I'm enrolled in a leadership training class at my church. In that class, we are studying the book Developing The Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell. I highly recommend that book if you are in leadership be it at home, church, in business, etc. It's also great preparation if you desire to be in leadership one day.
Last week, we went through the portion of the workbook that teaches on attitude. Now, I don't consider myself to be a person with attitude issues at all, however, after doing that lesson, I felt challenged to make some attitude adjustments. After all, we could all stand to have an attitude adjustment every now and then, right?
Today's Monday Matters is an excerpt from the book and it's called, The Six Stages of Attitude Change. There is not a Power Point Presentation attached because this is not original material from me. I do challenge you to take some time this week to go through each stage and make the adjustments accordingly. I know that you will be tremendously blessed by it.
The Six Stages of Attitude Change
1. Identify problem feelings. This is the earliest stage of awareness and the easiest to declare.
My problem feelings are
2. Identify problem behavior. Now we go beneath the surface. What actions trigger negative emotions?
3. Identify problem thinking. William James said, "That which holds our attention determines our action."
My thoughts that provoke problems are
4. Identify right thinking. Write down the thinking that is right and what you desire. Because your feelings come from your thoughts, you can control your feelings by changing one thing --- your thoughts!
The right thoughts that I'd like to develop are
5. Make a public commitment to right thinking. Public commitment becomes powerful commitment. [Personal insert -- if you do not have one already, here is where you should identify an accountability partner.]
6. Develop a plan for right thinking. This plan should include:
A written definition of desired right thinking
A way to measure progress
A daily measuring of progress
A person to whom you are accountable
A daily diet of self-help material
Associating with right thinking people
--
Deaquelynn Williams
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Owner & Life Coach
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Posted By: The SISTAHS Ministry
Tuesday, May 12th 2009 at 1:04PM
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