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Building a Positive Attitude
Objectives (pg 114-125)
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Explain attitude and demonstrate how
actions relate to an individual’s attitude
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Identify 3 defense mechanisms
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Why are integrity and credibility important
elements of a positive attitude?
Chapter 3, Lesson 2
Problems occur…..how will you
handle them?
Quick Write
List the two problems you’ve faced in the past two years.
For each problem, note whether it was a result of your own
decision making and behavior or of something that was
beyond your control.
How did you handle each kind of problem?
Did you tackle the issue head-on or try to avoid it?
What problem-solving strategy worked best for you?
Attitudes Affect Actions
• Attitude : thought,
feeling, or belief
• Behavior: action that
others can see you doing
• Attitudes are internal
• Behaviors are external
The attitudes & behaviors of a healthy, reasonable
person are usually in harmony
Why Do You Need a
Positive Attitude?
• It will make you a more
successful family member,
student, employee, and citizen
• People are attracted to positive
thinkers
• Positive thinkers make things
happen
Defense Mechanisms
behaviors people use to deal w/anxiety,
stress, or pressure
DISPLACEMENT
PROJECTION
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REPRESSION
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RATIONALIZATION
ACTING OUT
DENIAL
Chapter 3, Lesson 2
Integrity and Credibility
• Integrity:commitment to a code of values or
beliefs=positive attitude & approach to life
Credibility
• Credibility : quality of character that inspires
confidence & trust
Mentor
Role Model
a life coach who guides, positive person whom
advises, & advocates for others base their own
you. Provides feedback attitudes & actions
that helps you grow
parents, guardians, grandparents, aunts, uncles
big brothers or sisters
neighbors, teachers, coaches, counselors, club advisers
community leaders, religious leaders
mental states that block ability to learn
– Fear emotion when faced w/something new or unknown
– Pride exaggerated feeling of self-worth
– Indifference no desire to get better at anything
Humility
Patience
• ability to bear difficulty, delay frustration, or
pain w/o complaint
• if you don’t understand something, give it time
to sink in
Humility & Patience
keys to defeating
fear, pride, and indifference
Respect
• Respect esteem, regard, & consideration
that you pay others & you earn from them
How to Show Respect for Others
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Don’t spread gossip, rumors, or
loose talk
“abundance theory”—there’s enough of
everything to go around—credit,
glory, admiration, friendship, smiles,
laughter, compliments
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Be on time
Don’t take yourself too seriously
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Don’t interrupt
Be flexible
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Listen
Stick with what’s important: people, their
feelings, and their needs
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Give people the benefit of the
doubt
Appreciation
admiration, approval, or gratitude that you
express & receive
Task Completion
• Task completion: process of doing things
expected of you in a timely, orderly,
accurate, and honest manner
– Greatest asset: time
– A black hole is a period of time that eats into
your productivity
• Procrastination
• Distraction
Building a Positive Attitude
Objectives (pg 114-125)
Explain attitude and demonstrate how actions
relate to an individual’s attitude
attitude : thought, feeling, or belief
Identify 3 defense mechanisms
Displacement, Repression, Rationalization, Projection, Acting Out, Denial
Why are integrity and credibility important
elements of a positive attitude?
Integrity:commitment to a code of values or beliefs=positive attitude &
approach to life
Credibility : quality of character that inspires confidence & trust