Your attitude determines your altitude.
On the evening of December 9, 1914, Edison’s famous laboratory, located in West Orange, New Jersey, was the scene of a spectacular fire and burned down. Eight fire companies from surrounding towns arrived to try to douse the flame, but failed because the flame was intense and water pressure was low.
On that day, every thing was completely destroyed in that laboratory. Thomas Edison said “thank God our mistake has been burn down; it’s time to build a bigger and better company”. Edison sends words to friends and family to get to the scene of the fire as they’ll not have the chance to see anything like that again. Edison started rehabilitation hours later after the fire.
The next morning, the workers began clearing the debris. He said we can always make capital out of a disaster. Three weeks later after the fire incident, Thomas Edison, invented the gramophone. Thomas Edison continued because he had the right attitude. Attitude drives your behavior. Your body language is a result of your mental attitude. Someone says attitude is everything and that is why only few people succeed in there generation. There is truth to that statement-success itself is the story of failures.
When you’re hit hard whether in your house, work place or business by the storm of life, your attitude will determine your ability to move ahead.
To some people, their attitude is controlled by their peers or friends and family. The problem with that is people who control your attitude will always control your decisions: they decide what you’ll do and their opinions are always right. Why attitude is everythingI have been trained psychologically to believe I can win any game even when our team are loosing, as far as the game is not over. This is possible because we have the right attitude because that is our pride”. The stunning comeback in the UEFA champions’ league final by Liverpool in the 2005 finals is one example of attitude. A football player was asked how to keep playing the game without giving up even when they’re losing.
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AC Milan where 3-0 up in the first half, but it lasted for just 51 minutes as Liverpool football club comeback after the break to equalized the 3 goals in six minutes and went to win the title from penalty kick. Attitude makes you believe in your self and do the unbelievable even when people see the opposite. "Motivation is what gets you started, habit is what keeps you going!" - Jim Ryun.
Am convinced that attitude is everything. Below is an illustration to show you that attitude is everything. The puzzle A college professor while lecturing physics in a class of about 30 pupils, he realized one thing- the class where not understanding what he was teaching.
After going over again to explain what he had earlier discussed, one student stood up and said, “I don’t think I can understand anything you’re doing, sir. Besides, I will not need physic in anyway. The remaining pupil started expressing their mind, by saying the same thing “we don’t understand.
The professor watches as the protest increases within the class, then he clean the board and wrote the following: Love Money knowledge Attitude Hard work He then tried to calm them down and when they all settle down, he ask ‘which among the four words can determine your success?
The class was mute for a while and someone echoed from behind the class money! And there was a consensus among the pupils in the class that it was money. When he prof ask why?
They said money is everything in this life. Then the professor said ok I will give you a puzzle that will most likely change you for better. I actually hated physics too when I was your age says the professor, but today, am standing as a professor in that field.
The puzzle is about the alphabet. There are alphabet 26 in total and when each letter is a sign a number, you will have the following: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -------------------------------------------------------26 All we’re going to do is to see which one will give a 100% for us. Take the number and write it to see. Beginning with money;
MONEY M=13 O=15 N=14 E=5 Y=25 When you add up you will have 72%.
That is money will not give us 100% of what we want.
LOVE L=12 O=15 V=22 E=5 12+15+22+5=54 That is 54%.
In other words, love cannot you 100% of what will motivate you. When you do the remaining once, you’ll not get 100%. The question is what will give us 100%?
Let’s try attitude: A=1 T=20 T=20 I=9 T=20 U=21 D=4 E=5 When you add up, you’ll get: 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100 That is, attitude is what will give you 100%.
This simply means that those who say things like it’s impossible, or when they give up in what they’re doing, it is because you don’t have the right candidate. Shelley Long says it all: "If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win."
All great men of history face some setback in one way or the other, but because of the right attitude, they dust themselves and continued. The sad thing is people don’t always know your setbacks, but want to celebrate your success.
Always remember "The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do." - Dennis Waitley.