Success is an Attitude

An attitude, because life often throws things at us that are challenging and unexpected and much as we want to give in to the misery of it all, we need to have the kind of attitude that doesn’t accept defeat but keeps going forward to overcome all obstacles in our path.

I have placed much effort and heartache on my upcoming career coach workshop, targeting a large audience and working hard to ensure I don’t compromise on the learning value. You can imagine my frustration at having to part with my events company two weeks to the workshop (this happened last week Monday)… my mind was reeling at the implication of this decision, knowing that so much needed to be done as we get closer to the event date. The reasoning and story behind this is not for today (I don’t even want to go into victim mode) but in summary they severely under delivered on our agreed outputs and they confessed that they were unable to execute.

So there I was, brainstorming with my projects coordinator who was also in panic as she tried to figure out a quick plan B, when a close friend of mine calls me to ask about the workshop. As we discuss the details, she comments and tell me, “Wow, you sound so excited about this, everything must be going really well…” This is when it clearly occurred to me that success is an attitude. Because she’s a close friend, it would have been so easy to whine and tell her about my frustrations… I know for sure she would have understood. But this never occurred to me – in my mind, I knew that I was facing a challenge but I also knew that it was not going to defeat my belief and attitude that the workshop would be a success.

Since then we have worked extra hard and thankfully everything has fallen in place in ways I can’t even explain to you…right now I’m all set to deliver great value with no compromises to quality…in fact, I invite you to join me at Serena on Saturday so you get to see for yourself what I’m talking about, the workshop details are available on my website.

Next time a situation is not going your way, remember to keep up your attitude of success – you’ll definitely see things turn around!