Affected by Attitude

I've heard it said many times and many places that Attitude affects Altitude.

After reviewing the formula that has been developed over the past several posts I have to agree and make it the final component for consideration.  (If this is your first time reading my blog I suggest you go back a few posts to catch up.  Otherwise this won't make much sense.)

Here is the formula we've developed so far...

((A + O)/X)E = Achievement

Where A is Ability and O is Opportunity.  X stands for eXcuses and E represents Effort.  Finally, I think Altitude mentioned above and Achievement and are synonomous (doesn't look like that is a word) and will be thought of in that way.

So... where does Attitude fit in?  I believe it is the most critical component of the entire equation and it can undermine the success of the scenario.  Attitude should be a number above 0 and below 1 and should be calculated last.  Once the Achievement has been obtained to whatever level reached than divide that by your Attitude component (I'm going to call it T) to see how it might detract from the Achievement.

For example, if the Attitude was the best possible you would put a 1 in the formula and it would not have diminished the Achievement one bit.  But a crappy Attitude will pull away from the Achievement - in my opinion, but hey it's my blog - no matter what it is or how high because it will take away from the joy of the Achievement and likely affect those around you in a negative way.

My final formula as it stands is this...

(((A + O)/X)E = Achievement)/T

One example that comes to mind is Bobby Knight.  One of the winningnest college basketball coaches of all time.  No doubt he had the Ability and Opportunity to coach.  He also wasn't much for eXcuses so that didn't diminish he Achievement.  I don't think there was any questioning his Effort.  And his number of Wins speaks volumes.  However, (in my opinion) his incredibly poor attitude toward his players, coaches, fans, media and referees overshadowed the wins and I'll remember him more for that.

You may think of or know of others that come to mind.

Have a great day and thanks for reading.