Your Philosophy & Your Attitude

Today I am sharing the latest colum that will be published next month. 

Inventing Your Life

“Your Philosophy And Your Attitude”

By

Rob Claudio

In doing some research about success, I ran across an important point that was made in a book I was reading on the source of a person’s attitude.  The book targets teenagers and is titled, “Success for Teens”, by the Success Foundation.  One of the chapters focuses on one’s attitude which they defined as comprised of one’s personal philosophy. This means your personal point of view about life or your picture of how life operates.  I found it fascinating that a book could touch upon such meaningful advice to a young audience, when a lot of the concepts are so relatable to adults.  If you think about your teenage years, can you remember if you had a philosophy about life?  From what I remember about those sometimes awkward years, was the feeling of not necessarily fitting in.  There were also those other peers that seemed so polished and put together, that looked like they had everything in place and could cause others to have feelings of inferiority.  Needless to say, I don’t believe that I was remotely close to having a philosophy that I could identify about myself or how I wanted to live at that stage in my life.  Fast forward to today, when the world moves so much quicker and the lives of young people are so filled with activities, that the job of being a parent has become a monumental multi-tasking responsibility.  This always appears to leave the parents with very small amounts of time just for themselves.  Children now seem to be competing in sports, music, dance and other extracurricular activities which at times transcends the line of doing things just for fun.  It follows that with so many expectations changing for your people, that they would be better prepared if they gave some thought to establishing a personal philosophy, since their attitude has already formulated most of it.  The development of a this life philosophy that is based upon one’s positive habits, can have great long term effects.  One would certainly want to capitalize on the energy filled actions that move things forward.  If you have a bad habit that you feel is time to let go, then begin the work to replace it.  They say a habit can be established or broken within twenty one days, so it does not have to be such a distant or unattainable goal when you look at that time frame. Remember that habits are related to your attitude, which in turn manifests itself as your own philosophy.   The more you let go of those things which are not positive, the more your life can be filled with those that are.  One is never too old to change things that do not add value to their life.  Good habits can super-cede the bad one’s if you make a conscience choice to do so. Finally, having an improved attitude can yield the right results that bring with it the residual effect of a life philosophy that is worth striving for.  Choose your attitude and strive for good habits that will dictate the harmonious pace you aspire to achieve for the rest of your life.

“Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.”
― Mahatma Gandhi