“Whatever your definition of success is, you have to keep in mind that you can only be successful if you have the right attitude and way of thinking” – Jason Williams –
Attitude is a psychological state of the mind. It ultimately determines how a person behaves. Attitude and behaviour are directly related because a good attitude results in positive behaviour while bad attitude in most cases, portrays bad behaviour. Can your attitude really affect your productivity at work? Well, yes it does!
Negative attitude towards work doesn’t just put your colleagues in a bad mood; it could as well affect how an office functions for a day. Bad attitudes has been linked to poor customer service engagement, reduced quality of work, unwillingness to work as a team, nonchalant attitude towards work and having depressive feelings.
On the other hand, positivity can be contagious. When a workplace has people with positive attitudes, there is this feeling that anything can be accomplished and a host of other positive outcomes materialize such as: – increased productivity, improved customer service, willingness to share ideas and ability to collaborate and work as a team.
No doubt we all have bad and good days. However it is important we maintain positive attitudes as it could seriously affect the operations of our business/organization.
Source: Lisa McQuerrey “How do negative and positive attitudes affect the workplace?” Updated February 04, 2019.