Contagious Attitude
October 31, 2009Stephen Thomas No Comments »Have you ever noticed how other people’s attitude can affect your 
attitude and your motivation? If they are down or grumpy, you begin to feel down or grumpy and soon your motivation to do things is shot and you don’t feel so hot.
The same it true, or course, in reverse. Your attitude affects other people. I have noticed in the yoga classes I teach that if I am up and energized, it rubs off. If I am in a silly mood, they start acting silly. If I am in a quiet meditative mood, they pick that up.
As I said earlier, if someone around you is in a bad mood, you will be affected unless you have your guard up and consciously act against it. I’ll bet you have had the reverse experience as well. You are in a downer and someone around is cheerful and you just refuse to let them cheer you up.
You want people around you, your co-workers, your kids to behave in a certain way? Start acting like that around them! No, it won’t get everybody and it may not happen immediately. People have the ability to not let others affect them, but they have to be conscious about it.
Smile, be happy, be full of life and it will rub off on others. You can change your life, the lives of others, and the world by just changing your attitude!
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