July 2020 Certificate Course in Personality Development July 2020 Unit 2: Attitude Dr.Chi Unit 2:Attitude Instructional Methodology 1) Pre lecture: Flipped Classroom e- 1) Attitude content 2) Significance 3) Factors affecting attitudes 2) Lecture and Discussions pertaining to the applications of concepts, 4) Positive attitude and negative attitude theories 5) Ways to develop positive attitude issues in human development 6) Differences between personalities having positive and negative attitude or 3) Concept testing focusing on skill enhancement. 4) After Lecture: Activity to develop and maintain reflection CCPD July 2020 Course Instructor: Dr.Chandra Hariharan Iyer Page 1 July 2020 Certificate Course in Personality Development July 2020 Unit 2: Attitude 1) Attitude Attitudes are our established ways of responding to people and situations that we have learned based on the beliefs, values and assumptions we hold and our life experiences. Our attitude towards a person or event is displaced through our behaviour as a result of interaction with that person. A person’s attitude represents how he or she feels about something or their state of mind. An attitude is a positive, negative, or mixed evaluation of an object that is expressed at some level of intensity. It usually implies feelings that are either positive or negative. Dr.Chi Right Attitude CCPD July 2020 Right TFB Self Management Good Communication Course Instructor: Dr.Chandra Hariharan Iyer Teamwork Willingness to learn Resilience Page 2 July 2020 Certificate Course in Personality Development July 2020 Unit 2: Attitude 2) Significance Attitude plays a very important role for achieving the success. It is more important than education, money, knowledge, intelligence, talents or skills. o It applies to every sphere of life, including one's personal and professional life. o Can an executive be a good executive without a good attitude? o Can a student be a good student without a good attitude? o Can a parent, teacher, salesman, employer, employee be good in their roles without a good attitude? The foundation of success regardless of your chosen field is Dr.Chi attitude. If attitude is such a critical factor in success, shouldn't you examine your attitude toward life and ask how your attitude will affect your goals? Best example is that of Wright brothers CCPD July 2020 Course Instructor: Dr.Chandra Hariharan Iyer Page 3 July 2020 Certificate Course in Personality Development July 2020 Unit 2: Attitude 3) Factors affecting attitudes There are primarily three factors that determine our attitude. They are: 1. Environment 2. Experience 3. Education Physical development Intellectual development Within Individual Factor affecting attitude Environmental factors Emotional development Social development Ethical and moral development Home and family Social environment Dr.Chi CCPD July 2020 Course Instructor: Dr.Chandra Hariharan Iyer Page 4 July 2020 Certificate Course in Personality Development July 2020 Unit 2: Attitude 4) Positive attitude and negative attitude POSITIVE ATTITUDE: “Positive thinking is a mental and emotional attitude that focuses on the bright side of life and expects positive results.” There are many traits and characteristics associated with a positive mindset, including: 1. Optimism: a willingness to make an effort and take a chance instead of assuming your efforts won’t pay off. 2. Acceptance: acknowledging that things don’t always turn out how you want them to, but learning from your mistakes. 3. Resilience: bouncing back from adversity, disappointment, and failure instead of giving up. 4. Gratitude: actively, continuously appreciating the good things in your life. 5. Consciousness/Mindfulness: dedicating the mind to conscious awareness and enhancing the ability to focus. 6. Integrity: the trait of being honourable, righteous, and straightforward, instead of deceitful and self-serving. Activity Check your positive attitude now! STEPS TO BUILD POSITIVE ATTITUDE Dr.Chi Step 1: Changing the Focus and Looking for the Positive CCPD July 2020 Step 2: Making a Habit of Doing It Now Step 3: Developing an Attitude of Gratitude Step 4: Getting into a Continuous Education Program Course Instructor: Dr.Chandra Hariharan Iyer Step 5: Building a Positive SelfEsteem Step 6: Staying away from Negative Influences Page 5 July 2020 Certificate Course in Personality Development July 2020 Unit 2: Attitude NEGATIVE ATTITUDE: People with negative attitudes will blame the whole world, their parents, teachers, spouse, the economy and the government for their failures. Some people criticize no matter what. It does not matter which side you are on, they are always on the other side. All that they are doing is causing more tension for themselves and for others around them. They spread negative messages like corona virus and create an environment conducive to negative results. Some people always look at the negative side. Who are pessimists? Pessimists Pessimists are unhappy when they have no troubles to speak and feel bad when they feel good, for fear they will feel worse when they feel better Pessimists spend most of their life at complaint counters and always turn out the lights to see how dark it is are always looking for cracks in the mirror of life say they stop sleeping in bed when they hear that more people die in bed than anywhere else Pessimists cannot enjoy their health because they think they may be sick tomorrow and not only expect the worst but make the worst of whatever happens Pessimists forget their blessings and count their troubles! They know that hard work never hurts anyone but believe "why take a chance?" CCPD July 2020 Dr.Chi Course Instructor: Dr.Chandra Hariharan Iyer Page 6 July 2020 Certificate Course in Personality Development July 2020 Unit 2: Attitude 5) Ways to develop positive attitude Rules for developing positive attitude, let’s Practice! (1) Make today most, don’t cry for past (2) Focus on positive aspect of self, diminish the negative feelings (3) Count on the past events and express gratitude, deviate from troubling focus (4) Express self love, nothing at the cost of your happiness (5) Talk to someone from your soul family who will nourish you! Dr.Chi Write the plan Take action on the plan Change the plan Measure the result CCPD July 2020 Course Instructor: Dr.Chandra Hariharan Iyer Page 7 July 2020 Certificate Course in Personality Development July 2020 Unit 2: Attitude 6) Differences between personalities having positive and negative attitude 4) Strengthen your brain’s ability to pay attention to the positive by routinely redirecting your focus away from the negative to the positive. 5) Condition yourself to experience random moments of positivity (use classical conditioning on yourself to build positive associations). 6) Think positive—but not too much—and think negative when you need to; sometimes we need to grieve, think about the negative consequences, and use negative emotions to motivate and engage us. 7) Practice gratitude (perhaps with a gratitude journal). 8) Savor the good moments ( “smell the roses” and celebrate the positive). 9) Generate positive emotions by watching funny videos 10) Stop minimizing your successes and acknowledge the efforts you put in. Dr.Chi Let me share with you all 11 techniques from Dr. Tchiki Davis (2018) which can also help you adopt a more positive attitude: 11) Stop all-or-nothing thinking; this cognitive distortion is not in line with reality since things are very rarely “all good” or “all bad.” 1) Ask yourself, “Do I think positively?” Take a test or quiz on positivity to see where you stand. 2) Strengthen your memory for positive information by using positive words more often. 3) Strengthen your brain’s ability to work with positive information with exercises that involve positive words. CCPD July 2020 Course Instructor: Dr.Chandra Hariharan Iyer Page 8 July 2020 Certificate Course in Personality Development July 2020 Unit 2: Attitude Unit 2: Activity based on Indian wisdom thought Dr.Chi “One should make an effort to cultivate one’s inherent qualities/skills/assets rather than merely making noises. A cow, for instance, cannot be sold by merely ringing the bell in her neck if she does not yield milk (making sweet sound of the bell is an irrelevant asset of the cow while giving milk is indeed its relevant quality). Read and understand above thought. In the light of above write your views (200-300 words) on the changing need for developing positive attitude in the era of virtual office functioning or say ‘work from home’. CCPD July 2020 Course Instructor: Dr.Chandra Hariharan Iyer Page 9
