Just what is an attitude to you?

For me I always thought that it was something wrong mentally. Because I seemed to have an attitude..good or bad. Usually bad in my case.

Till one day someone very intelligent explained to me what an "attitude" is They said "attitudes are nothing more then someones acceptance or non-acceptance of your personal behavior. Against
their own idea of what is either acceptable or not acceptable behavior.

So what does attitude mean to you? I see so many times comments how we should do this or that a certain way. And that gives me reason to believe my statement even more.

I just don't give a ****.

(There! How's THAT for an attitude!)

Other people's perceptions of my behaviours, ideas, beliefs, is just that, their perceptions.

If they decide I have an 'attitude'....good luck to them, I don't give a sh*te...I own my behaviours, ideas, beliefs...and how I get about in MY life affects ME....not them...they can always remove themselves.

Often we are mirrors for others...they see what they see, based on themselves... we really aren't that important in the grand scheme of things.

attitude is an emotional response to a comment or situation

disposition is what your personality is like majority of the time.

For me....

My attitude is what I make it. Good days come and go. Bad days come and go. The one constant is me. I choose to force some positivity and humor into the way I carry myself.

I also think that attitude is the way people people interact...introverted/extroverted...

My Dad has commented more than once that wherever I go...I walk around with confidence like I own the place.

My attitude is generally pretty good (if a bit arrogant and c*cky, in a laughing kind of way)

........cause when I decide to have a bad day.....it will be a bad day.

Just out of curiosity....is this a branch off of the soapbox thread?

I don't think it is Challenge....




But.....as I re-read it....you may be right....I dunno.

Yes in a way. because I have heard all this before, in the last few days. same comments, from the same people on here . So I wondered just what people do think about this subject.

To me, attitude is how I (and others) act and re-act to others. Construing it as being good or bad is up to the perception of the person. Basically that is life... a matter of perceptions. Right, wrong, good, bad... it's all relative to your beliefs and thoughts.

I know personally, my "attitude" towards people being negative is to back away, go on guard and sometimes take a bit of offense. But hey, that's just me.

When someone is positive, my "attitude" tends to lighten and be more open and thoughtful.

Who is right? Who is wrong? Don't know... I just know how I feel. That is all I can act on.

People that are arrogant and try to be preachy to others like they are the smartest person there is.