NAMASKAR Positive attitude for excellence Kedar Rayamajhi, 2017

Quotations Your attitude is an expression of your values, beliefs and expectations. Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force. -Tom Blandi

Faith Integrity Hope Optimism Courage Initiative Generosity Tolerance Tact Kindness Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill, 1937

Pause and Ponder This is attitude… Your attitude is your window to the world better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. — George Bernard Shaw

Pause and Ponder The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. Unknown “Ninety percent of the input in your minds today is negative.” Zig Ziglar

Pause and Ponder “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain— And most fools do.” —DALE CARNEGIE “The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” —SCOTT HAMILTON

Pause and Ponder I’ve grown certain that the root of all fear is that we’ve been forced to deny who we are. FRANCES MOORE LAPPE

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARV ER Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARV ER Chemist who discovered over 325 uses for the peanut

An attitude is a person’s point of view towards something. Concept of attitude: “Attitudes are likes and dislikes – favorable or unfavorable evaluations of and reactions to objects, people, situations, or any other aspects of the world including abstract ideas and social policies”. An attitude is a person’s point of view towards something.

The Power of a Positive Attitude • High confidence. • Planning ahead. • Encouraging others. • Showing appreciation. • Thoroughness. • Conscientiousness • Alertness.

A negative attitude can lead to:  • Carelessness • Ignorance • Fatalism. Not sensitive • Cynicism • Laziness • Recklessness

Have we ever thought? Large proportion of potentials is unused at individual and organizations level. What would happen if we can see and unleash some of these potentials?

A new way of thinking and doing is the most…. “No problem can be solved from the same level of thinking that created it. We must learn to see the world a new.” -Albert Einstein

How can we develop a new level of thinking?

Learning is the key…

One has to learn continually- for life long Failing to learn means becoming OUT OF DATE “Yesterday’s graduate stops learning today and becomes uneducated tomorrow” -Unknown Unlearning is also equally important

Attitude learning to change I am too old to learn. Learning is restricted to schools & colleges only. Because we get degree/diploma certificate. Nobody is a potential source of learning for me. If I learn, I will be over burdened .

Kind of “Glasses of listening and learning” that people generally carry

Negative attitude Criticizing own organization in public places Always find faults in the family or society Taking job casually Hiding capacity to perform Setting unrealistic or low targets

FACTORS THAT DETERMINE OUR ATTITUDE 1. ENVIRONMENT 2. EXPERIENCE 3. EDUCATION

! IT IS THE ATTITUDE THAT MAKES US GO UP.

“The foundation of success regardless of your chosen field, is ATTITUDE” -Shiv Khera In his book YOU CAN WIN

Fatalistic attitude A fatalistic attitude prevents people from accepting responsibility for their position in life. They attributes success and failure to luck. They resign themselves to their fate.

Steps to develop positive attitude Look at the bright side of life. Focus at positive. Find reasons to smile more often. Contemplate upon the futility of negative thinking and worries. Associate yourself with happy and positive people. Read inspiring stories. Read inspiring quotes. Develop an attitude of gratitude