POSITIVE

ATTITUDE

HOW MUCH DO YOU SEE OF AN

ICEBERG?
Visible

KNOWLEDGE
AND SKILLS

Invisible
(Attitude)

Take this short quiz to

determine what kind of

thinker you are.
For each statement,

please answer questions

as you actually are
(rather than how you
think you should be), and
don't worry if some
questions seem to score
in the 'wrong direction.

Please Note: Always -5; Usually 4;

Sometimes -3;
Rarely - 2 and
Never -1
When something unexpected forces

you to change your plans, you are

quick to spot a hidden advantage in
this new situation [ ]
You like most of the people you meet
[]
When you think about next year,
you tend to think that you will be
better off than you are now [ ]

Please Note: Always -5; Usually 4;

Sometimes -3;
Rarely - 2 and
Never -1
You often stop to admire the things of beauty

[]
When someone finds fault with you or with
something you have done, you can tell the
difference between useful criticism and sour
grapes', which is better ignored [ ]
You praise your best friend more often than
you criticize him or her [ ]
You believe that the human race will survive
well into the next century [ ]
You are surprised when a friend lets you

Please Note: Always -5; Usually 4;

Sometimes -3;
Rarely - 2 and
Never -1
You think you are happy [ ]
You feel comfortable making yourself the target

of your own jokes [ ]

You believe that, overall, your state of mind has
had a positive effect on your physical health []
If you made a list of 10 favorite people, your
name would be there on it too [ ]
When you think back over the past few months,
you tend to remember your success before your
setbacks and failures [ ]

Scoring: Total Points [ ]

If the sum of all the scores is:

Above 55: Consider yourself a superstar

someone who is highly optimistic.

50 55: Excellent. You are a genuine
positive thinker
45 50: Good. You are a positive thinker,
sometimes
40 45: Fair. Your positive side and your
negative side are evenly matched
Below 40: You tend to be pessimistic. Think
of ways to become optimistic

What is Attitude?
Attitude is a pre-disposition to respond in a
positive or negative way to someone or
something in ones environment. When a person
says he likes or dislikes something, an attitude is
being expressed. It expresses individuals positive
or negative feeling about the same object.
(Schermerhorn)

Is this glass half

full or half empty?

FORMATION OF ATTITUDE
> Psychological factors
> Family factors
> Social factors
> Organizational factors
> Economical factors
> Political factors

Success or
Failure ?????????
CAN YOU NAME....

 . ...a famous person who

was defeated seven times

while running for political
office?

Abraham Lincoln
was defeated in seven
different elections. Yet he
persisted and succeeded in
becoming the 16th, and one
of the most respected,
presidents of the United
States.

. ...a cartoonist who

was told by the editor

of the Kansas City
newspaper, Its easy
to see from
these sketches that
Walt
wastalent.
fired from
youDisney:
have no

a newspaper job. He
wound up doing volunteer
work for a church in an old
run down garage. One day
he decided to sketch one
of the many mice that
were running through the
garage.
This
mouse
became
the
famous

. ...an author whose first childrens book

was rejected by 23 different publishers?

Dr. Seuss: Twenty-three

different
publishers
rejected his first book,
while the 24th accepted
and sold 6 million
copies of it

. ...a famous singer who was fired after his

firstPresley
performance at the Grand Ole Opry?
Elvis
was fired after his first
performance at the
Grand Ole Opry. The
manager told him,
You
are
going
nowhere,
son.
You
ought to go back to
driving a truck. He
went on to become
one
of
the
most
famous
American
singers of the 20th
century.

...a famous actress who dropped out of

high school and held a variety of odd

jobs

Whoopi Goldberg
dropped out of high
school, worked as a
bricklayer and licensed
cosmetician.
After
graduating from Beauty
College, she took a job at
a mortuary fixing the hair
and applying make-up to
the corpses.

. ...a famous author who lived on welfare for years in

an apartment infested with mice?

J.K. Rowling
author of the Harry
Potter series, lived for
years, in an apartment
infested with mice,
and was rejected by
12 publishers before
going on to fame and
fortune.

...a famous athlete who was cut from the varsity basket
ball team in high school?

Michael Jordan
was the athlete who was cut from
the varsity basketball team. Angry
and embarrassed, he began to get
up early each morning to practice
with the junior varsity coach.
Eventually he not only made the
varsity team, but also became one
of the most popular athletes in the
world. Michael Jordan is quoted as
saying, I have missed more than
9,000 shots in my career. I have
lost almost 300 games. On 26
occasions I have been entrusted to
take the game winning shot, and I
missed. I have failed over and over
and over again in my life. And that
is why I succeed.

 ...an

inventor who was thrown out of school in the early

grades because his teachers thought he couldnt learn?

Thomas Alva Edison

was the inventor who was
kicked
out
of
school.
Following this, he was
homeschooled
by
his
mother. It took him over
700 tries before he got
the filament right for the
light
bulb.
Edison
is
quoted as saying: I have
not failed seven hundred
times. I have not failed
once. I have succeeded in
proving that those seven
hundred ways will not
work.
When
I
have
eliminated the ways that
will not work, I will find

Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of

Harvard
University.
He
went onto become
the
youngest
millionaire (at the
age of 26) and is
the
CEO
of
Facebook
..a famous Harvard University drop out?

...an inventor of a fried chicken recipe that

was rejected by more than 1000 restaurant

owners?

Harland David Sanders

(better known as Colonel
Sanders) had his fried
chicken recipe rejected
by more than 1,000
restaurant
owners
before it was accepted
by one. Today, people
still eat it at KFCs across
the world.

Positive Vs Negative
Attitude
Seeing the dark side
Positive
Negative
attitude
of life
attitude

Seeing bright side of

life
Expecting the best to
happen
Found in people with
sunny , positive
outlook in life
It is a state of mind
worth developing

Expecting the worse

to happen
Found in hostile
disagreeable people
It is state of mind
that needs to be
avoided

Negative attitude
A negative attitude is characterized by a

great disdain for everything.

Someone who constantly points out the
negative in everything.
A negative attitude is contagious and
therefore avoiding people with one is the
best way of prevention.
Once you have a negative attitude, you
will unlikely be able to recover andself
fulfillingtakes a hold.

The Power of Positive Attitude

Keep your thoughts positive

because your thoughts

become your words.
Keep your words positive
because your words become
your behavior.
Keep your behavior positive
because your behavior
becomes your habits.
Keep your habits positive
because your habits
becomes your values.
Keep your values positive
because your values
becomes your destiny.
Mahatma

Gandhi

Lifes Little Question

Are some people just born
positive
thinkers
. . . or is it their
CHOICE?

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7 Rules of
Positive
Thinking

#1 Wait To Worry
Only 8% of what we
worry about comes
true

# 2 Develop The
Attitude Of Gratitude
Keeping the gratitude
to yourself is
like wrapping the gift
and not presenting it;

# 3 Your Health Is
Your Wealth
Take time to exercise,
catch up on your sleep
and eat right!

#Joy boomerangs
Do something for
someone else
The good you do
comes back to you!

#5 Know When To
Say No
If you always say
yes to please
people you run the
risk of sour
relationship than
when you said no

#6 Understand the
power of discipline
If you discipline
yourself, you will
enjoy the fruit the
life time!

#7 Surround Yourself With Positive

People

Find people who will

challenge you; believe
in you &inspire you to
improve

Simple tips..
Have faith in yourself and in

the Power of the Universe.

Associate yourself with
happy people.
Read inspiring stories.
Read inspiring quotes.

Simple tips..

Choose to be happy; it is a

matter of choice.
Look at the bright side of life.
Choose to be and stay
optimistic.
Find reasons to smile more
often.

Simple tips
Repeat affirmations that inspire

and motivate you.

Visualize only what you want to
happen.
Learn to master your thoughts.
Learn concentration and
meditation.

Positive communication
Dont

Do

Complain

Express appreciation

Tear people down

Build people up

Ignore people

Greet people

Take people for granted

Laugh at someone

Tell people they are

valued
Laugh with someone

Point out things that are

wrong

Celebrate the things that

are right

Be sarcastic

Be sincere

Be straight face

smile

Health benefits
Increased life span
Lower rates of depression
Lower levels of distress
Greater resistance to the common cold
Better psychological and physical well-being
Reduced risk of death from cardiovascular
disease
Better coping skills during hardships and
times of stress

A positive outlook help to cope up better with

stress
Reduce the harmful health effects of stress
Positive & optimistic people live a healthy life
Positive thinking start with self talk
If you believe you are doing excellent so are
you!!


Group Activity: Group Size 3 to 4
Each group should have one sheet of paper titled,

People with good attitudes,

on which they write the word, ATTITUDE, going down
the left side. For the first part of this activity, student
groups will think of all the characteristics of a person
with a good attitude within 3 minutes. They should
write those characteristics in sentences that begin
with each letter of the word ATTITUDE, as in this
example:
A: Always sees the best in people and situations.
T: Totally content with what they have.
T: Takes time to stop and smell the roses.


Now assign at least 3 of these questions to each student group:

1.List someone you know who consistently has a positive attitude. Why

do they?

2. List someone you know who consistently has a negative attitude.

What things in their life cause this negative attitude?

3.How can you have a good attitude, even when things arent going

your way?

4.Does a good attitude depend on the amount of luck youve had

recently? Why?

5.If you could, what circumstances would you like to change in your life

to help you have a better attitude?

 6.People with good attitudes enjoy life more than

people with negative attitudes. Why?

7.If a friend has a negative attitude about everything,

what are three things you can do to help them change

their attitude?
8.What are three ways to avoid or overcome a

negative attitude when you cant control a negative

environment or bad circumstances?

Game: End-of-the-World Debate

Two players are in a debate. Both players represent

the same person, only one is in the midst of hard

times and the other is debating from the
future.
When the first player says "I lost my job, I'm never
going to find another one that pays me what I'm
worth, this is terrible." The character from the future
can say "You found a better job and got paid more."
The purpose of the game is to find positive outcomes
for situations that may seem negative. Like the
saying goes; as one door closes, another one opens.

Activity : Role Play

Interview Script 1 (Positive):
Good morning, my name is [Mr. or Ms.] _______________________ and I will be

conducting your interview this morning.

Extend your hand to shake hands with the applicant.
Please have a seat.
We are interviewing for the position of a restaurant host/hostess. We are

looking for someone with good customer service and communication skills,
someone who is dependable and gets along with others. This person will be the
first person to greet guests when they come into our restaurant, so it is very
important to us that the host displays a positive and welcoming attitude.
Now, I have some questions to ask you.

Activity : Role Play

INTERVIEWEE SCRIPT (Negative)2
This version of the interview should be over-

the-top bad. The candidate should be

dressed inappropriately, wearing sunglasses,
chewing gum, displaying poor posture,
disorganized, late, etc.
In fact, the interviewee doesnt pay attention
when the interviewer begins and doesnt
realize that the interviewer offered to shake
hands because he/she was too busy putting a
cell phone in his/her pocket.

Interview Script
Positive

Negative
Q:Did you bring a copy of

Q:Did you bring a copy of

your resume?
Yes, sir (or maam), I did.
[You open up a folder you
brought with you to the
interview (where you
have copies of your
resume). You hand one
copy to the interviewer.]

your resume?
A resume? Oh, yeah...its
in here somewhere.
[Dig around in your pocket
or bag until you find a
crumpled
resume. Smooth out the
paper and hand it to the
interviewer.]

Positive
Q:Tell me a little bit about

Negative
Q: Tell me a little bit

yourself.
about yourself.
I have lived in [your city or
Well, Ive been taking a
state] all of my life, I love being
little time off lately
around people, and I love
traveling around the
learning new things. Right now,
Im learning a new language
United States. Im trying to
because I think it is important
get one tattoo from every
to be able to
state. Ive already got a
communicate with a variety of
pretty good start, see?
people. I also like doing physical
[Show the interviewer
work and enjoy gardening and
your arm.]
landscaping.

Positive

Negative

Q:What are your strengths?

Im a really good listener.

Dont get me wrong, Im a

good talker too, but I think
listening skills are even more
Q:What are your
important. Im also a good
strengths?
organizer. It doesnt make
I can talk to anybody...and
any difference if it is
about any subject! Theres
organizing my closet or a trip
with my family; I love all the
never a dull moment
planning and organizing that
when Im in a room.
goes into it.

Positive

Negative
Q:What are your weaknesses? Q:What are your
I like things to go according to
weaknesses?
my plans so when something
Hmmm, I cant think of
comes up that may make my
anything. Oh yeah, I have a
plans go off schedule it
weakness for ice cream. I
sometimes stresses me out. But
bet I could eat an entire
what I have learned about
gallon in one sitting. I also
myself is that coming up with a
like to sleep late. Really, Im
plan B helps a lot! So, if I plan
much more of a night owl
ahead for potential problems,
than an early bird. Sure the
then I dont stress out at all
because I have a good idea of
early bird gets the worm, but
what to do next.
who wants worms anyway?

Positive

Negative

Q:Why do you want to work

here?
Q:Why do you want to
As I said earlier, I love being
work here?
around people and in this
I figured Id be able to get
job Id get to meet every
free meals if I worked for a
person that walks through
restaurant. Plus, Im living
the door. Your restaurant has
at home with my mom
a good reputation for quality
and she wants me to pay
food and service and thats
rent...why, I dont know.
the type of restaurant Id be
proud to work in. I think my
qualities will fit nicely here.

Positive

Negative

Q:Tell me about your recent

job

Q:Tell me about your

I worked in a cafeteria. I got

recent job

to meet a lot of people.

Some days were easier than
Uh, the last job I had was
others. I set a goal for myself
at a sporting goods store.
to smile at everyone I met,
That was a while ago,
especially those people who
though and it didnt last
seemed upset or depressed.
too long.
It may seem like a boring job
to some people but not me.

Positive

Negative
Q:Why did you leave that

position?
Well, me and the manager
didnt always see eye to eye.
Q:Why did you leave that
Sometimes customers were
position?
pretty rude
I left because I had started
when we didnt have the sports
equipment they wanted and
with higher studies and
my manager expected me to
couldnt do both studies
be nice to these people when
and work at the same
they clearly didnt deserve it.
time.
Lets just say I left by mutual
agreement.

Positive
Q:Do you
have any

Negative

questions for me?

Your staff has a great
reputation for customer
service, so I thought
perhaps Id ask if you have
Q:Do you have any
a
questions for me?
training program you put
Do your employees get
your staff through to
free meals?
achieve that?

Positive
Before you leave:
I also have a list of references

for you.
[Hand the interviewer a sheet
of paper.]

Thank you for the

interview; it was a pleasure to
meet you.

[Offer a professional, firm

handshake and a smile.]

Video

Remember to . . .

Watch
Watch your
your definitions
definitions -they
they become
become thoughts
thoughts
Watch
Watch your
your thoughts
thoughts -they
they become
become words
words
Watch
Watch your
your words
words -they
they become
become actions
actions
Watch
Watch your
your actions
actions -they
they become
become your
your destiny
destiny

You cannot tailor-make the

situations in life but you can
tailor-make the attitudes to fit
those situations
Zig Ziglar

The Choice is YOURS

With a Negative attitude
you can never have a
positive day ..
With a Positive attitude you
can never have a bad day

Lets conclude
Each day when we get up

to get our day started we

can choose to have a
positive or negative
attitude. Our attitude will
have a huge impact on
our daily success or
failure. Each day when
you look in the mirror
choose to have a positive
attitude. Success will
follow.

To sum up..