Bad attitudes impair good judgment 

Bad attitudes lead to bad decisions; they can block any sense of reasonableness, and can even cause you to betray your own common sense.  Let’s face it, a bad attitude is so powerful, it can take a seemingly mature adult and make them look absolutely foolish. 

Bad attitudes have a profound impact on whatever you are doing.  They can take a family outing and turn it into a nightmare.  They can totally ruin a hobby or your favorite sport activity, and even your work performance can be devastated by a bad attitude.  All this is simply what a bad attitude does to you.  It’s far more devastating on what it does to your leadership as others observe you.  Continual bad attitudes eventually damage your credibility.  

If this is what a bad attitude can do, then the opposite must be true for good attitudes in that they strengthen your credibility by promoting loyalty, quality work, and cooperative behaviors. Everyone who serves in any leadership capacity is the example of not only acceptable behavior, but also expected behavior.  Most leaders compromise their leadership strength through nothing more than bad attitudes towards people, the job, and situations.

The bottom line is this – attitude is always a choice.  Maintaining a good attitude is very much like having your own quality control department.  If it’s bad, throw it out.  It it’s good, approve it for display.