ALT-1 How a Positive Attitude could Improve your Career Prospects
By embracing a positive attitude in the workplace you could definitely improve your career prospects, as you have the kind of personality which makes people more inclined to spend time with you. This is important when you’re a member of a team, as nobody wants to be hated and if you get on well with your colleagues it will make communicating with them much easier. Plus, when you’re positive in the workplace you are able to move on from mishaps and learn from your mistakes, rather than dwelling on the negative.
This is obviously important for your career, as no matter how hard you try to avoid mistakes they will occasionally happen, even if you’re not the one to blame, and so you have to find a way to deal with them. If you allow yourself to be overwhelmed by the stress of having to rectify a problem, you’re not much use in the workplace. If you intend to climb the career ladder you have to be prepared to take on more responsibility and if you can’t even cope when something minor goes wrong, you are unlikely to be rewarded with promotion.
At the same time, though, if you’re a positive person and are passed over for promotion time and time again you’re able to take it on the chin. You perhaps realise that you’re not the best person for the job at that time, though this won’t necessarily stop you from trying again in future. Being a positive person means that you will be prepared to do everything it takes to get where you want to be, as you believe that things will work out alright in the end. You have self-belief which makes it easier to motivate yourself to try harder.
Having a positive attitude is also important in the workplace, as it makes you less likely to succumb to stress-related illnesses. Employers want to know that they’ve hired someone reliable who isn’t always going to call in sick or take long periods of time off work due to illness. This is less of a problem when you’re a positive person, as you generally take better care of yourself and you tend to have an upbeat personality so that you don’t let things get you down and are generally healthy.
The main thing about being positive is that you don’t give up, which is extremely important when it comes to your career, as you’re prepared to put in the effort to get where you want to be, while not treading on any of your colleagues’ toes. You’re the kind of person who has the tenacity to succeed, simply because failure is not an option.
