Your attitude sucks, now what?

What is attitude?

How is our attitude created?

What can we do about our attitude if our attitude sucks?

Attitude in your life, in love and in your livelihood is that place from which you come.  It is what you bring to the table of your life.  It is a certain set of lenses by which we evaluate the experiences of our lives.  It is our perspective.

For instance, if you were looking at a car close up it would appear one way and if you were looking at the same car from a high flying airplane it would look quite different.  Same car, different perspective.  It is by changing our perspective or vantage point that makes our life more interesting, more rich and far less painful!

So what is your perspective, your attitude? Is your glass half empty, half full, or just too small?

Knowing your perspective is key to increasing your awareness and your range.

So how is this attitude, this perspective formed?

Well some of it is your early life experience, your cultural background, your parents and family.

If you are having a challenging time of life, you probably have felt that way for a long long time and are pretty used to it by now and, while it may not be so comfortable, it is known and therefore more comfortable than the unknown.

Making a shift in attitude, in perspective, means that you are making changes to who you are and how you think.  Changes in the direction you habitually take.  So if you are trying to make changes, focus on making internal shifts instead.  Remember, when you shift the programming, the behavior automatically and effortlessly changes.

My favorate example of this is in some people's constant need to lose weight.

They always start the same way - they create rules.

They say things like...

1.  I will stop eating sugar.
2.  No eating after 7:00PM.
3.  I will only eat foods that I know are good for me.
4.  I will go to the gym 3 times per week.

Now while all of these sound reasonable, they don't make a shift on the inside.

So what does shifting look like?

Making these kinds of statements will help you make the shift.

1.  Who I am is someone who takes care of my body.
2.  I am someone who surrounds myself with people who take care of themselves.
3.  My day orients around my well-being and exercise.
4.  I've got better things to do than eat toxic food.
5.  I need my energy to accomplish my goals.

So while you can get some information about yourself based on the changes you would like to make, it will not be as effective or evolutionary as making shifts and focusing on who you are and what you want in your life!

Many blessings,

Dr. E