Dr Tom Mulholland today- talks about managing your attitude...by understanding what profile you are.
Are you a Demander, Judge, Denialist or Extremist?
2009 has kicked off with a bang. Many of us are back to work. How is your attitude shaping up?
I was fortunate enough to be a doctor on a Russian Icebreaker in the sub Antarctic islands for the first part of January. Big seas, penguins, albatross and sea lions, plus great calm days and stunning scenery.
Looking out the window today at a glistening Hauraki gulf I am reminded how important it is to recharge our neural hardware by taking time away from the office and relaxing. Believe it or not, charging through the Southern Ocean was relaxing!
How long we can sustain this hardware refresh, depends on a number of things.
So presuming your hardware is firing on all synapses after a Christmas break, how do you test and run good software for the coming months?
When the cloud covers your attitude and the grumpy unit (amygdala) is activated at work or home, how do you fix it or even better prevent it?
We have developed a concept called COGNITHERAPEUTICS.
It is about immunizing yourself with Therapeutic Thoughts to avoid conflict, improve relationships, productivity and health parameters like blood pressure and cortisol.
Working a few shifts in Auckland City Hospital Emergency department as a doctor over the Christmas break I certainly saw lots of stress related illness.
Some were the effects of Chronic unhealthy thinking while others were the result of an acute episode of unhealthy emotions like stress, anger and anxiety.
- COGNITHERAPEUTICS have been used by successful people for many years, often without knowing it. I came across one from Sir Ranulph Fiennes, arguably the 20th Century's Greatest Explorer, in a book of his I was reading recently.
"Panic can rise from a fear of failure, leading to the sudden collapse of the reserve of willpower needed to sustain enormous effort and discomfort over long periods (sounds like a normal day at the office for most of us?)
We have found that Preventative Therapeutic thoughts (COGNITHERAPEUTICALS) can be targeted based on your Attitude profile. For those of you who have read the book The Power of Healthy Thinking, attended one of our seminars or read previous newsletters, you may be familiar with The Demander, The Judge and The Fortune Teller as well as their antidotes.
The good news is that we have now developed a Psychometric test for attitude. As one of my clients, a head Chef at Hilton said to me recently, "Dr Tom, I can teach anyone to cook, so I hire on attitude, your profiling system will help me do so!"
We require another 100 people to complete the assessment to validate it as a reliable Psychometric test to further our research into why people behave in certain ways, and more importantly, how to change it for the better! Its all about reducing stress and frustration by recognizing unhealthy attitude profiles.
- Are you a Demander, Judge, Denialist or Extremist?
- Do you prefer to be an Explorer, Rationalist or Advocate?
This is not a personality test but an ATTITUDE test! It is hard to change your personality, but you can change your attitude! They key is to find out your core attitude profile and treat it.
Go this link and find out!
The first 100 people to do so will get a free individualized report from one of our psychologists. You will also go into the draw for a free Healthy Thinking e-development course valued at $350, for helping with our research.
With the current economic climate being slow we believe crisis will create opportunity. It is not what happens to you, but your attitude towards it that counts. You cant necessarily control the economic climate, but you can control the climate between your ears! It depends on what software you are running.
Happy Healthy Thinking
Dr Tom Mulholland