Attitude Shaping and Shifting: How To Install Powerful Perspectives

Here you have 29 perspectives or attitudes that will lead you toward a life and career of service and success. I hope your next question is “How do I assimilate these mind sets and make them habitual parts of my life?” There is a lot of material available on which attitudes are helpful. There is much less information on how to install them. You can have the best computer program in the world, but if you leave it in the box uninstalled it won’t do a thing for you. Similarly, you can own a lot of books on thinking that will help you succeed, but if you don’t figure out a way to make these viewpoints a part of you, no advantage is gained.
Over the next few weeks my posts will cover multiple installation strategies designed to make your attitude choices consistent parts of your life. Like the mindsets they are designed to install, each will require intention, practice, and discipline. Most are fairly simple, but they will require effort. They are also synergistic. Get seven or eight working together and you will increase the power of each exponentially.
My experience is that you will also have to deal with bugs and viruses in the Perspective Programs you install. You should also be alert for the latest updates to keep everything running at maximum efficiency. You can’t just install them and forget about them.

Perspectives That Serve # 29 - Win/Win

The Win-Win perspective is really part of the Whole Systems model. In my exercise regimen that I described on the last page. I focused on my body fat % and cardiovascular health while ignoring specific parts of my muscle-skeleton system. The ignored parts kicked back hard. Today I focus on an exercise plan where all my body parts can get there needs met.

All the stakeholders must be considered in any endeavor to create a healthy fully functional system. There are four positions you can take in relationship to all stakeholders. Win/Win must always be the goal. Lose/Lose must always be avoided. The other two, Win/Lose where you win and another stakeholder loses, and Lose/Win where you lose and the other stakeholder wins must be avoided at all cost. The reason: Because lose/win and win/lose always degenerate to lose/lose. Always. Always. Always. Was I clear enough? Always.

If you want to create sustained wins in anything, win/win is the only game that will get you there. Cultivate this perspective. Develop it. Whenever you make a decision on anything as simple as how fast to drive your car, consider the impact on yourself and the other stakeholders.