Attitude: Setting Your Life Compass Part 2

January 7, 2010

The problem with many self-help programs is they are based on the assumption that attitude is totally dependent on will or some kind of iron discipline. Of course, it is true that we are responsible for our thoughts and we must choose to respond to life — more on that later.
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Attitude: Setting Your Life Compass

January 6, 2010

A. You Are What You Think
Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary lists seven different definitions for the word “attitude.” For our purposes, let’s look at two.
1. A mental position with regard to a fact or state
2. A [biological] state of readiness to respond in a characteristic way to a stimulus.
Notice that one definition deals with the psychological and [...]

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