Attitude Is Everything

People want to achieve their greatest potentials. One of the most important steps they can take is to learn to monitor their attitudes.

I generally start my workshops by asking this question: What attitude have you brought to this meeting? This often brings puzzled looks. People know if they are hungry or if their feet hurt. 26 _______Actually, attitude is everything. It governs the way you see the world and the way the world sees you.

27 _______ We can choose self-encouragement and self-motivation, or self-defeat and self-pity. It is a power we all have. Each of us encounters（道遇）hard times. The key is to realize it is not what happens that matters; it is how we choose to respond.

Our minds are computers that can be programmed. Our inner dialogue is the software that programs our attitudes. 28 _______ We have control over the programming.

The loudest voice we hear is our inner voice. It can work for or against us. 29 _______ It can wear us down or cheer us on. We need to take responsibility for and exercise control over our inner conversation.

Bad attitudes are usually the result of negative emotional experience. 30 _______ It takes efforts to examine the roots of a harmful attitude, but the rewards can last a lifetime.

A. We all have a choice.

B. However , they usually do not pay attention to their attitude.

C. It can be optimistic or pessimistic.

D. The information could be completely wrong.

E. They are often caused by stress, fear, and anger.

F. Such dialogue determines how we present ourselves to the world.