How I Survive in ELT

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19.  Belief
 Confidence
 Courage
 Calmness
 Determination
 Enthusiasm
 Focus
 Integrity
 Optimism
 Patience
Scott W. Ventrella, The Power
of Positive Thinking in
Business
Mrs. Najam-un-Nisa 19

22.  Look at pbms as challenges. Success often presents
itself as an alluring challenge.
 Most problems are produced, or left unsolved, by half-
used minds.
 Face pbms with keenness & from a new direction,
each time.
 Don’t jump to the obvious solution. (‘This is the tallest
peak!’ syndrome)
 Challenge what is accepted. You will find a whole new
world of possibilities uncovered.

23.  Know the stage at which it is .
 Compartmentalize. Prioritise.
 Recognize the minor hassles from the major
ones. Know what to worry about & what to
take coolly.
 Take one step at a time. Deal with them in
small bits.
 No knee-jerk reactions. No short-term patches.
 The real obstacles are not the pbms
themselves, but the wrong approaches to
finding the solutions.

24.  See a solution, where others see a
pbm. There is a solution to every
problem.
 Try to solve, not prolong.
 Ascertain the facts.
 Have an uncluttered mind. Cut out the
extraneous. Identify the core.
 Face the issue head on. Take it on
without breaking step.
 While with major pbm, stay detached.
 Intractable? Sleep over it . Let it work
its way out.

25.  Free your mind from prejudices.
 Have an open mind. “Emptied, you
hold.”
 Be receptive to ideas.
 Be quick to listen. Be slow to respond.
 Perceptions differ. What is right in your
view may not be that.
 Don’t jump to conclusions. See the other
person’s point of view.

26.  Accept your limitations.
 But be aware of your qualities & strengths.
 Change your beliefs, and you change your
behavior.
 Change your behavior, and you change your
results, and your life itself.
 Self-limiting beliefs are learned behaviors.
Anything that is learned can be unlearned as
well.
 List all negative beliefs. Replace them with the
positive.
 Begin. Take the first step which is the most

28.  Life is not about how much you
make but how you live it.
 How you make a difference is what
will matter.
 Each one of us is a debtor. We have
taken so much from the system.
 It is but fair that we pay back the
debt, with interest and do it fast.
 Perhaps it is already late. Better
hurry up.

33. What make/s you smile?