The Attitude Ladder
"Attitude is everything" is a common phrase. But it’s also very true.
Your attitude affects everything you do. It affects how others see you and respond to you. It ultimately affects who you become as a person.
Here is an article I read about the "Attitude Ladder"
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Look at the list below and mark which statement best fits you when it comes to trying new things. Find out if you are happy with where you’re at on the attitude latitude scale.
Are you very open to new ways of doing things? Do you like to think about them for a while or do you go forward anyway, but full of doubt? Or do you just go with the attitude of "if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it" and only resort to new things when you absolutely have to?
Obviously you’ll be more relaxed, and therefore higher up the latitude scale, in some things than others. But in general, where on the scale do you fit? Note where you fit at present. Are you satisfied with that?
If not, next time you have the opportunity to try something new, or to do something you haven’t done before, try for the next item UP the scale. Consciously say it to yourself in regard to the situation you are facing.
For example, if, right now, you feel you fit mostly in the "I wish I could" range, your challenge for next time is to be at the "I want to" mark. Once you are comfortable there, move on up to the "I think I might" point and so on, until you are at the top. "I will" and "I did" are both top of the line, class A attitudes.
You deserve them, and your life will improve the closer you get to them.
So take the time NOW, to consider where you are.
You can even have different colored markings for different areas of your life, different types of challenges. And then just keep moving on up till your attitude latitude is right on top of the heap.
Here’s the Attitude ladder you will be climbing, starting at the top and working down:
- I did it!
- I will do it
- I can do it
- I probably can do it
- I might try to do it
- I’ll think about trying to do it
- I do want to do it
- I wish I could, but I’m not sure I can do it
- I don’t know how to do it
- I can’t do it
- I won’t try because I know I can’t do it
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Where do you fit right now? Remember, attitude is everything.
When you say to yourself "I can’t", in any form, you are programming yourself for defeat. The more often you think it, or say it, to yourself the more you believe it.
Give things a positive twist, say to yourself… "I will do it!" or "I will do it with the help of ‘X’ and/or ‘Y’". The ‘X’ and/or ‘Y’ could be a person/people, but it could also be strategies, tools, courses, whatever you need to arrive at your desired destination.
The latitude of your attitude determines your chance of success. You can do it. You just have to believe it and keep a positive attitude towards your goals.
Now, go climb that ladder!! 
November 5, 2009 at 12:03 pm
I gotta climb that ladder. I do have a great positive attitude, but most of the time doubt gets in the way!
November 5, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I’m still climbing the ladder but i’m so close to I did it i can smell it
November 5, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Great blog! Self doubt is one of my greatest enemies. Sometimes when I think I’m getting to the top of the ladder, my feet slip down a few rungs.. ah well, brush off and take another step up.. Thanks for the inspiration this morning!
November 5, 2009 at 12:16 pm
It’s funny you post this today.I have come to the conclusion i may need to move away from family to better myself.All i hear is all the "excuses" why they can’t exercise or eat healthier and it brings me down.My mom is one thing being her caregiver, as she is legally blind, diabetic and on dialysis.But my dad, sister,aunt & cousin all take major meds legal and otherwise.All couch potatoes and to get them to walk down and pick up mail is a chore.The old phrase" lead a horse to water but can’t make him drink".It makes a tough environment to get healthier and stay healthy.I did much better away from it all.
I have given up alot..a job & woman i love..and to be blunt..it wasn’t worth it.I need to be more selfish with my time and future!
November 5, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company famously said, "If you think you can or if you think you can’t, you’re right." I take this to mean that it’s less about our actual abilities and more about our attitudes than anything else. We restrict ourselves from trying something new if we think we can’t do it, and then we never know the where the out limits start. And can you push to and past your current limits if you don’t know where they are? What’s that other saying, "If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again"? Great post KP!
November 5, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I read it said that "attitude determines altitude".
Another angle on attitude: Abraham Lincoln once said "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be".
November 5, 2009 at 12:35 pm
PS: Great post Kimberley.
November 5, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Great post. Thanks for sharing.
November 5, 2009 at 1:05 pm
hmmm…I think I have some attitude adjusting to do..thanks for opening my eyes!
November 5, 2009 at 1:22 pm
I didn’t know there were that many levels below "I can do it", we don’t go there
November 5, 2009 at 2:03 pm
How about
"There is no attitude I can’t adjust."
If you thwack someone in the middle of the forehead enough times, it will eventually result in a change of attitude. True story.
November 5, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I’ve been thru all those levels except the top. I will get to the top, I can do it
Thanks for the awesome post!
~L~
November 5, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Great stuff! I WILL do it.
November 5, 2009 at 5:08 pm
I did it…….. !!
Thanks for the great post and the kind words as always……….
November 6, 2009 at 7:49 am
I like it. A good reminder to always have the "Do It" mindset.
November 10, 2009 at 10:18 am
Wow (for Herm). I’ve known about this since Friday and I’m still bewildered. Wow (that one was for you)