Lately have been a little curious about the whole funda of ‘Attitude‘. How important is it to ones personality and ones image. Why does one need it? Is it groomed into a person’s outlook due to the experiences he’s had or is it inherited? The former sounds more apt and real.
Such questions need answers and the best way to find them was by asking friends and relations. This is what they have to say:
Attitude comprises of four functions:
1) Adjustment: an example- a boss treats his employees justly and fairly. This develops a positive attitude amongst his employees and helps them to adjust to the environment which contributes to the growth of the company.
2) ego defensive– such an attitude is observed when one has to defend his self image in the society, work place, college, etc
3) value expressive function– a person who practices what he preaches, believes only in his values, principles and ethics is said to show value expressive attitude.
4) knowledge function– the attitude shown by a person which is influenced by his experiences, knowledge gained is said to be a knowledge function attitude.
– Piyush Tater
(pursuing his MBA degree from Symbiosis, Pune)
He also quotes that attitude is like a knife. It depends on how you use it. i.e, for good or for bad.
Attitude is what a person shows when he feels insecure or thinks high of himself.
– Meenakshi Jha
(doing her internship under TV TODAY GROUP, New Delhi)
Attitude is the gateway of all your thoughts. It determines how people see you, How you perceive things yourself. That’s why having the right attitude is so very important.
– Deepthy Gujar
(Software professional at Cognizant Technologies and Systems, Pune)
People show or throw attitude to gain weightage or to get importance. It can be good or bad.One should not get confused between attitude and arrogance.
– Vishakha Dugar
(Marketing Executive for Venus Films, Mumbai)
Attitude is the tendency of an individual to give type of response to a stimuli in a particular situation. It may be +ve, -ve or neutral.
– Vikram Singh Gambhir
(Software professional at Perot Systems, Noida)
5 responses to “Attitude”
Someone once said “You Attitude defines your Altitude”. Though agree with it in some ways, but attitude is taken in a wron perspective. Attitude is only taken as a thoughtful activity.
My take is that its not just the thought process but also your action (i.e. if you take any action on it).
You make some good points about attitude in that post. Interesting read, look forward to future posts.
Attitude is how squarely you see youself in your own eyes when you look into a mirror standing all alone in front of it.
i think attitude is the MOST important thing in a person.
Someone once said “You Attitude defines your Altitudeâ€. Though agree with it in some ways, but attitude is taken in a wron perspective. Attitude is only taken as a thoughtful activity.
My take is that its not just the thought process but also your action (i.e. if you take any action on it).