitude determines how you deal with problems. Problems can produce greatness when faced with the right attitude
- Our Attitude Can Give Us An Uncommonly Positive Perspective – Remember the story of the Spartan King Leonidas against the Persians (“fight in the shade”).
Merit Stripe Question: On the other side of this paper, give some examples of a good or bad attitude and say what is positive or negative about them.