What are the important of attitude and motives of an organisation

  

The importance of attitude to organisation

Have you ever wondered why some individuals , organisation - or countries 

are more successful than others? It is not a secret ! They simply think and act more effictively . They do so by investing in their most valuable asset - people.

 I have spoken to executives in major organisation internationally and asked them a question: " If you had a magic wand and there was one thing you could change that would make you more productive , what would it be?" Their answers were unanimous. They said they would like to change their people's attitudes. With better attitudes people would be better team players b, cut down on waste , quality and bottom line would go up. In general , their company would be a great place to work in.

   Experience has shown that human resources are the most valuable asset. People are more

valuable than capital or equipment . Unfortunately b, human resources are also the most wasted of resources. People can be your biggest asset or your biggest liability.

Ability teaches us how we do , motivation determiners why we do, and attitude decides how well we do.

      There was a man who made  his living selling balloons at a fair. He had balloons of many different colours, including red , yellow, blue and green . Whenever business was slow. he would release a helium - filled balloon into the air. When the children saw the balloon go up, they all wanted one. They would come up to him, buy a balloon and his sales would go up. All day, he continued to release a balloon whenever sales were slow. One day, the balloon man felt someone tugging at his jacket. He turned around and a little boy asked, "if you release a black balloon, will that also fly." Moved by the boy's concern, the man replied gently , "Son, it is not the colour of the balloon, it is what's inside that makes it go up "

The same principle applies to our lives : It's what's inside that counts and what's inside of us that makes us go up is our attitude. William James of Harvard University said, "The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitude of

mind."

Most of us have heard of the pawer of positive thinking but very few have heard of the pawer of negative thinking.

They both are very powerful but take us in totally opposite directions. Just the way positive thinking empowers people to achieve new heights, negative thinking propels people towards self- destruction.

 YOUR ATTITUDE CONTRIBUTES TO SUCCESS

A study attributed to Harvard University found that when a person gets a job or a promotion , eighty-five percent of the time it is because of his attitude , and only fifteen percent of the time because of intelligence and knowledge of specific fact's and figures. Isn't surprising then, that almost hundred percent of education dollars go to teach fact's and figures , which account for only fifteen percent of success in life!

 YOU CAN WIN  is all about eighty - five percent of success. ATTITUDE is the most important word in the English language. It applies to every sphere of life, including one's personal and professional life. Can an executive be a good executive without good attitude? 

Can parents , teachers, salesperson's, employers of employees be good in their roles without a good attitude?

         The  foundation of success , regardless of your chosen field , is ATTITUDE.

If attitude is such a critical factor in success , shouldn't we examine our attitude towards life and ask how our attitude will affect our lives?

 ACRES OF DIAMONDS

Hafiz was a farmer in Africa who was happy and content. He was happy because he was content. He was content because he was happy. One day a wise man came and told him about the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along with them. The wise man said ,"If you had a diamond the size of your fist, you could probably buy your own country." And then the wise man left. That night , Hafiz couldn't sleep. He was unhappy and he was discontented. He was unhappy because he was discontented and discontented because he was unhappy.   The next morning Hafiz made arrangements to sell his farm, took care of his family and went off in search of diamonds. He looked all over Africa and couldn't find any. He looked all through Europe and couldn't find any. By the time he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically and financially broke. He was so disheartened that he threw himself into the Barcelona river and committed suicide.

  Back home , the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at the stream that ran through the farm. Across  the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought the stone would look good in his living room . He picked up the stone and put it on his mantle piece. That afternoon, the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling . He asked , "Is Hafiz back" The wise man said, " Because that is a diamond. I recognise one when I see one. "The man said, "No, that's just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come I will show you. There are many more." They went and picked some samples and sent them for analysis. Sure enough, the stone were diamonds. They found that the farm was indeed covered with acres and acres of diamonds.*

 WHAT IS THE MORAL OF THIS STORY?

 There are many morals:

1.  When our attitude is right , we realise that we are all walking on acres of diamonds. Opportunities are always under our feet. We don't have to go anywhere.

2.  When we don't know how to recognize opportunity,

*Adapted from Russell Cornwell , acres of Diamonds Cornwell founded Temple University based on this lecture.

it could slap us on face and we would still not be able to recognize it.  All we need to do is to learn to recognize opportunities.

3   people, who don't know how to recognise opportunities, complain of noise when they knock.

4.   Lost opportunities are easier recognised when they are leaving rather than when they are coming.

5.   An opportunity only knocks once. The next one may be better or worse, but never the same one. That is why it is so crucial to make the right decision at the right time. A right decision at the wrong time becomes a wrong decision.

6.   The grass on the other side always looks greener. There are two dimensions to the greener grass: a. It may be possible that the other farmer is taking better care of his grass and it is so actually greener. b. Most of the time, however , it is only illusion. Many times in life , while chassing an illusion , we lose out the opportunity right under our own feet.

7.   While we are eyeing the grass on the other side, there are others who are eyeing the grass on our side. They would be happy to trade places with us.

   

DAVID AND GOLIATH

We all know the biblical story of David and Goliath. Goliath was a giant of a man. He struck fear in everyone's heart. One day , a seventeen years old shepherd boy came to visit his brothers and asked , "why don't you fight the giant" The brothers were terrified of Goliath and replied, " Don't you see he is too big to hit" But David said,  "No, he is not too big to hit, he is too big to miss." The rest is history . We all know what happened . David killed the giant with the slingshot. Some giant, different perceptions.

   Our attitude determines how we look at a setback. To a positive thinker, a setback can be a stepping - stone to success. To negative thinker , it can be a stumbling block. Great thinkers and philosopher's feel and believe that every problem comes with an equal or greater opportunity for success.

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