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Description: You may not be able to control the traffic on your way to work or the chaos once you get there, but you have total control over the affect these have on you”and your work. In fact, those who can keep their head, remain positive, and inspire others to do the same earn the highest respect. You can be that person.
Attitude begins with basics about what it means to have a positive mindset and then goes into the skills to create and protect it throughout your life. You`ll learn how to:
¢ Understand the connection between attitude and performance
¢ Apply techniques to retain and recapture positive attitude
¢ Contribute to a healthier overall work environment
¢ Create an action plan to apply the skills you`ve learned
Contents: Part 1: Understanding Your Attitude ¢ What Is a Positive Attitude? ¢ The Importance of a Positive Attitude ¢ A Positive Attitude Affects Personality ¢ The Power of a Positive Attitude ¢ Safeguarding Your Attitude ¢ Attitude Renewal: How to Give Your Attitude a Tune-Up ¢ Take a Few Minutes to Reflect ¢ Part 2: Eight Ways to Adjust Your Attitude ¢ Adjustment Technique 1: The Flipside Technique ¢ Adjustment Technique 2: Play Your Winners ¢ Adjustment Technique 3: Simplify! Simplify! ¢ Adjustment Technique 4: Insulate! Insulate! ¢ Adjustment Technique 5: Give Your Positive Attitude to Others ¢ Adjustment Technique 6: Look Better to Yourself ¢ Adjustment Technique 7: Accept the Physical Connection ¢ Adjustment Technique 8: Clarify Your Mission ¢ Take a Few Minutes to Reflect ¢ Part 3: Attitude and Your Job ¢ Attitude and the Work Environment ¢ A Positive Attitude about Diversity ¢ A Positive Attitude Affects Career Success ¢ A Positive Attitude Affects Teamwork ¢ Projecting Your Positive Attitude ¢ Part 4: Protecting Your Most Priceless Possession ¢ Protecting Your #1 Asset ¢ Be a Problem-Solver ¢ Be Aware of Major Lifestyle Changes ¢ Appendix ¢ Your Attitude Is Your Most Priceless Possession ¢ Glossary ¢ Appendix to Part 1 ¢ Appendix to Part 2 ¢ Appendix to Part 3 ¢ Appendix to Part 4
About the Authors: Wil McKnight - He is a writer and third-generation publishers, primarily in the areas of supervisory training, vocational education, and work study. He began at the age of 10 by counting out and filling orders for outline maps, and for nearly 25 years, he published the Associated General Contractors of America`s supervisory training programs.
He has a B.A. from Carnegie Mellon (back when they called it Carnegie Tech) and an M.B.A. from Stanford. He`s written several self-study books and checklists for construction supervisors that are used by national building trades unions and contractors of every size, including companies in the ENR 400. He`s lived in Normal, IL, Pittsburgh, New York City, Palo Alto, and Hollywood Hills.
Elwood N. Chapman - After 29 years of successful college teaching, the late Elwood Chapman retired in 1977 as a professor at Chaffey College and a visiting lecturer at Claremont Graduate School. He was a graduate of the University of California. "Chap" was also a co-founder of Crisp Publications and was author of more than a dozen books.
ISBN 9788130918396
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