Leadership Principles from God’s Word:
Positive attitude Mario Denton Module 406 C Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Passage to memorize Acts 20: 24 I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Attitude • People and ministries today, more than ever before, need to learn how to manage and control the quality of their lives through the power of a positive attitude. Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Attitude • Attitude is the foundation and support of everything we do, a key element in the process of controlling your destiny and achieving mastery in your personal and professional life, in fact, the most valuable asset you can possess is a positive attitude toward your life. Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Attitude • The American Heritage Dictionary defines attitude as a state of mind or feeling with regard to some matter. • Attitude can be defined in one word: life. • The attitude that you carry around makes an incredible difference in your life.
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Attitude • It can be a powerful tool for positive action. • Or it can be a poison that cripples your ability to fulfil your potential. • Your attitude dictates whether you are living life or life is living you. • Attitude determines whether you are “on the way” or “in the way.”
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Attitude • Your attitude is often one of the first things people notice about you. • You may not be able to change your height or your body type, but you can change your attitude.
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Attitude • Many researchers believe, that a positive attitude is not a product of genetics and heredity, but with proper training, an acquired trait. • The best thing about your attitude is that if it’s bad, it can be made better, and if it’s good, it can be made even greater.
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Attitude • Each of us has the power to choose a positive attitude over a negative one. If you want an attitude that works for you, that improves the quality of your life, and enables you to accomplish your dreams, you have to work at it. You can’t just sit around and wait for a positive attitude to come over you. Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Attitude • The fundamental principle is that attitude is everything. • There are ten steps stated for turning attitude into action. • Each of the steps focuses on fundamental principles of self-development and personal growth. Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Attitude • The theme that runs through these steps, like a single stand through a fabric, is that in learning to monitor and control your attitude, you can make an incredible difference in your life and in the lives of people around you.
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Attitude • Step 10: Leave a lasting legacy • Step 9: See change as an opportunity • Step 8: Build supportive relationships • Step 7: Discover how to motivate yourself • Step 6: Be pro-active • Step 5: Find your purpose and passion • Step 4: Reframe your bad attitude • Step 3: Identify the attitudes that hold you back • Step 2: Choose to take charge of your life • Step 1: Understand the power of attitude Source: Keith Harrell Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
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How to Stay POSI IVE in a Environment TOUGH
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
The Environment
Ot he r Be Pe ha op vio le’s r
Negative Work Environment
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Past Experiences
De t er Th min eo ism ry
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Beware the Bullets! Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Negative Work Environment - Dog eat dog . . . everyone fighting to get ahead - No one appreciates your contributions -- Deadlines are unrealistic - Longer hours . . additional work - Money Constraints - Poor / direction - Insecurity Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Other People’s Behavior
Bulldozers Patronizers
Snipers Clams Sluffers
Complainers
Gossips
Whiners Negatives Backstabbers
Walking Wounded Brown Nosers
Controller s Exploders
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Changing Environment “The only person who always likes change is a wet baby”
CHANGE . . . Challenges our paradigms Alters the way we think Makes life more difficult for a while Causes Stress Is an ongoing fact of life Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Ouch!
Past Experiences
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!
Ouch! Ouch!
Ouch!
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Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Negative World View
Media Frenzy Look at the recent crime/terrorism statistics. Look at what you are looking at !!!
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Determinism Theory
GENETIC: My Grandparents did it to me. (Inherited traits) PSYCHIC: My Parents did it to me. (Upbringing) ENVIRONMENTAL: My Spouse, my Boss, the Ministry, the Economy, etc.. is doing this to me. (Surroundings) Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Life’s Little Question “Are some some people people just just born born “Are positive positive thinkers thinkers or is is itit their their .. .. .. or CHOICE?” CHOICE?”
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Choose the Right Luggage
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Be Bulletproof
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
The Problem With Dodging Bullets You’re going to get hit!
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Choice #2
Wear Bulletproof Armor
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Bulletproof Bulletproof Armor Armor Comes Comes from from SELF CHANGE
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Putting Putting on on the the Armor Armor
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Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
How to Change Your Attitude ATTITUDE Changes happen personally from the INSIDE OUT!
ATTITUDE ATTITUDE Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
So . . . Accept Responsibility I am responsible . . .
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. . . for who I am . . . for what I have . . . for what I do
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Step #2 Take Control
Negative world view
ATTITUDE ATTITUDE
YOU FROM THE INSIDE . . . OUT!
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
How to Change Your Thinking THINKING Changes come from observing logically in every situation
TTHHIN INKKIN ING G
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Observe Your Thinking Wh to at de can fu se I d o th is? This is all very interestingat be to e k li I’d e … th
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Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Manage Your Self-Talk If you think you Can, or you think you Can’t… YOU’RE RIGHT! Henry Ford This is going to be a wonderful day!
This is going to be a crappy day!
THINKING THINKING Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
How to Change Your Behavior BEHAVIOR Changes take true assessment, determination & discipline
BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Choose Your Behavior REACTIVE
Stimulus
Response
RESPONSIBLE
Stimulus
My Choice
My Respons e
BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Steps Toward Changing Behavior The TheNew New YOU! YOU! BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR 4. Unconscious Competence 3. Conscience Competence 2. Conscience Incompetence 1. Unconscious Incompetence Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
INFLUENCE YOUR ENVIRONMENT! Replace the BAD HABITS! • Spread a SMILE around • Sprinkle some “positive” on the negatives • • • • • •
Focus on the good of each day Stay out of the “feeding frenzies” Say “please” and “thank you” Practice EMPATHY Evaluate YOUR behavior Never miss an opportunity to complement
BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
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More POSI IVE Contributions
• Before you say anything to anyone, ask yourself three things
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1. Is it true? 2. Is it harmful? 3. Is it necessary? Keep promises Have a forgiving view of people Keep an open mind with changes Count to 1000 if necessary See criticism as opportunity to improve Cultivate your sense of humor
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
The Choice is YOURS With a Bad attitude you can never have a positive day With a Positive attitude you can never have a bad day Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Choose POSI
+IVE Living
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Prayer Focus NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER • Father, in the name of Jesus, bless our family in a special way. • Open supernatural doors in ours life today. •Give us a double portion of your Spirit as we take back everything that the devil has stolen: emotional health, physical health, finances, relationships, children, jobs, homes, marriages.
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER •I cancelled every plot, planned scheme the enemy has devised against us in the matchless name of Jesus. • And I declare: No weapon formed against us will prosper. I speak life into every dead situation. • And I thank you that nothing is over until You say it’s over. Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER I speak prophetically into our lives and to the situations: Our household is blessed; our health is blessed; our marriage is blessed; our finances are blessed; our children are blessed, our grandchildren are blessed; our parents are blessed, our siblings are blessed, our ministries are blessed; our decisions are blessed, mortgages are paid in full and hearts desires are on the way according to your perfect will and plan for our lives. In Jesus Name Amen. Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
History Maker IS IT TRUE TODAY THAT WHEN PEOPLE PRAY CLOUDLESS SKIES WILL BREAK KINGS AND QUEENS WILL SHAKE YES, IT'S TRUE AND I BELIEVE IT I'M LIVING FOR YOU IS IT TRUE TODAY THAT WHEN PEOPLE PRAY WE'LL SEE DEAD MEN RISE AND THE BLIND SET FREE YES, IT'S TRUE AND I BELIEVE IT I'M LIVING FOR YOU
I'M GONNA BE A HISTORY MAKER IN THIS LAND I'M GONNA BE A SPEAKER OF TRUTH TO ALL MANKIND I'M GONNA STAND I'M GONNA RUN INTO YOUR ARMS INTO YOUR ARMS AGAIN YES, IT'S TRUE TODAY THAT WHEN PEOPLE STAND WITH THE FIRE OF GOD AND THE TRUTH IN HAND WE'LL SEE MIRACLES WE'LL SEE ANGELS SING WE'LL SEE BROKEN HEARTS MAKING HISTORY YES, IT'S TRUE AND I BELIEVE IT I'M LIVING FOR YOU
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Learning, application and commitment: James 1: 22-25 • “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. • Do what it says. • Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in the mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. • But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.” (NIV) Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Learning, application and commitment • One of the Biblical truths (principles) that I have learned from this lesson was … • I intend to apply this truth (principle) in my business/Ministry by: ….. • With the help of the Holy Spirit, I will begin applying this truth immediately. I ask and expect my group to hold me accountable for this and to check with me periodically to determine if I am doing so. Please ask me ….. Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!
Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude
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Leadership principles from God’s Word: Positive attitude