One Note on Attitude in Business and Life

One girl told me once that the thing she values most in a guy is his attitude in life. She did not mention looks or money or career. The first thing she mentions is attitude.

I read in 2006 in the Art Williams’ book “All you can do is all you can do” that Attitude is the most important character trait to have in business.

If the market is in recession what is your attitude, to quit or to hit the market even faster?

If the niche you are in is already over crowded with competitors what do you do, do you quit or do you find new ways to win costumers?

In something less important like a computer game, when you are about to lose what do you do, do you quit or do you play even harder?

See, it’s not your abilities that count so much in situations but your attitude in those situations.

How to have a good attitude? Start by being more aggressive. If you see that things are not easy, instead of lowering your arms, rise them even higher. Difficulties are beaten with more force, not with regret or fear or lack of action. With enough action, everything is possible.

In something less important like a game, instead of leaving your opponent winning by either quiting or shutting down the game, change tactics, change characters, cars, weapons, whatever it takes for you to win your goal.

Since you are just a human with very limited judging capabilities, it’s easy to say “Man I must quit, there is nothing left to do”. Instead of thinking like that, just think “Boy, no matter what it takes, this game only finishes when I read that I WON!”.

It’s this attitude that builds champions.