{"id":2362,"date":"2019-10-24T20:19:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T20:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.232.143.211\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2019-10-24T20:31:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T20:31:24","slug":"is-your-attitude-have-to-or-get-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/24\/is-your-attitude-have-to-or-get-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Attitude \u201cHave To\u201d or \u201cGet To\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is your attitude important?<\/h2>\n

Attitude plays a huge role in your life experience. If you want to feel satisfied, change your perspective from negative to positive. Make the shift from \u201chave to\u201d to \u201cget to.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Editor\u2019s note: This post was originally published in April 2016 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehension.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Your\u00a0attitude dictates the quality<\/a>\u00a0of your experience in life.<\/p>\n

If you look at everything as a \u201chave to\u201d instead of a \u201cget to,\u201d you\u2019ll likely be pretty unhappy and unsatisfied with your life.<\/p>\n

Before we talk about how to make the mental shift, let\u2019s take a look at how this idea played out with a group of people I got the pleasure of speaking to in Canada.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cget to\u201d Canadian crowd<\/h2>\n

I was in Canada for four TechTour Live events sponsored by DOW AgroSciences.<\/p>\n

I spoke to over 1200 farmers over 5 days at 4 events.\u00a0 They came together to learn how to be more efficient in planting, spraying, increasing their crop yields and enjoying their lives.<\/p>\n

Part of my Get Switched On message was about remembering\u00a0they<\/b>\u00a0are the #1 asset in their operation. They must think long-term and take better care of \u201cme\u201d and remember the best gift they can give others is taking care of themselves.<\/p>\n

One day they will go to the doctor and get a scary diagnosis. Now they will have to spend major time, effort, stress and money to REVERSE something they could have easily avoided!<\/p>\n

At the last event in Brandon, Manitoba, there was a late spring storm and the roads were a little dicey. They\u2019re a hearty bunch in Canada, used to driving in the snow and virtually EVERYONE drove a 4-wheel-drive truck.<\/p>\n

In Brandon that morning, the room was packed and the \u201cno-show numbers\u201d were tiny.<\/p>\n

I praised them for coming and asked them to think back to when they were making their decision to come this morning.<\/p>\n

What did that conversation sound like?<\/p>\n

Did they say, \u201cI signed up and paid for this thing, I HAVE to go.\u201d?<\/p>\n

Or did they say, \u201cWhat a great opportunity to spend the day with 300 other farmers and learn how to be even more efficient. This will be fun, I am so happy \u2018I GET to go\u2019.\u201d?<\/p>\n

You can bet that the latter attitude facilitates significantly better results in life.<\/p>\n

Attitude at work<\/h2>\n

I walk my talk in this area, too.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

I\u2019m blessed to have the opportunity to do what I do, but the travel can be difficult.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easier when I remember that I \u201cGET to \u201d go on the road and speak to these audiences.<\/b><\/p>\n

If I\u2019m saying, \u201cI HAVE to go to New Orleans to open the Smoothie King convention for their hundreds of franchisees,\u201d it\u2019s time for me to get out of the business!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your attitude?<\/h2>\n

Use these stories as a reminder to\u00a0keep a positive attitude<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t say, \u201cI have to go in to work today,\u201d \u201cI have to go give the baby a bath,\u201d \u201cI have to go work out,\u201d or \u201cI have to attend this training class.\u201d<\/p>\n

Say, \u201c I GET to.\u201d<\/p>\n

We should feel fortunate to have the job, have the child, be healthy enough to go to the gym and to have the opportunity to attend the class.<\/p>\n

You can choose what your approach will be.<\/p>\n

Keep your \u201cget to\u201d attitude<\/h2>\n

Take a moment and\u00a0think about your attitude<\/a>\u00a0toward a variety of things in your life.<\/p>\n

Do you say \u201cgot to\u201d or \u201chave to?\u201d<\/p>\n

Start a streak today<\/b> of realizing all the things you \u201cget to\u201d do and why that is a blessing.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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