Roll the dice!
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Do you recall from the presentation one thing your attitude might tell your boss?
- Whether you will
-->Perform tasks well
-->Treat customers well
-->Get along with others
___________ was defeated in eight different elections. Yet he persisted and succeeded in becoming the 16th, and one of the most respected, presidents of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln
___________ was told he had no talent and fired from a newspaper job. He wound up doing volunteer work for a church in an old run down garage. One day he decided to sketch one of the many mice that were running through the garage. This mouse became the famous “Mickey Mouse.”
Walt Disney
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Is the glass half _______ or half ________?
empty, full
How can you show a positive attitude in this situation: Your asked for this weekend off, but someone else called out sick. Now, you've been asked to come in.
Twenty-three different publishers rejected ______’s first book, while the 24th accepted and sold 6 million copies of it.
Dr Seuss
________ was fired after his first performance at the Grand Ole Opry. The manager told him, “You ain’t going nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving a truck.” He went on to become one of the most famous American singers of the 20th century
Elvis Presley
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Many people find it easier to recount their weaknesses and needs than their _________.
Strengths
How can you show a positive attitude in this situation: A customer returns a product that is clearly not working correctly. She is very angry!
____________ dropped out of high school, was on welfare and worked as a bricklayer, bank teller, and licensed cosmetician. After graduating from Beauty College, she took a job at a mortuary fixing the hair of and applying make-up to the corpses.
Whoopie Goldberg
________________ author of the Harry Potter series, lived on welfare for years, in an apartment infested with mice, and was rejected by 12 publishers before going on to fame and fortune.
JK Rowling
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Name one way you can show a positive attitude on the job.
How can you show a positive attitude in this situation: You really woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Your alarm didn't go off, you were almost late, and you spilled your coffee on the way in the door at work. What's next?
____________ was the athlete who was cut from the varsity basketball team in his sophomore year of high school. Angry and embarrassed, he began to get up early each morning to practice with the junior varsity coach. Eventually he not only made the varsity team, but also became one of the most popular athletes in the world. Michael Jordan is quoted as saying, “I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Michael Jordan
____________ was the inventor who was kicked out of school. Following this, he was homeschooled by his mother. It took him over 700 tries before he got the filament right for the light bulb. Edison is quoted as saying: “I have not failed seven hundred times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those seven hundred ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
Thomas Edison
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How is our attitude like a mirror?
It is reflected back to us!
How can you show a positive attitude in this situation: You have been wanting more duties at work. However, your boss puts you on the task you hate the most - answering the phones at the customer service desk. You know if you told him that you don't feel you are good at the task, he will let you do something you are more familiar with. What do you do?
_______________ dropped out of Harvard University. He went onto become the youngest billionaire (at the age of 26) and is the CEO of Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg
____________ had his fried chicken recipe rejected by more than 1,000 restaurant owners before it was accepted by one. Today, people still eat it across the world.
Colonel Sanders - KFC!