About attitude...

Hello Friends,

For most of my career I’ve thought ‘attitude is everything’. It made perfect sense to me that attitude enabled all things until one day I read the book ‘The Difference Maker’ by John Maxwell. The thoughts in his book centered on attitude being just the beginning and how to make attitude your greatest asset. The concept became clearer as I read further. It especially made sense when I read his words ‘the promise that attitude is everything is hollow. In fact if you believe attitude is everything it can actually hurt you’.

At first I wondered how this could be, but as I thought more about it I realized a good attitude enables many things but it isn’t the only thing that makes something happen or not happen in your life. He coins the phrase ‘attitude is the difference maker’. As I reflected on that I started to understand and know with certainty many things are enabled because of your attitude but other things equally contribute to your success. Perhaps the real message is in embracing this concept we find clarity and understanding about the part our attitude plays as we work towards reaching our goals. It does make a difference but it isn’t everything. Until next time…

Blondie