attitude

Attitude
Attitude looks at how you feel and think towards things .in most cases our failures/ success are influenced by our attitude and perception. Years ago I learned that the word attitude can add to 100 when you number these letters according their alphabet.
A=1/T=20/ T=20/I=9/ T=20/U=21/D=4/E=5 and if you add these figures hence giving you a total figure of 100. 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100
What I would like to say is that 100% positive attitude will bring positive results. And they say nothing can work out still one is 100% positive. Success does not come from positive thinking but from positive knowing.
Let me tell you this story.
During my schooling I was privileged to meet one of most courageous boys in my class named Ben. He was very courageous, intelligent and hard working. This guy could come out first in every class test we had, but two unique things that puzzled people is that, this guy had one eye and was an albino. One day I prompted myself to ask him what his secrete of passing the exams was and he told me, that the secrete was his good attitude and that’s what made him succeed despite his physical appearance. Even though some classmates called him names, truly he had a good attitude that could beat guys with two eyes and normal skin that had a bad attitude. And the guy was young but behaved like a responsible adult.
In my opinion, a young person with a good attitude is better than an old person with a bad attitude. Ben ‘s spirit was intact even if he was young, one eyed, and albino .it was his attitude that counted not his skin color or age.
He taught me an unforgettable lesson, that attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. Our attitude speaks volumes.
During the olden days in Africa, an Italian business man sent two of is traders to sale shoes. The two traders chose different points to sell their goods .Trader A chose to locate his area of sell at point X. And trader B chose to locate his area of sell at point Z. The trader at point Z had a positive attitude. He saw to it that people did not wear shoes and thought of ways of convincing them, he started sensitizing them the dangers of not wearing shoes, but his colleague had a negative attitude, he saw that people did not wear shoes and called boss that he is going to return to ltaly .
Like William Shakespeare would once said “a cowards die many times before their deaths.
The point is that when you think negative your mind will give you reasons why you cannot do what you want to do. But when you think positive your mind will show you ways you can do what you want to do.
I believe seriously thinking about one’s attitude should be the first step in preparing for success.