Chapter $4-$ Attitudes and Job Satisfaction

Topic: The $$Glad$$ Game $$ an experiential activity

Learning Objective: Define the concept of an attitude and know its three components. Directions:

The character Pollyanna from the Disney movie of the same name plays a positive thinking game she calls $$the glad game.$$ This game helps increase positive thinking habits. With this activity, you need to apply this approach to the corporate$/$business world.

When a colleague in your environment brings up a negative event, such as making a serious mistake or losing a bowling league tournament, and starts off saying something like, $$I$$ve just made a big mistake and am trying not to panic,$$ you must force yourself to think positively when acknowledging your colleague and start a response with something like $$But now that I$$ve made this mistake, this provides me with an opportunity to$--$blank.$$ Over the next few days, try to find $3-5$ opportunities to interject positive responses to negative events and keep track of what happens...

Based on your experience, answer the three follow$-$up questions below about how aspects of this activity relate back to chapter content:

$1.$ Do people have the ability to alter their attitudes?

$2.$ How does attitude differ from mood?

$3.$ Does practicing turning negatives into positives help one feel more positive?