Eight:  Positive Attitude, Belief, and Behavior

         

           Three important elements for a healthier life are (1) the attitude that you have toward your life, (2) the beliefs that you model your personal life, and (3) the behavior that you have towards yourself and others.  These three elements are tightly connected and connected and can either make or break the way your outlook towards life affects your health.  Let’s break these three elements down even further:

 

• Attitudes:  Attitudes are the ways that you react to situations, and to people, based on the assumptions and the beliefs that you have learned. 
• Beliefs:  Your beliefs are the conjectures that you make about yourself, other people, and situations.  Your beliefs are based on what you think and how you think things are.  Your beliefs will make you react the way that you do and cause your expectations to remain within a certain framework of thoughts.
• Behaviors:  Your behavior is how you implement the attitudes that you have adopted towards situations and people. 

 

When you positively change your attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors you open the door to new possibilities.  Good health depends on your ability to change and be willing to learn new ways of thinking and doing things.

 

One of the techniques that you can adopt to change your behavior is to model your personal beliefs on someone whom you admire and respect.  When you find someone who is healthy and successful in a way that you define health and success you need to take a look at what they are doing and how they are doing it.  Model your own personal excellence around this person who is your role model.  You’re not adopting WHO they are; you’re modeling your own personal success on someone who you define as successful.