The Internet is a great place to learn about attitude in assisting you to get that job. There are many clips on You Tube showing great examples of determined people.
These people, when faced with a challenging situation, can choose to react in many different ways. One of my favorite examples on YouTube is of a guy by the name of Donald Braswell, who entered America's Got Talent. Donald walked onto the stage to face grumpy judges and an angry crowd. Immediately after he opened his mouth to start singing the audience rejected him. Basically the crowd was unreasonable and began to boo him, although they hadn't given him a chance to show his singing talent.
In the face of this challenge Donald continued singing with self-belief. He's in the moment. He knows and feels what he has practiced for. He knows this is his time and he has two choices. Give it all or give up. Donald gave his all and even managed to turn the hostile audience into fans. He didn't give up and continued with his performance. The end result is that he impressed both the judges and the audience and made it through to the next stage of the competition.
Our attitude is our reaction to any given situation or circumstance. How would you have reacted if the crowd began to boo you? Would you have given up when it got a little difficult, or would you have found that little extra something inside of you that gets you to rise to the top? Donald's triumph reminds me of the story about some potato farmers and it goes like this...
An Idaho potato farmer went up to North Dakota to grow potatoes. The North Dakota farmers had an agreement with the co-op to separate the potatoes into small, medium and large bins when they were sold.
The local potato farmers would hand sort their potatoes in the field and place them in separate bins so they would get top dollar for them. They sorted the small potatoes into the small bin, the medium potatoes into the medium bin and the large potatoes into the large bin.
The Idaho farmer, however, put all of his potatoes in one wagon without sorting them and headed to the co-op. The locals thought he was either lazy or stupid and they knew he wouldn't get top dollar for his potatoes. However, to their surprise they found out that he got the same price as everyone else.
When the Idaho farmer delivered his potatoes, they were sorted like everyone else's. But how? The difference was that while everyone else took the smooth road to the co-op, the Idaho farmer took the rough road. He took the road that no-one else was willing to take.
As his wagon traveled over the bumps and holes, the small potatoes went to the bottom of the trailer; the medium in the middle; and the large potatoes rose to the top. When he arrived at the co-op, all he had to do was unload the potatoes in the appropriate bins.
"Big potatoes always rise to the top on rough roads."
Our attitude is our evaluation of any given situation and the reaction we take. We have the ability to choose our attitude and put new meaning to any circumstance or event.
As with the example of Donald Braswell entering America's Got Talent, he chose the attitude of determination. Donald could have quit and blamed everything and everyone around him for his poor performance. He could have used grumpy judges as an excuse or complained about how unfair the audience had treated him.
Instead he dug deep, continued on the rough road that was presented to him and became a big potato because of it. It's this same determination that we need when going after the job we really want. Get that job you want by first setting your attitude to self belief, then back that up with determination and action.
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