1. Setting your stage for success
Creating and keeping a positive attitude

2. Setting the stage for success
How many of you believe that…
Most things worth having are hard to get.
Most things worth achieving take hard work to accomplish.

3. When the going gets tough…
…stay positive and give it time.

4. A positive attitude is crucial to success in education, career, life
Is the glass half full or half empty?
When you have a positive attitude, you will see the glass as half full.
What does the water represent?
What does the empty space above the water represent?

5. WHO WOULD YOU HIRE? What is a positive attitude?
With a positive attitude, what kinds of things do I do?
What does a positive attitude look like to others?
What is a negative attitude?
With a negative attitude, what kinds of things do I do?
What does a negative attitude look like to others?

6. Confidence promotes positivity
President Theodore Roosevelt said, “Believe in yourself and you are halfway there.”
We can actively work on our self-confidence by replacing negative self-talk with positive thinking.

7. Create a positive attitude
Tell yourself you can change.
Go someplace else.
Refuel and Re-energize
Identify both the positive and the negative
Talk to the right people for support
Channel your stress
Achor, Shawn. Before happiness: the 5 hidden keys to achieving success, spreading happiness, and sustaining positive change. Crown Business, 2013.

8. THE STAGE IS SET