Attitude: A Small Shift, A Big Leadership Signal.
Problem. Again.
A missed deadline. A team member off track. A system glitch.
What perspective will you take?
- a negative attitude – frustration, blame, resentment?
- or a positive outlook – can-do-approach, willingness to improve, moving forward?
This is where mindset makes all the difference.
You might not always have control. However, you do have choice. Choice how you look at problems, interpret events, perceive challenges and difficulties.
Your inner conviction will shape your outward response – impacting how you handle pressure and guide others through setbacks.
Attitude is a choice.
You can’t control what’s already happened – but you can shape what happens next. This shift in mindset is both empowering and practical.
Because in the face of challenges, your greatest asset isn’t always strategy. It’s perspective.
Bonus tip:
Want to know how you can make life worse? That’s easy – just go a step further, create a problem in your head … and then react to it! Here’s an example how:
“A man wants to hang a painting. He has the nail, but no hammer. So, he decides to ask his neighbour if he can borrow one.
Simple enough. But as he heads over, doubts start to creep in.
‘What if he doesn’t want to lend it to me? Yesterday he barely said hello – was that on purpose? Maybe he’s upset with me. But why? I haven’t done anything to him. If he needed something from me, I’d help without thinking twice. But no – people like him always make things difficult. He probably enjoys having the upper hand just because he owns a hammer. That’s it. He wants me to beg for it!’
Fuming, the man bangs on his neighbour’s door. As it opens, he shouts: ‘You can keep your hammer, you bastard!'”
(See what he did here? 😉)
(from the book “The Situation is Hopeless, But Not Serious: The Pursuit of Unhappiness” by Paul Watzlawick)
