positive attitude and motivation session for college students .This will helps to develop various soft skill for undergraduate students

1. Positive attitude &
Motivation
Tony Jacob
Assistant Professor
IMG, Trivandrum

2. Formula for Success ?

4. Know yourself
1. Identify something you are good at.
2. Describe someone who depends on you.
3. Others compliment me on my ability to…
4. Describe something you did for someone else.
5. I am proud of my ability to.
6. I am thankful for…

6. Attitude…
…..amatterof Choice

7. STOP
THINK
ACT
REACT

8. THE ICEBERG
• 10% is above the Sea
Level – 90% is below
the Sea
• Similarly
• 10% is our Knowledge
& Skills
• 90% is Attitude

9. STOP
THINK
ACT
Lets start by pressing the
PAUSE Button & RESPOND

10. REACT
• First we take ACTION
• then we STOP
• then we THINK.. and feel guilty about our behaviour
• That is why others say.. “Attitude Problem”

11. Common barriers to positive
attitude
• Negative self-talk
• Fear of failure
• Lack of purpose
• Stress and overwhelm
• Lack of support
• Pessimism

12. WorkPlace withNo Goal Orientation

13. The 7 Steps Approach
1. Make a DECISION today to CHANGE
2. Shift your FOCUS
3. Be more CURIOUS instead of Judgmental
4. Develop an Attitude of GRATITUDE
5. Decide Not to be Perfect all the time
6. Believe in Yourself
7. Take Action … Now

14. A positive and productive work
climate
• Describe the problem.
• Gather factual information.
• Give positive feedback
• Learn to be an active listener.
• Create a bond with others.
• Treat everyone with respect and courtesy.

16. POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE
(PMA)
• Learn to be grateful for what you have
• Enjoy your achievements
• Plan good things for your future
• Acceptance
• Positive Self Talk
• Conflict Resolution/Letting go
• Anger management

17. The Serenity Prayer
Oh God, Grant me,
The Serenity
to Accept the things that I cannot Change,
The Courage
to Change the things that I can, and
The Wisdom
to Understand the difference between the two.

18. MOTIVATION- ?
• The general desire (or) willingness of someone
to do something
• Primary means of realizing our Goals

20. MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF
NEEDS
• People tend to satisfy their needs in a particular order.
• Maslow called this order, “THE HIERARCHYOFNEEDS”

21. REASON WE LOSE MOTIVATION
What distinguishes the truly successful person
from the average person is the ability to
moving forward
• There are three main reasons that people tend to lose
motivation from time to time. You can refer to these as
‘motivation killers.’ These are
1. Lackof confidence
2. Lackof focus
3. Lackof direction

22. LACK OF CONFIDENCE
• Why would you continue to try to do something
if you don’t believe that you can do it? You
would only be setting yourself up for failure.
• This makes sense – it’s actually a form of self-
protection when you think about it.
• You will need to boost your confidence level if you
are going to regenerate your motivation and get
back on track

23. LACK OF FOCUS
• You don’t know exactly what it is that you want, so
why should you take action until you do? Or you
might find yourself scattered across so many
different goals that you are finding it difficult to
complete any of them
• You may need to concentrate your efforts so that you
can begin making achievements – even if they are
small – which will encourage you to move on to the
next goal and the next and soon

24. LACK OF DIRECTION
• If you know what you want and you believe that you
can do it, but you just don’t know how to get
started, you can get stopped instead of motivated
• But sometimes just staying in action can be
important – even if you aren’t exactly sure which
actions to take.
• The good news is that if you can educate yourself
on the necessary steps, you should be able to
restore your motivation

25. WHY SELF MOTIVATION IS
IMPORTANT?
• Self-motivation is extremely important when it
comes to accepting changes and opportunities
in life
• The force of self motivation helps in planning our
life and easing the difficulties

26. STEPS FOR SELF MOTIVATION
"The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not
getting started."
- DawsonTrotman

27. STEPS FOR SELF MOTIVATION
1. Don’t worry if you make a mistake
• Making mistakes is one way we can learn and improve
in our life. There is no one that has never made any
mistake
2. Feel happy about your life
• Happiness generates more positive energy with in you.
This energy is important to keep you more optimistic
and enthusiastic about your life.

28. Victim Vs
Victorious

30. STEPS FOR SELF MOTIVATION
3. Get out of your comfort zone.
• You need to learn to get into unfamiliar
surroundings to explorebetter opportunities. Do
not just stick around with the same people, same
known places, skills or work. Explore …
…

31. Levels of change management

33. How it can be done

35. • 4.Think the unthinkable
• Nothing will stop you from thinking of goals we want to
achieve.You have to dream high in order to set high goals.
Dreamhigh…..
• 5. Read and listen to inspirational materials
• You have to start spending time reading motivational
books and listening to inspirational tapes, also implement
what we learn from inspirational materials

36. can we more positive
automatically?
• Look at your roles as in the eyes of citizen
• Don’t caught up in every day to day activities
• Get the bigger picture
• Don’t gave up hope and optimism
• Make a habit of reward yourself
• Constantly look at brighter side
• Quickly bounce back from defeats
• Do the extra mile for extraordinary happiness, creates
ownership
• Focus on your zone of Influence: Starfish story

37. What can be changed
• Learn a foreign language
• Each Month, Read A Book
• Start a blog
• Cook More
• Visit A Place Without Sharing It On Social Media
• Leave The Past In The Past
• Turn on music instead of the TV
• Wake up early
• Get fit
• Tell a loved one how you feel about them
• Start a budget
• Become a good public speaker
• Be passionate
• Spend less time on the computer
• Engage In Random Acts Of Kindness
• Do Volunteer Work
• Use Less Plastic
• Every Night, Go To Bed With Joy
• Give Away Clothes That You Don't Use Anymore
• Take a 24-hour break from social media every month
• Delete irrelevant apps on your phone
• Send thank-you cards
• De clutter your life
• Create a vision board
• Phone a friend
• Travel
• Eat healthy food
• Save 10- 20% of your income
• Write out your short, medium, and long term goals
• Give a gift
• Smile More
• Review your day each night before going to sleep
• Find your life purpose
• Be green
• Don’t just be good, be great
• Write a personal mission statement
• Instead Of Texting A Friend, Call Them
• Avoid Gossiping
• Try Something Thrilling
• Create Something On Your Own
• Listen More And Speak Less
• Write Letters And Send Them
• Ditch one bad habit
• Use to-do lists
• Use The Stairs
• Be more involved with local government
• Practice the “Do-It-Now” rule
• Every Day, Give One Compliment

38. STEPS FOR SELF MOTIVATION
6. Resolve problems instead of running away
• The journey to our goal will not be smooth all the
time. We have to face difficulties. We should work
towards solving the problems, one at a time and
over coming each obstacle to reach our goal. If we
run away from obstacles, you can never achieve your
goal
7.Appreciate every moment of life
• Think of what your really is as of now. Appreciate
every moment you have currently. Thinking
about the past/day dream of future will not
bring you anywhere. So live and enjoy every
moment of life

39. STEPS FOR SELF MOTIVATION
8. Finish what you start
• Once you have started something, finish it. Never
leave what you do halfway regardless of the end
result
9. Face challenges one at a time
Challenges come to us almost all the time. Take up
one challenge at a time. Do not try to accumulate
and face them at go

40. 10. Care less about what people say
• You may hear a lot of negative things people say about you.
Sometimes those comments may come from somebody close to
you. As long asyou fully know what you are doing to achieve
your goals, don’t bother about such comments

42. SUMMARIES OF
MOTIVATION
• Decide, You must decide to be motivated
• “Acting as if” is a powerful effort. Be confident
and sure about your direction
• Plan, Visualize, Action… Combined with faith
• Do it now
• Break up the task into small steps
• Don’t wait for mood or inspiration, Create it
• Start action
• Solutions will follow if you try