Attitudes are contagious – is yours worth catching?

Think about your own attitude. You will have absolutely no chance of influencing your team if you are Mr or Ms Negative yourself. You were not born with a negative approach, any more than anybody in your team was. Your attitude is the result of many years of programming and experience – but it doesn’t have to stay that way.

Developing a positive approach is something you can choose to do. Your current attitude is the result of other people’s programming. Why let others decide your attitude? Take control and choose to be positive. It will take work and there will be days when you find it hard to maintain, but if you really want to become an achiever yourself, stick with it.

Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 will show you how to develop a positive approach and the tools to maintain it. Practise these first on yourself until you have successfully got to the point where you don’t have to think about how you do things and how you say things. At this point you can start using them to help your team to develop.

A word of advice – you can help your team get there much more quickly if you act as ‘programmer’ and support. If you want to get there more quickly yourself, you may need a mentor or partner to help you over the tough patches.