CHAPTER FIVE

Turn Attitude into Action!

STEP 5

Find your purpose and passion.

This step will help you understand the power of living your life with a clear purpose and passion. It helps you create the vision, goals, and plans you need to turn attitude into action.

In my first seven years at IBM, I was eager to please but I didn’t have any direction for my career within the company. I was just hoping to find a comfortable and secure place, probably as a salesman, someday. At first, I was excited just to be at Big Blue. Basketball hadn’t worked out. I obviously wasn’t cut out to be an apprentice painter in Alaska. Given my lack of other options, I felt fortunate to be granted a job by one of America’s most admired and powerful companies. ...

Get Attitude is Everything Rev Ed now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.