Attitude Building II

So people, here is the second part of attitude building.

Last time we were discussing about the difference between the following two equations.

Performance = (Knowledge + Skills)* Attitude

Performance = Knowledge + Skills + Attitude

The difference is if attitude is zero in the second equation then performance may not be zero. But if we see the first equation if attitude is zero then performance is equal to zero.

Let’s define the terms used in the performance equation.

Performance: The results achieved after doing something.

Knowledge: The information processed into something useful.

Skills: The skills to apply knowledge in real life. Like time management, communication skills, people skills etc.

This can be verified by an example. Suppose there are two doctors having same amount of knowledge and skills. But one doctor performs well and has a high rate of clientele while the other doctor has only a few patients at his clinic.

This is all due to the difference in attitude of both the doctors. A person may not have enough knowledge or skills but still the performance graph of that person will be high if his attitude is high.

So it’s all the game of attitude. You have good attitude and you’ll perform well, a bad attitude will eventually lead to lower performance.

You can practice attitude by being more humble, accommodating and patient. This will not increase your good will but also make you a more respectable person in community.

There is a theory of Stephan Covey about the circles of life.

There are two circles of life. The inner circle is called the area of influence while the outer circle is called the area of concern. If we focus on the inner circle then the push will be on the outer side of the inner circle thus increasing the area of influence. But what we actually do is that we focus on the outer circle i.e. the area of concern. The force on this circle is inwards to the first circle thus decreasing the area of influence.

So if we focus on our area of influence we can eventually set things right in our area of concern.

Stay tuned for more grooming on personality development.

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Attitude Building - I

What is attitude? What do you understand when a person says attitude? Nowadays attitude has been limited to a type of response in which you do not care what the other person feels. You show attitude. But this is not enough.

Definition of Attitude

Attitude can be defined as the way of behaving towards other. Another definition, and possibly an in depth meaning of attitude, is how you perceive an idea or how you react to a situation, person or event.

Perception:

Now this word perception is very important. Perception means the interpretation of received signals into something meaningful. Perception can be regarded as a filter with which you see the world. An example will probably help you understand.

Perception can be thought of as spectacles a person wears. If there is dust upon these spectacles then the whole world seems dusty. But if this dust is cleared then this world is seen as a very beautiful place.

PERCEPTION LEADS TO DESTINY:

One’s perception leads one to destiny. Actually perception can be defined as the basic building block of the building of your destiny. 

The following flow chart explains this phenomenon.

See how our journey starts at ‘Perception’ and eventually leads to our ‘Destiny’.

Performance based on Attitude:

Performance is a factor which has been under the consideration of scientists for a very long time. Scientists have been always looking to develop the right equation for performance. In the beginning performance was defined by the following equation.

Performance= Knowledge + Skills

The above equation explains that performance is equal to knowledge plus the skills. This was the first equation developed by the scientists but it was felt that something was missing. And then scientists came up with another equation which simply changed the value of performance.

Performance = (Knowledge + Skills)* Attitude

Yes this was the equation that changed the value of performance. People started to think that why was performance given such an equation. Performance could have been given

Performance = Knowledge + Skills + Attitude

But it wasn't given. Why was performance given the above equation?

The next part of this skill will be posted in the next article so keep connected.

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