Having a good attitude in the workplace will help you achieve what you've always wanted to, and more.
Most of the dogs I've hunted alongside have always
had a good attitude in the blind.
Not exact matches
Scientists and educators
have long noted that kids who
have a positive
attitude towards math do
better in the subject, but is that just because acing tests naturally makes you enjoy something, or does the arrow of causation point the other way?
Some of our
best people came out of internship programs and people who came
in with little business experience, but
had the
attitude and will to learn and excel
in a new industry.
You don't necessarily
have to prioritize quantity over quality, either: According to a meta - analysis by Gallup, one determinant of positive employee
attitudes —
in addition to
having learning opportunities and adequate office supplies — is answering yes to the question «I
have a
best friend at work.»
While
in 2013, Buffett argued that «women are a major reason we will do so
well»
in an essay for Fortune Magazine, he also warned that the great «enemy of change» lives
in «the ingrained
attitudes of those who simply can't imagine a world different from the one they
've lived
in.»
Did you imagine someone who is always willing to pitch
in,
has a positive
attitude, and can problem - solve with the
best of them?
Dr. Martin Antony, professor at Ryerson University
in Toronto and author of «When Perfect Isn't
Good Enough,» says, while some aspects of perfectionism can be helpful
in reaching one's potential, the perfectionist
attitude also
has some downfalls that can seriously hinder both personal and professional growth.
If you understand this fact, then suddenly, you can
have a
better attitude toward the change
in your life while continuing to attempt to control the outcomes as much as possible — but not letting the things that are out of control upset you.
It
has often been said that «nothing
good in life comes easy», and it's the sculpted
attitude of the hero - entrepreneur alone that knows there's no such thing as a reward without a risk.
BamBrogan's bombastic
attitude has served him
well in this space — but the hyperloop does not exist
in the real world.
Branson
has found that people don't take advantage of the
attitude because they feel trusted, and so treat the company
well in return.
«How wonderful
would it be if solidarity, this beautiful and, at times, inconvenient word, were not simply reduced to social work, and became, instead, the default
attitude in political, economic and scientific choices, as
well as
in the relationships among individuals, peoples and countries.
Whatever qualities you're looking for as you build your team — entrepreneurial spirit, a solution - driven
attitude, passion over polish — you'll recognize those qualities
in people you know
well and
have worked with before.
The relative strength
in the Dow, as
well as the resilience of the NYSE advance - decline line,
have been important
in maintaining a relatively complacent
attitude among investors.
We
have seen a tremendous increase
in our associates» commission, as
well as their
attitude and self - esteem.
The early and high levels of «buy -
in'to crypto
in Korea is perhaps attributable to the advanced social and technological development of mobile payments as
well as the government's
attitude towards cryptocurrency, which
has been relatively supportive of it.
That's why it's
best to keep your head
in the game and
have the right
attitude.
Perhaps this
attitude is
best seen
in the most influential Southern Baptists
in America today: Billy Graham, a «prophet with honor» and America's chaplain for more that fifty years; Chuck Colson, evangelist, prison reformer, and cofounder of Evangelicals and Catholics Together; and Rick Warren, a pastor whose writings
have touched millions of lives.
The interview format used by the Oliner team
had over 450 items and consisted of six main parts: a) characteristics of the family household
in which respondents lived
in their early years, including relationships among family members; b) parental education, occupation, politics, and religiosity, as
well as parental values,
attitudes, and disciplinary approaches; c) respondent's childhood and adolescent years - education, religiosity, and friendship patterns, as
well as self - described personality characteristics;
d) the five - year period just prior to the war — marital status, occupation, work colleagues, politics, religiosity, sense of community, and psychological closeness to various groups of people; if married, similar questions were asked about the spouse; e) the immediate prewar and war years, including employment,
attitudes toward Nazis, whether Jews lived
in the neighborhood, and awareness of Nazi intentions toward Jews; all were asked to describe their wartime lives and activities, whom they helped, and organizations they belonged to; f) the years after the war, including the present — relations with children and personal and community — helping activities
in the last year; this section included forty - two personality items comprising four psychological scales.
I
've been a member of the body of Christ for even longer, and can attest to a similar
attitude of careless consumption
in too many pews (and a
good number of podiums).
He stresses that «nobody
in their right mind
would want to see
in this country the kind of inhumanity that's sometimes been associated with the practice of the law
in some Islamic states; the extreme punishments, the
attitudes to women as
well».
True, there
has also been much pettiness at the Council as
well as exaggerated caution
in some respects and hesitations between conservative and progressive
attitudes.
On these grounds Matt.11.12
has a very strong claim to authenticity: it stands
in the earliest stratum of this particular tradition and it reflects the
attitude of Jesus to John rather than that of the early Church, to which he was at
best the Forerunner (Mark 9.
Jeremy, My hair is almost as long as yours now, because the self - flagellating
attitude displayed
in your last comment
has inspired me to try to
better your humility.
With a mind to the
good that TM
has accomplished, it is perhaps
best to adopt a wait - and - see
attitude,
in the spirit of Gamaliel's advice to Saul of Tarsus:
In the latter regard, H. Paul Santmire whose study of the history of Western attitudes toward nature is one of the best available, provides perspective when he writes: «The theological tradition of the West is neither ecologically bankrupt, as some of its popular and scholarly critics have maintained and as numbers of its own theologians have assumed, nor replete with immediately accessible, albeit long - forgotten ecological riches hidden everywhere in its deeper vaults, as some contemporary Christians, who are profoundly troubled by the environmental crises and other related concerns, might wistfully hope to find» (Santmire, 5
In the latter regard, H. Paul Santmire whose study of the history of Western
attitudes toward nature is one of the
best available, provides perspective when he writes: «The theological tradition of the West is neither ecologically bankrupt, as some of its popular and scholarly critics
have maintained and as numbers of its own theologians
have assumed, nor replete with immediately accessible, albeit long - forgotten ecological riches hidden everywhere
in its deeper vaults, as some contemporary Christians, who are profoundly troubled by the environmental crises and other related concerns, might wistfully hope to find» (Santmire, 5
in its deeper vaults, as some contemporary Christians, who are profoundly troubled by the environmental crises and other related concerns, might wistfully hope to find» (Santmire, 5).
After the issue was decided by this public Jerusalem Conference, it
would have been
well nigh impossible for James to take the restrictive Jewish
attitude he did toward the Christian gentiles
in Antioch (Gal.
Just as the word «faith» describes an
attitude in man himself, as
well as that which fosters the
attitude, so «hope»
has been used to refer both to a human
attitude, and to that which prompts the
attitude, namely that to which his mind and spirit look forward.
For those who hold the dialectical
attitude toward evil,
good can not exist
in solitary splendour, nor is it opposed by a radically separate evil with which it
has nothing to do.
They did not change human actions or
attitudes in any problem of collective behavior by a hair's breadth, though they may
well have helped to preserve private amenities and to assuage individual frustrations.
The methods of form criticism help us to pick out aspects of the gospel accounts of Jesus» conduct and teaching which are
in sharp contrast to the current practice and teaching of his day, and which it
would not
have been
in the earliest church's interest to introduce into the material: for example, Jesus»
attitude to women, his table - fellowship with «tax collectors and sinners», his refusal of the epithet «
good», and Mark's comment — altered by Matthew — that
in Nazareth «he could do no mighty work».
Of course, it is true what Proverbs 27:6 says, that «Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiples kisses,» but this principle can often be reversed as
well,
in that friends often overlook our faults and failures because they love us (and maybe because they
have the same issues), whereas enemies see through our self - righteous
attitudes and hypocritical charades and are more willing to criticize and call us out for our many failures.
Jeremy i agree with what you
have written many of the traditions
in the church
have come from pagan beliefs.I thought some of the comments were judgemental of others especially towards those who are pagan.There response was respectful we can learn alot about
having a
good attitude towards others and responding to others kindly.I think using scripture
in a legalistic way is no different than what the pharisees did to Jesus
in his day and he disarmed them by rebuking them saying you without sin cast the first stone.regards brentnz
I try to identify which of the characters
best describes me, or what my
attitude is
in regard to what Jesus is saying, or what my actions
have been recently.
It may
well be that the forces which will actually decide this question will operate
in terms of interests and
attitudes which
have nothing to do with Christian love.
Acknowledging God's providential hand
in all things, the late Pope commented that the entire Galileo affair
has helped the Church come «to a more mature
attitude and a more accurate grasp of the authority proper to her,» enabling her
better to distinguish between «essentials of the faith» and the «scientific systems of a given age.»
Yet I often am made to feel condemned by others from more evangelical backgrounds, (although some of it is societal
attitudes towards the condition, I
have non-religious things who still see medication - free life as an aim), because I don't tend to assume... or necessarily even aspire to, ever be completely
well in this lifetime.
I debated whether to engage a post that is just as disturbing as the title suggests, but after speaking with an editor and several writers at The Gospel Coalition, as
well as some of my gay and lesbian friends, I
've decided it's important to offer an alternative to the
attitude presented
in this post and, perhaps more importantly, to explore / discuss how Christians ought to respond when we encounter homophobia
in our own faith communities.
Whilst helping me, if I felt an
attitude of condemnation and a judgmental spirit towards me by you, as
well as a prideful spirit because of who I am attracted to, it
would be
in my
best interest to not
have you
in my life (though forgive you).
Assuming that it is correct to predict a benign
attitude on the part of the federal justices, educational subsidies to parents will
have a
better chance of survival
in state courts today than they
had ten years ago.
However, Ms. Smith might ask Prof. Levenson how «the respect with which he
has treated Christianity» is consistent with his negative article about Christianity's relation to Judaism — at least
in that article — and his even more negative
attitude towards a group of his fellow Jews who are more hopeful about a
better relation between our two communities, a relation that is theologically true and not just politically useful.
Living
in Brazil
has strengthened
in Boff the element of celebration as
well as of struggle and resistance, while Panikkar lived a certain asceticism
in India and acquired an irenic
attitude.
(If you
've read Faith Unraveled, you know this goes all the way back to The
Best Christian
Attitude Award... which I fought like hell to win four times
in a row.)
Have I ever mentioned that I won the «
Best Christian
Attitude Award» four years
in a row
in elementary school?
In England, the dioceses of Lancaster and Shrewsbury have made particularly effective use of the internet in pushing out good news and keeping up with the way in whichpeople choose to receive information, but in some dioceses there is often still an attitude in which people see the internet as irrelevant, looking down on what they see as technically advanced enthusiasts who spend too much time «playing on their computers»
In England, the dioceses of Lancaster and Shrewsbury
have made particularly effective use of the internet
in pushing out good news and keeping up with the way in whichpeople choose to receive information, but in some dioceses there is often still an attitude in which people see the internet as irrelevant, looking down on what they see as technically advanced enthusiasts who spend too much time «playing on their computers»
in pushing out
good news and keeping up with the way
in whichpeople choose to receive information, but in some dioceses there is often still an attitude in which people see the internet as irrelevant, looking down on what they see as technically advanced enthusiasts who spend too much time «playing on their computers»
in whichpeople choose to receive information, but
in some dioceses there is often still an attitude in which people see the internet as irrelevant, looking down on what they see as technically advanced enthusiasts who spend too much time «playing on their computers»
in some dioceses there is often still an
attitude in which people see the internet as irrelevant, looking down on what they see as technically advanced enthusiasts who spend too much time «playing on their computers»
in which people see the internet as irrelevant, looking down on what they see as technically advanced enthusiasts who spend too much time «playing on their computers».
In no regard is the attitude of certain passages in the New Testament more troublesome to modern minds than in this insistence that eternal bliss for the good and eternal torment for the bad would be an ethically satisfying finale for the univers
In no regard is the
attitude of certain passages
in the New Testament more troublesome to modern minds than in this insistence that eternal bliss for the good and eternal torment for the bad would be an ethically satisfying finale for the univers
in the New Testament more troublesome to modern minds than
in this insistence that eternal bliss for the good and eternal torment for the bad would be an ethically satisfying finale for the univers
in this insistence that eternal bliss for the
good and eternal torment for the bad
would be an ethically satisfying finale for the universe.
Schubert Ogden
has written an essay on «The Strange Witness of Unbelief» (included
in his book The Reality of God, SCM Press, London, 1967),
in which he demonstrates how often it is the very negators of meaning whose way of life,
attitude toward others, and struggle for a «
better world» exhibit a dim yet pervasive feeling of significance
in the world and
in their own existence, a sense of meaning that (as Ogden argues and as I believe) is a hidden working of divine Love
in their hearts.
The recent shift
in attitudes between some evangelicals and some Catholics naturally involves a reexamination of the doctrinal topics on which basic and continuing agreement between classical Protestantism and Roman Catholicism
has sometimes been obscured» as
well as a reexamination of those topics that were divisive
in the sixteenth century and
have remained controversial ever since.
Traditional
attitudes still widely assumed to be valid are,
in fact, generally bankrupt, The attempt to force Hollywood to produce «
good» films
has fallen with the demise of the old Roman Catholic Legion of Decency.