Is Attitude Always Everything?

And the chorus sings “Attitude is Everything!”

It is said so often that it has become a cliché…Attitude is everything!

But is it really? Yes and no. It’s not everything if you aren’t working.

Don’t kid yourself about your attitude. Just being a happy, positive person isn’t enough. Anyone can be pleasant when they don’t have anything to do or aren’t under any pressure.

A great attitude goes beyond that. 
It means you’re committed to a goal. It means you are willing to face challenges without hesitation. It means you can be counted on. People who have great attitudes are energized and focused. They work hard and they work long. They have a toughness and consistency about them that gives encouragement to those they work with. It shows up when things are going well and when they are going bad. It goes well beyond just being an easy-going, happy guy.

You can have a wonderful attitude but without wonderful activity it's not going to do you much good.

You Must Produce

When you’re competing, you must produce.

You must put numbers on the board. You must get the job done. You’ve got to get the thing done that you are responsible to get done. You’ve got to post numbers that prove, you not only can talk a good game, but you can deliver. 

We get paid to produce in life. The numbers are your credentials. Until the points show up on the board, there is no way to separate the Winners from everybody else who’s just talking a good game.

We don’t get paid
...to talk about producing
    ...to plan about producing
        ...to prepare to produce       
            ...or to train for producing.

The bottom line is that the biggest rewards go to the people who produce because for every one who does there are ten that just talk. These are the ones who at some point wake up from their dreaming and actually go to work and get the job done.

They make themselves extremely valuable and rare by what they accomplish. That’s why they are the highest paid—and that will never change.