Change Your Life, Change Your Attitude

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CHANGE

YOUR LIFE

------------------------------------Then--------------------------------------

CHANGE YOUR

ATTITUDE

LOU MACABASCO


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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 1

THE DRIVER OF YOUR LIFE ........................................................ 5

IMPORTANT ATTITUDES YOU NEED TO CHANGE ....................... 8

ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR NEGATIVE ATTITUDES ..........................11

10 STEPS IN CREATING POSITIVE ATTITUDES ............................15

CREATE GOOD HABITS .............................................................17

4 STEPS IN CREATING GOOD HABITS ........................................22

FINISH .....................................................................................23


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INTRODUCTION

All of us want to achieve a level of maturity,

prosperity, success, fulfillment and happiness in life,

yet few do. Its because only few are willing to go

through what it takes to achieve such a level.

There is a saying which holds true up to now,

95% of the population belongs to the classwhich we can call unorganized while 5% of

the population belongs to the class which wecan call leaders.

What separates the 5% of our population from the

rest of the 95% is their ability to organize their

attitudes and actions (called habits) towards a

specific goal and purpose.

The opposite is true for the 95% of the average

population. Average people often wish to enjoy thesuccess and prosperity that few successful people

have. But what they do not realize is that successfulpeople are able to achieve such prosperity out of a lotof sacrifices, by always pushing themselves,


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challenging their personal limitations and becomingmore skilled in many different areas of life. When

average people get to know what needs to changeand sacrifice in order to achieve success, they chosenot to act and just stick to whats comfortable.

We are what we repeatedly do; success is not

an act, but a habit.Aristotle

If you want to achieve success, but you dont want to

change and be out of your comfort zone, then you

are in trouble my friend. Wishing success alone isnt

enough to bring it. You need to want and act upon it.

Begin by reflecting on the reasons why up to this

moment, you still have not achieved the success in

life you always wanted to have. Probably, your

unwillingness to change is what prohibits you to step

up higher than the status you are in now.

Id like to share a favourite phrase of mine which

reminds me to act upon my desires in life:


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If you are happy with your life at the moment,then theres nothing you need to change. But if,

for even small reason, you feel that you are nothappy and you want your life to be different,

then you need to consider changing. And

change must start from within.

Instinctively, we all strive to find a level of comfort in

our life. We want to have and be sure of everything.We want to feel safe and to be assured that nothingunexpected is going to happen. The bad news,however, successful people knows that our comfort

zone is a very dangerous place to be.

Why?

If you are totally comfortable with everything in yourlife it means you arent doing anything. You are notlearning or growing. By natural law, this actuallymeans you are becoming less!

If you are not changing, you are not growing.And when you are not growing, its eithernothing will change in your life or you are

doomed to go down.

Successful people actually become quite concerned if

they find they have settled into a comfort zone. Theyunderstand the negative implications of this kind of


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activity and quickly launch themselves into changingtheir thoughts, mindset and actions again.

And that is what this book will help you out. It will

guide you to change the circumstances of your life, bychanging your attitudes.


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THE DRIVER OF YOUR

LIFE

Before we go further, let me motivate you by sharing

that most successful people came from humble

beginnings. In fact, a lot came from hard beginnings,

similar to the rags to riches story we often hear.

You may read to these stories of ordinary people

whove achieved the level of success that most

average people dreamt of:

Manny PACMAN Pacquiao: Attitudes ofSuccessful People

Jayson Yanuaria: Attitudes of Successful People Jay McLean: Attitudes of Successful People

So spare the usual excuse you make, like

I cant be successful, Im not smart enough.

They are successful because they were bornrich.
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I cant be successful because Im surrounded

by negative people and circumstances

I cant be successful because I dont have

enough talent and resources

I cant start taking action with my passion

because Im too busy with work responsibility

I cant do that, because my friends and familydont want me to

I cant work on my passion because I have

kids to look after

I cant change; this is how God created me. Ill

wait for what he planned for me.

I trust the government and God to bring

happiness and success in my life

And so on. Remember that,

Wherever you came from, whatever

circumstances youve gone through or whoever

surrounds you, it is you who will determine

what will happen in your life.


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Stop blaming your circumstances and results in life to

other people, negative circumstances or even God.

Wherever, whatever or whoever you are now, it

happened because of one person, and thats YOU. So

if you have the power in what happens in your life,

you are also responsible in changing it, if you want to

step up in the ladder of success, prosperity, maturity,

happiness and fulfillment in life.

Always remember that you are the driver of your life.

You have the freedom and choice to act according to

your will. There may be forces outside your control

but your response will direct the result that will come

out your way.

From this day on, as you journey towards the success,

prosperity and fulfillment you want to achieve in life,

remind yourself that:

I, not events or people, will determine the

result of my life. My attitudes and actions are

collaborative efforts that will direct me to

maturity, success, prosperity, fulfillment and

happiness in life. I will direct my life and will

not let outside forces to distract me.


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IMPORTANT

ATTITUDES YOU NEED

TO CHANGE

What differentiates a person of success from another

average person is its attitude. Indeed, attitude is

everything. If you have the right attitudes, your

desired results can come into your life. Yet, if you

have the wrong attitudes, expect undesirable results

to come in your life. However, dont feel safe if you

are in between or often called average, because its

almost as worse as having the wrong attitudes.

Aimlessness leads straight to poverty, misery

and failure. A man without definite,

constructive purpose in life is simply one of

natures mistakes, because nature did notintend to create such kind of being, in all

probability.Napoleon Hill (80 Years Best-

Selling Success Author/Coach)

Probably, you are asking,


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What kind of changes you need to make in

order to change the current status of your life?

1: Acknowledge Your Negative Attitudes

2: Create Good Habits

In a blog article Ive written, 10 Attitudes of

Successful People, Ive shared ten (10) important

attitudes a person needs to develop if one wants to

achieve success and happiness in life. In this book,

however, I will only discuss two (2) out of ten (10),

because I encourage you take the first small steps

towards change, before you jump changing it all. It

will help you not to get overwhelmed and as well as

create habits.

The focus and purpose of this book is to help you

take bigger and better change in two (2) very

important attitudes towards success and happiness,

thats your mindset and habits.

It is just natural to start the change within

before you can change whats seen outside.
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What usually happens is when we create changes in

our life, often its superficial. So we change our

physical appearance, wardrobe, car, house, career,

work, or people we hang out with, yet after such, we

still feel so lost and unhappy. Thats because the

change weve made is not a change from within.

Physical and outer change is usually temporary, it

only seals our ill feeling for a little while, but the real

problem will still arise.

If you want to create lasting and permanent change

in your life, do so by creating changes within.

Because when change is from within, not only your

physical circumstances change, but your whole

outlook and action towards life changes.

The man who succeeds in life is the man who

gets what he needs when he needs it, and if he

does not get it, he is not a success, no matter

how proficient he may be in explaining the

reason why he did not get it.


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ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR

NEGATIVE ATTITUDES

The first step to changing your life is to

acknowledgeyour negative attitudes.

Quiet often, people doesnt realize or denies that they

have negative attitudes within them. Many see it as

weakness, and as such, the tendency is to deny it. It

is human nature to feel ashamed and insulted to

appear weak, humans want to belong, and part of

belongingness is to showcase strengths and power.Furthermore, arrogance comes from boasting

strengths and denying weaknesses, and such attitude

is what most people possess.

On the other hand, truly successful people know howto accept ones weaknesses. Because people who

achieve success and fulfilment in life know the value

of acknowledging owns weaknesses and improving

strengths.

Before we go further, Id like to share with you an

article that talks about the common fall of most


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people, thats being cynical and perfectionist. Read

this article on how you can avoid falling in such

syndrome,How to Avoid Being Perfectionist?

An understanding of how to turn our

weaknesses into strengths can result in an

endless string of possibilities.Sun Tzu, Art of

War

In order to change negative attitudes to positive one,

begin by acknowledging your weaknesses. Once you

acknowledge that there is something not right with

your attitude, you can see clearly what needs to bechanged. Thats where your road to success and

happiness begins.

Activity:

Take a moment and reflect on your current behaviour

towards everything in life. Your attitude towards

people, work and responsibility; how you manage

your relationships, goals, tasks, finances, events, or

circumstances.

Heres an example of a list:
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My Weaknesses

(As of __/__/__)

1) Selfish2) Cynical

3) Pessimistic

4) Arrogant and Bossy

5) Too Emotional

6)

7)

8)

9)

10)

Take time to be alone and quiet yourself. Be truly

honest and sincerely list down the attitudes that youthink are negative, in respect to the person you are

becoming and the result it brings your life. List down

as many negative attitudes as you can, dont worry

about being judged as weak, nor think of your honour

and ego. No one will see your list, just you. So if you

want to help yourself to lift up your status in life, take

time to do this activity. As mentioned, the

importance of acknowledging your weaknesses can

help you pin-point which attitude you need to change

and improve at. Because unless you admit that there

is something wrong in your attitude, you wouldnt

want to change anything, right?


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After acknowledging your weaknesses, make a

renewal of changing those weaknesses by doing the

opposite. For an instance, if you are selfish, develop

an attitude of giving more than you receive. Another

is if you are cynical and pessimistic; develop an

attitude of always looking at the bright side of things.

Do the same on the rest of your list.


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10 STEPS IN CREATING

POSITIVE ATTITUDES

Negative Attitudes is a Habit, the same as

Positive Attitudes is a Habit.

1.Avoid Negative Thoughts2. Remember the Golden Rule:

Do unto others what you dont want

others do unto you

3. Keep a win-win attitude. Think and decide forthe common good.

4. Increase your level of emotional intelligence.5. Know how to control yourself first before you

control others

6. Stop Worrying. Focus your time on livingtoday and preparing for the future.


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7. Surround Yourself with Positive, Like-Mindedand Successful People

8. Keep an open mind. Learn to listen and showrespect.

9. Have discipline to constantly renew yourattitudes to create a better version of yourself.

10.Show importance and value to people.


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CREATE GOOD HABITS

Once you develop a positive attitude, the next step is

to create good habits.

Habit is defined as a recurrent, oftenunconscious pattern of behaviour that is

acquired through frequent repetition. An

established disposition of the mind or character.

Short to say, our daily actions and attitude forms our

HABIT. It is the way we do things, how we think

and approach people and circumstances, our hobbies

and activities. Habits form part of us, whether we are

aware of it or not.

The truth is you can determine how far a person willgo by looking at his habits. If one has formed good

habits, expect that person will reap good results, for

his/her ability to discipline mindset and actions. The

opposite happens for a person who has formed bad

habits; expect whom to reap badly results for his/her

inability to direct his/her attitude and actions properly.


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Personally, I have seen and dealt with different

people in diverse walks of life. Ive witnessed people

who live in slump (community of poor people), dealt

with average people who lives a standard way of life,

and as well as mingled with people who came from

high standard of life. Other than the status in life, a

great difference that people from different walks is

can be seen by their attitudes and habits.

*Note: Do not take this comparison as a way to feel

discriminated or demoted, but take it constructively

and objectively to see where you stand. So as you

can create change and form good habits.

Habits of Poor People - loves toprocrastinate and wait for things to happen

instead of doing something to change their

circumstances. Often has an attitude of

inferiority and without self-confidence in once

capability. Blames their misfortune on the

hardship their going through in life.

Habits of Average People are often hard-working but play harder. Ive noticed that they

work hard to earn more, so they can spend alltheir money again to acquire material things


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and experience things that high-profile people

do. Its funny but true. Often average people

have a problem in the way they handle their

finances and how they direct their attitude.

Habits of Truly Rich People - in myexperience Ive seen that they are the simplest

person in our society. Unlike average peoplewho loves to appear high-profile and

glamorous, truly rich people likes to keep their

appearance and lifestyle simple. On the other

hand, despite keeping things simple, unlike

poor people, they keep a level of self-

confidence and belief in their purpose and

goals. These are the people who have

developed a well-sense of being because they

have developed the right attitude and habits

towards life.

Activity:

1. Take time to reflect on your current attitudes andhabits. Which group do you currently belong? Do

you have the habits of:

a) Poor People


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b)Average Peoplec) Truly Rich People

Be true to yourself and analyze your current

mindset and habits. Do you still want to stay

where you belong or you want to create change in

your life?

2. List down the bad and negative habits youcurrently possess. These are habits that you think

are leading you to becoming a failure or causing

you not to step up in the ladder of success in life.

Here are sample of bad habits:

My Habits(As of __/__/__)

1) Smoking

2) Drinking

3) Procrastinating

4) Spreading Negative Story About People

5) Spending Beyond What Im Earning

6) Not giving my best in what I do

7)

8)

9)

10)


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3. Make a renewal of changing those negative habitsto positive habits.

To change a habit, make a conscious

decision, and then act out the new

behaviour. -Maxwell Maltz

A change in bad habits leads to a change in

life. - Jenny Craig


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4 STEPS IN CREATING

GOOD HABITS

1. Define specifically what you want to achieveand accomplish in life.

2. Develop positive attitudes such as self-confidence, initiative, enthusiasm and

imagination.

3. Maintain a level of self-control and tolerance.

4. Work and be persistent in your pursuit tochange.

Achieve success in any area of life by

identifying the optimum strategies and

repeating them until they become habits. -

Charles J. Givens


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FINISH

We are already in the end of this book. I hope that

by reading and finishing the task in this book, you

have seen where you currently are and where you

want to head on in life.

I wish you success and happiness in your journey to

life!!

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