Chapter 2
Going Far with a Great Attitude
IN THIS CHAPTER
Seeing how a positive attitude takes you far
Choosing your attitude every day
Understanding that creating a positive attitude starts with you
Engineering an amazing attitude
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
The process of cultivating a strong set of soft skills — the personal skills that are essential to workplace and life success — can be as hard or as easy as you make it. Yep, it all starts with you. It starts inside you with the attitude you choose each day.
You have two choices: positive or negative. And choosing what attitude you adopt is the most important choice you make each day. Sometimes you have to make that choice several times in a day, which is something I talk about later in this chapter. Consequently, attitude is everything. Get your attitude right from the get-go, and you’re good to go.
In this chapter, I explain how to recognize and display successful personal and professional work attitudes; how to develop realistic expectations for yourself in the workplace; and how to ...
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