Attitude adjustment

The image shows a few places I've been. All have provided amazing value, made me happy, fed my soul, brought peace, excitement, contentment and inspired thoughts which have all ultimately culminated to bring me a better attitude and mindset and we all know that having the right attitude brings the ability to take the right actions, whatever they may be.

Unfortunately, we can't always be in places like this.

Life can be hectic, busy and downright draining of our energy, focus, motivation and state of well-being, emotionally and physically. It's when we're in this condition that small things set us off, we act rashly, without logic or sufficient thought and generally don't perform at our best. It's when small problems or issues can become magnified rather than mitigated.

When this happens to me I have a few different ways to deal with it, one of which is simply walking away. But that's not always possible or appropriate for most situations. So I've found other ways.

Mostly I retreat inside and find places like those you see above, moments in my life that have made me feel happy, centred and at peace. I don't mean I go there physically though, I might still be at my desk or in the car, walking in the city and so on. I mean I find the feeling and emotion being there in those places brought me, and that helps to readjust my thoughts and attitude. I delve deeply to truly feel the same things, the fresh air, breeze on my face, scent of the ocean or the forest; whatever the case may be and which ever place my memory takes me. It's a reset, one that happens within my mind, and when I'm done, ten minutes or so later, I am better able to get back to the job at hand and perform better. My mindset and attitude is close to where it needs to be for productivity and I push forward.

I believe it is incredibly important to maintain a good attitude. To me it's as important as ownership, discipline and responsibility. In fact, it comes before those as the right attitude and mindset will make it easier to attain the others and when they all work together things get done much more effectively.

How do you reset your attitude at times when you can't simple walk away, at work for instance? Do you have a process like mine? Feel free to tell me below. I'm always looking for new ideas.