A Few Helpful Ideas:
How to Develop a Happy Attitude
It’s our
attitude that determines how much we succeed in life
People with happy, positive attitudes enjoy life more fully and
are generally more successful than those who spend their life gloomy and
pessimistic. Our attitude is the driving force in our lives—it can either push
you to do great things or pull you down to your demise. Even if they are “faking”
that smile, a faked smile is better than NO smile! We truly can CHOOSE our attitude and disposition each
and every day.
While it’s true that humans are born with certain tendencies or
orientations, our personalities and attitudes are developed through our thought
processes and experiences. Our attitudes begin to develop in childhood and
constantly evolve and change over the years through day-to-day interactions and
experiences. We can choose to be happy and learn from difficult times just as
it is actually a choice to let tough times bring us down.
Every experience in your life and all the people you have interacted
with can have an impact on your
attitude. Don’t make the common mistake of blaming others for your attitude.
Don’t allow life’s circumstances to steal your joy! Being happy is a
choice we can ALL make every single day, and we actually continue to make that choice
all day long. Here are a few ideas that may help you.
5 Simple Things That Can Help
Change Your Attitude
First
Identify and Understand What Needs
to Change for YOU to Be Happy
The first step towards change is for you to clearly understand
what YOU need to change. Setting clear goals is the only way
to succeed in any endeavor. When it comes to changing your attitude, you
need to do an honest and in-depth self-evaluation so you can identify which of
your traits need to be improved or totally changed.
Second
Everyone Should Have a Role Model
If you do not truly believe that your personal dreams and goals
are even possible, your own mind will find ways to sabotage you on your
journey. We all need to know that what we can in FACT do what we set out to do!
We need to be more optimistic and above all we need to BELIEVE in ourselves!
One of the very best ways to assist ourselves in achieving our goals is to find
someone who has done exactly, (or as close as possible), what you want to do. If
you can find someone with the attitude that you want to have and who has also
accomplished similar things to your personal hopes and dreams you can let his
or her life give you inspiration and encouragement to move beyond where you
seem to be stuck. After all, if someone else can achieve these things, why can’t
you?!
Third
How Does Your Attitude Affect
Your Life?
First ask yourself what kind of attitude you have. Be brutally
honest. Do you have a very “can do”
attitude or do you tend to doubt yourself? Are you your own biggest
cheerleader? Do you allow others to squash your dreams? To be able to hurdle
through many of the challenges that will lie ahead of you in your journey
towards self-betterment, you need to decide exactly what kind of changes you will
need to make in your life. Will changing your attitude mean a happier family,
business or social life? Fix your mind on the things that would come as a
result of a positive attitude change and you will have a greater chance of
reaching your goal. And try to remember, you don’t need others to believe in
you, it is most important that you believe in yourself!
Fourth
Choose Your Friends Wisely
Pay attention to those whom you choose to surround yourself
with. It is a lot harder to change if
you are surrounded by people who are negative and have no faith in
you. While it is not required that others believe in you, it does help! Consider befriending new people, especially
those who are optimistic and have a healthy attitude towards life. You will see
that your effort to change and accomplish your hopes, dreams and goals will be
easier with positive and uplifting people in your life cheering you on!.
Fifth
You ARE Able to Change…Believe
It!
Often, the greatest obstacle between us and our goals is
ourselves or our own inability to trust in what we are able to do. If you don’t believe in yourself or believe
that you have the ability to change your life, it probably won’t happen. You may
never even start, or you may give up quickly and you won’t have even
given yourself the opportunity to succeed.
It cannot be denied that a positive attitude is very important
for living a successful and satisfying life, so it only makes sense to strive to
have a positive attitude. Deep down
inside we all have hopes & dreams. With a positive attitude you can finally
realize those dreams and make them a reality. So, how badly do you want to
change? Hmmm??
