Attitude Defined

Attitudes are the established ways of responding to people and situations that we have learned, based on the beliefs, values and assumptions we hold. Attitudes become manifest through your behaviour.

Attitude Drives Behaviour
Your body language is a result of your mental attitude. By choosing your attitude you get in that mood and send out a message that everyone understands, consciously or unconsciously.

Almost always, you have a choice as to what attitude to adopt. There is nothing in any normal work situation that dictates you must react one way or another. If you feel angry about something that happens, for instance, that's how you choose to feel. Nothing in the event itself makes it absolutely necessary for you to feel that way. It is your choice. And since you do have a choice, most of the time you'll be better off if you choose to react in a positive rather than a negative way.

The Power of Positive Attitude
It is not what happens to you that counts; It is how you react to what happens to you, especially when you have unexpected problems of any kind. Learn and master powerful strategies you can use to keep yourself thinking and acting positively and creatively.

Positive Attitude Means Longer Life
If you want to live a longer, healthier life then you need to develop and maintain a positive attitude.  It's now a fact thanks to a study from the two American Universities.

5 Researchers followed and studied 1500 people for 7-years. All 1500 were in good health when the study started. Researchers followed how they aged by measuring such things as weight loss, walking speed, exhaustion and the strength of their grip.

What exactly did they discover? They found that people who maintained a positive attitude were significantly less likely to show signs of aging. They were less likely to become frail and were more likely to be stronger and healthier than those that had a negative attitude. If you have a doom and gloom attitude you're actually killing yourself and at the very least – your negative attitude is just making you weaker.

Researchers found that positive thinking and attitude improved a person’s health because it made it more likely that they would succeed in life. So not only will a positive attitude help you be healthy and live longer – it also increases the likelihood that you will succeed.

Lead researcher Dr. Glenn Ostir explained it this way: "I believe that there is a connection between mind and body – and that our thoughts and attitudes/emotions affect physical functioning, and over-all health, whether through direct mechanisms, such as immune function, or indirect mechanisms, such as social support networks."

So if you want to live long and be successful, maintain a positive attitude.