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Developing Positive

Work Attitude


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Ground Rules

Put cell phones on silent mode.

Be punctual.

Ask questions and

participate.


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Program Flow

Module 1 Mans Purpose and Work

Evolution of Definitions of Work

Purposeful/Transcendent Work

Module 2 Attitude and Work Behavior

Developing a Positive Attitude

Shifting your Paradigm


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"Not to be occupied and not toexist are one and the same

thing for a man.

Voltaire


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Essence of a purpose in life:

to work, to create, to excel, and to be

concerned about the world and itsaffairs.


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Evolution of Definition of WORK

My father taught me to work;

he did not teach me to love it.Abraham Lincoln

Theres no fun like work.Thomas J. Lipton, Founder of Lipton Tea


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PredominantPhase

Attitude Timeframe

Traditional Workalienates

Up till 1517(Reformation)

Transitional Work neither

alienates noractualize

1517 to 1950

(InformationAge)

Transcendent Workactualizes

1950 - Present


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Traditional Perspectives

Work alienates because itsabotages mans ability to pursuemore worthwhile goals.


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Transitional Perspectives

We will work! We will earn our daily bread bythe sweat of our brow. Work is what weneed. (Anton Chekhov)

A means to some desired end.

A reason to work

making a living

avoiding boredom

keeping in touch with other people


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Transcendent Perspectives

The action of working providesstimulation and impetus becausethrough it, the individual becomes allthat he is capable of becoming

Imagine work as a medium through whichpeople discover each other; work as havingspiritual content; and work as the process

which leads to transcendence


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Transcendence

to rise above or go beyond the limits of;to triumph over the negative orrestrictive aspects of; to surpass or

exceed.


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Mans Constant Search for Happiness

Lasting happiness is not found in leisureactivities, but in purposeful work.

One of the greatest misconceptions of life isthe universal failure to realize that workgives your joy.


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Attitude + Work content = Purposeful work


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Purposeful Work

Id rather be working.

Work is a meaningful activity

Work is your identity

Work is FUN!!!


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Ask Yourself NOW

In what one way is my work meaningfulor even life-giving?

How do I deal with difficulties at workand with my own limitations?

What is one way I can be:

Creative at work

Relate to someone at work

Change a dehumanizing system


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Attitude + Work content = Purposeful work

ATTITUDE IS THE KEY!!!


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Attitude

Propensities or tendencies to reactin a favorable or unfavorable waytoward an object


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A mental disposition

regarding a certainobject, person orsituation.


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Attitude

A point of view about a situation

Has three components

What you think

What you feel

What you do


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What Attitudes Do for Us

Provides a frame of reference(PARADIGM)

Values are expressed through

attitudes Can facilitate reconciling

contradictions

Aids in personal adjustment


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Somewhere between our emotionsand our thought processing liesour attitudes.


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Attitude can have a significant effecton the behavior of a person atwork.


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THE ICEBERGHOW MUCH DO YOU SEE OF ANICEBERG?


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THE ICEBERG

ONLY 10% OF

ANY ICEBERG

IS VISIBLE.THE

REMAINING

90% IS BELOW

SEA LEVEL.


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THE ICEBERG

SEA LEVELBEHAVIORS

ATTITUDE

UNKNOWN

TO OTHERS

KNOWN

TO OTHERS


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THE ICEBERG

SEA LEVEL

BEHAVIOR

VALUES STANDARDS JUDGMENTS

ATTITUDEMOTIVES ETHICS - BELIEFS

KNOWN

TO OTHERS

UNKNOWN

TO OTHERS

PARADIGM


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Attitudes and Paradigm

Paradigm the image you have in yourmind of the way things are out there

- the images we carry in ourheads of the way things are, of reality,come from our own backgrounds andexperiences

- the map we have in our

minds


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All of us think we see the world as itis; we see the world as we are.

New York Subway story

Participant

Over-protective mother


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Paradigm Shift

Know that PRINCIPLES govern Battleship

Focus on your Circle of Influence

Traffic

Be Proactive


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Reactive Allowing moods, feelings and

circumstances to drive your responses Your life is a product of your

circumstances, environment, feelings andemotions

Proactive The power, freedom and ability to choose

your responses according to values

Your life is a product of your choicesanchored on values and principles


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3-Step Process

Awareness Watch out for your self-talk

Be conscious of your reactions

Acceptance

Choose your focus


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Changing Your Attitude

What you think

What you feel

What you do

It is easier to change the way you

think than your emotions.


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Developing Positive Attitude at Work

Do the best you can and tell yourselfthe best has got to be good enough.

Things arent as bad as you think they

are. Think positive,As You Think So YouAre.


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Obstacles

ExaggeratingExample: Im always late for meetings.

Replace with: I make it to meetings mostof the time.

Over generalizingExample: Im stupid.

Replace with: This time I made a wrong

turn, but usually I do get to where Imgoing early.


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Obstacles Personalizing

Example: Everyone noticed that I wore the samedress twice.

Replace with: I like this outfit, and I am properlydressed for the occasion.

Either-Or ThinkingExample: Either I get the promotion or Im a

failure.

Replace with: My performance has beenexceptional, and I have a good chance of gettingpromoted. If I dont get it this time, there will be

other opportunities.


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Obstacles

Jumping to ConclusionsExample: I wasnt assigned the project because Iwasnt at my desk when my manager called.

Replace with: Ill ask my manager if theres a wayI can help out with the assignment.

Ignoring the PositiveExample: I did not make my sales quota last

month.

Replace with: I hit my sales goals for 11 or 12

months and I will hit it again.


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Improve Your Mental Attitude

1. Work first on your relationships.

2. Develop a routine to starteveryday in a positive mental

state.

3. Learn how to monitor yourcurrent mental state and changes

to it.


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4. Create an energizing physicalenvironment.

5. Carefully monitor your self-talk.

6. Develop methods of shiftingyourself to a more positive state.

7. Deal with problems effectively.


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8. Focus your energy on attractingmore of what you want.

9. Be a positive energy source with

others.

10.Avoid using negative energy asan energy source.


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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, the

education, the money, than circumstances, than

failure, than successes, than what other people

think or say or do. It is more important than

appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or

break a company... a church... a home. The

remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday

regarding the attitude we will embrace for that

day. We cannot change our past... we cannot

change the fact that 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. I am convinced that life is

10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react

to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of

our Attitudes.

Charles Swindoll


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"The definition of success--To laugh much; to

win respect of intelligent persons and the

affections of children; to earn the approbation

of honest critics and endure the betrayal of

false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the

best in others; to give one's self; to leave the

world a little better, whether by a healthy

child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social

condition.; to have played and laughed with

enthusiasm, and sung with exultation; to

know even one life has breathed easier

because you have lived--this is to have

succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson

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