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The Gratitude Dance

Attitude is Everything!

Especially the The Attitude of Gratitude!

Use the Gratitude Dance as a way to energize any training group, especially a group of AiA Participants. aka: Adventures in Attitudes.

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Two Wolves and AiA Classic / Adventures in Attitudes

The Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all..

One is Evil or Negative:  -  The other is Good or Positive:

The grand son thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather:

"Which wolf wins?"  The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

That's right, it's the one that you feed with your thoughts or attitudes.

It's Your Choice!  AiA Classic helps people choose the positive.

Recognize the Evil or Negative Wolf by Attitudes of:
Envy, Greed, Anger, Conceit, Cynicism, Self-Pity, Suspicion, Indecision, Criticism, Inferiority, Sorrow, Regret, Arrogance, Guilt, Resentment, Lies, False Pride, Superiority, and Ego.

With this Wolf at your door you will get:
Worry, Tension, Despondency, Frustration, Unhappiness, Fatigue, Failure, Sickness, Poverty, Loneliness, Job Weariness, Dissatisfaction, Boredom

Recognize the Good or Positive Wolf by Attitudes of:
Understanding, Anticipation, Expectations, Confidence, Patience, Humility, Belief, Joy, Peace, Love, Hope, Serenity, Kindness, Empathy, Generosity, Truth, Compassion and Faith.

With the "good Wolf" at your door you will get:
Success, Recognition, Security, Energy, Achievement, Happiness, Growth, Adventure, Health, Friendship, Love, Inner Peace.

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AiA Classic - aka: Adventures in Attitudes

Attitudes are Contagious . . . is yours worth catching?

Click here to view "The Power of Attitude Movie"

Remember to share the video with friends, family and co-workers.   Everyone needs a little inspiration.

To instill and keep the inspiration going in your personal or professional life, there's no better course than
AiA Classic, formerly known as Adventures in Attitudes.

 

It's Socratic!   It's Zeigarnik!     It's Fantastic!

The Original AiA - Often imitated but never duplicated.

Trainers, Consultants, Coaches, Educators, Entrepreneurs - Solutions to your training challenges are here!  Your career can be dramatically simplified, your success enhanced, and effort optimized with AiA Classic.

Be your companies internal champion by introducing AiA to your organization.

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Adventures in Attitudes - AiA Classic

In honor of its 50th Anniversary, Inscape has released a new edition of Adventures in Attitudes, AiA Classic.  AiA is a mind - expanding experience that helps motivate people from the inside out.

AiA Classic is designed to help people understand that how they perceive and respond to events around them is their choice.  This awareness is the first step in changing negative attitudes to positive ones.  It is the key to establishing personal responsibility and accountability in the midst of change.

AiA Classic consists of 10-three hour units or 20 ninety-minute modules, providing a range of scheduling options.  74 different projects are conducted in small groups of four, causing participants to focus on important questions such as:

• How do I handle people problems at home and at work?
• How do I solve my problems?  Make decisions?
• What is my work and what are my attitudes toward work?  Do they need to be changed?

For more information visit http:www.profiles4u.com/aiaclassic.

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AiA Classic - aka Adventures in Attitudes

I Am Your Master

I can make you rise or fall.
I can work for you or against you.
I can make you a success or failure.

I control the way you feel and the way you act.
I can make you work, laugh, love.
I can make your heart sing with joy. . . excitement. . . elation.

Or, I can make you wretched . . . dejected . . . morbid.
I can make you sick . . . listless.
I can be as a shackle . . . heavy . . . attached . . . burdensome.

Or, I can be as the prism's hue . . .
dancing . . . bright . . . fleeting . . .
lost forever unless captured by pen and purpose.

I can be nurtured and grown to be
great and beautiful . . .
seen by the eyes of others through action in you.

I can never be removed . . . only replaced.

I am a THOUGHT!  Why not know me better?

~ By Bob Conklin, Author of Adventures in Attitudes

"Thinking Precedes Behavior:  To change Behavior . . . Change one's thinking!"

The greatest discovery of this generation is that people can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. ~ William James

The last of human freedoms is the ability to choose one's attitudes in any given set of circumstances.
~ Victor Frankl

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.  ~ Aristotle

It's your choice!   Choose AiA Classic

Developing "Hyper Human Skills"

"To maintain corporate aliveness we need to place a new emphasis on human-centered business practices.    Constantly hone your hyper-human skills.  Be a generalist and get better and better at all the things that make people special, from caring to innovation to persuasion.  That will help your bottom line in any kind of work at any time." 

From "How to Succeed in The Hyper-Human Economy" - By Richard W. Samson http://www.eranova.com

Skills for Today!  -  Skills for Tomorrow!     Here's what employers are asking for!   In a 2006 skills gap analysis, employers ranked the top two priorities as:

• Problem Solving Skills 
• Communication Skills

Today’s workforce requires these "In-Demand" skills:

• Clear Communication Skills 
• Work etiquette in communications 
• Ability to work as a Team
• Effective Listening Skills
• Complex Problem Solving
• Relationship Building Skills
• Effective Grammar Skills
• Information Evaluation
• Leadership
• Effective Speech Skills
• Conflict Management
• Time Management
• Email & Phone Communication
• Customer Service Negotiation
• Written Communication
• Self Motivation
• Optimism / Positive Energy 

  Tomorrow’s workplace requires "Hyper-Human skills."

• Caring
• Judgment
• Intuition
• Ethics
• Inspiration
• Friendliness
• Imagination
• Situation Management
• Problem Anticipation
• Empathy
• Compassion
• Resilience

Use Inscape's unique product line to help with developing Hyper Human Skills.  http://www.profiles4u.com

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Attitudes - "Thou Shalt Not Whine"

A bracelet for announcing your commitment to “A complaint-free world.” 

Kansas City Pastor Will Bowen was tired of hearing people complain and gossip instead of giving thanks for their blessings and encouraging others. He had purple plastic bracelets made committing the wearer to three weeks of no complaining or gossiping. If the wearer made it 21 days, he could take the bracelet off. If he didn’t, the bracelet should be moved to the other wrist and the three week countdown started over. The idea caught on and the church has shipped over 125,000 of the bracelets. Church members say the bracelet alerted them to how negative they were.  People, “Thou Shalt Not Whine,” March 12, 2007

Consider this from "How full is Your Bucket" Tom Rath and Donald Clifton

• 22 million workers in the US are extremely negative or "actively disengaged."
  This costs $250-300 billion per year.
• Negative employees can scare off every customer they speak with for good!
• 9 out of 10 people say they're more productive when around positive people.

Attitudes are contagious . . . make yours worth catching.

Explore how AiA Classic - aka Adventures in Attitudes can impact the attitude in your organization.

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With Positive Attitudes - Life is Good!

A few years ago I saved an article from USA today about two young brothers who turned the idea that -"Life is Good " - into a multi-million dollar business.    Their concept was simple - print a positive message on clothing, and change the world.  You can read the full story of these two brothers in a USA Today article.  "With all the bad that everyone sees in the news and everywhere else, we wanted to spread good vibes," they said.

So when my grandsons wear their "Life is Good" T-shirts, it makes me smile.

We are always attracting things to us through our Thoughts, Feelings and Beliefs - a most important discovery you'll ever make.

In ancient Hindu writings we discover these words, "For as ones' thinking is, such one becomes." The Buddha said,  "All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
Marcus Aurelius stated, "Our life is what our thoughts make it."
Proverbs 23:7 says, "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he".
James Allen declares,  "A man is literally what he thinks,"
and Ralph Waldo Emerson declared, "A man is what he thinks about all day long."

Bob Conklin, author of Adventures in Attitudes made a point of questioning hundreds of adult students to determine if they had any method or program in place to help them control their thoughts and reactions to life circumstances.   He discovered that less than ten percent of those questioned were aware of how their attitudes affected their lives, and less than one percent had any type of program to achieve or maintain healthy attitudes.  So a program was fashioned called Adventures in Attitudes, now, AiA Classic.  It  can help you sort the good and bad attitudes.  It will help you build your arsenal of tools and techniques to help you start getting more of the things you want in life - success, recognition, security, energy, achievement, happiness, growth, adventure, health, friendship, love, and inner peace.

You too, can change the world by changing your attitude of mind.  It's YOUR CHOICE!

AiA Classic  - a ready to use program with a 50 year history.  Introduce it to your organization, to your community, to your household.  You'll be glad you did.

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Leveraging Positive Attitudes - That's "The Secret"

Attract what you want in life by leveraging Positive Attitudes and Emotions ~

At what number would you rate yourself on the Emotional Scale listed below?  Where is your vibration?

Bob Conklin, the author of AiA Classic, (formerly Adventures in Attitudes) often talked about how our attitudes and emotions are shaped by what we focus on.  He likened it to the way we use a camera.  If we point our camera lens at the daily news, we're likely to end up with emotions and attitudes much like those listed in item # 20 - which is where most people are ranking these days.

Thoughts are a unit of mental energy.  Thoughts, feelings and beliefs control the flow of energy - your thoughts and feelings go out from you, and creates a vibration.   The Universe matches the feelings and beliefs you're holding.

It has been said that you must minimally vibrate at level # 8 in order to get what you want in life.  Any emotions below # 8 means there is resistance to getting, having, doing and being what you want. 

If you are vibrating at # 23 . . . well, what you focus on expands the feeling.  Like attracts like. 

Your Emotional Scale

1.    Serenity, Enlightenment, Euphoria, Giddiness
2.    Joy, Gratitude, Empowerment, Knowledge, Freedom,
       Love, Appreciation, Ecstatic
3.    Passion/Bliss
4.    Enthusiasm, Eagerness, Happiness, Delighted
5.    Positive expectations, Belief, Trust
6.    Optimism, Forgiveness, Compassion
7.    Hopefulness, Desire
8.    Contentment
9.    Boredom
10.  Pessimism, Sarcasm
11.  Frustration, Irritation, Impatience
12.  Overwhelmed
13.  Disappointment
14.  Doubt, Skepticism
15.  Worry
16.  Blame
17.  Discouragement, Apathy, Stuck
18.  Anger
19.  Revenge, Judgmental, Resentment, Embarrassment,
       Ridicule
20.  Hatred, Rage, Racism, Sectarianism, Prejudice
21.  Jealousy, Competition, Sadness
22.  Insecurity, Guilt, Unworthiness, Shame
23.  Fear, Grief, Depression, Despair, Powerless,
      Hopelessness, Loneliness, Hurt, Trauma

The ten dynamic units of AiA Classic can help you to create more positive energy and positive results in your personal and professional life.

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"The Secret" - It's no secret at all.

"The Secret" is based on the theory of The Law of Attraction.  It's as old as time itself, yet it has been made new again.  The secret is . . . there is no secret!    It's all about Attitude!

Adventures in Attitudes (AiA) has been teaching these very concepts, and transforming individuals and organizations for over 50 years.  The Law of Attraction has also been taught in churches, mosques and synagogues since the beginning of time.

Why are people flocking to this "Secret"?

Because we are in want.   We feel weighted down by troubles that are growing daily, growing in numbers, growing in scope, and growing in complexity.  America the beautiful has turned into America the frightened, the confused, the fearful, the angry.  We feel out of control. 

Einstein said, "A problem can never be solved from the same mind energy that created it."

We must rise above the problem in our thoughts and actions . . rise above the attitudes of fear, doubt and hate.   We cannot afford to be complacent.  Most people believe attitudes just happen.  They don't!  The thoughts we hold in our mind over time become our attitudes.  These attitudes become the blueprint for our life experiences.

"The Greatest Discovery in our generation is that human beings, by changing their inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.  ~ William James

In honor of its 50th anniversary, Adventures in Attitudes is being released in a new edition now known as AiA Classic.  AiA Classic is needed now, MORE THAN EVER.  Adventures in Attitudes, has been reintroduced to meet the needs of our time.  It reclaims the original process and power that the author, Bob Conklin, brought to the world in 1957.

Introduce your organization to AiA Classic.  Experience it first-hand and teach employees that how they respond to people and events is their CHOICE!   You'll be able to help individuals improve cmmunication skills, problem solving skills and leadership skills by examining their individual attitudes and the effects of those attitudes that are barriers to high performance and personal success.

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