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Why do I need to learn about life skills Why do I need to learn about life skills in order to be successful as a in order to be successful as a cosmetologist?cosmetologist?• increases:increases:

– effectivenesseffectiveness– career successcareer success– satisfaction in personal life & jobsatisfaction in personal life & job

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You will be able to achieve the highest You will be able to achieve the highest quality technical skills, but if you are quality technical skills, but if you are unable to manage the “big picture”unable to manage the “big picture” of of your life in general, those technical your life in general, those technical skills will yield little or no results.skills will yield little or no results.

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For example, research shows that For example, research shows that stress has reached epidemic stress has reached epidemic proportions in the United States and is proportions in the United States and is having a negative impact on all of having a negative impact on all of society, especially in the workplace society, especially in the workplace (even in the field of cosmetology). (even in the field of cosmetology).

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Our goal in this chapter is to provide Our goal in this chapter is to provide ideas, tools, and the best practices that ideas, tools, and the best practices that you can use to increase your you can use to increase your effectiveness, enhance your career, and effectiveness, enhance your career, and feel more fulfilled with your life in feel more fulfilled with your life in general.general.

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““The greatest discovery of any The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.”alter his life by altering his attitude.”

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Is Your Attitude an Addiction?Is Your Attitude an Addiction?• definitionsdefinitions

– addict - to habitually or obsessively devote or addict - to habitually or obsessively devote or surrender (oneself) to somethingsurrender (oneself) to something

– addiction - the compulsive need for (or addiction - the compulsive need for (or dependence on) and use of a habit-forming dependence on) and use of a habit-forming substance (or behavior) characterized by substance (or behavior) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawalsymptoms upon withdrawal

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– dependence - the quality or state of being dependence - the quality or state of being subordinate to something else.subordinate to something else.

Please answer the following questions Please answer the following questions as honestly as you can.as honestly as you can.1. Do you lose productive time due to your 1. Do you lose productive time due to your

bad attitude?bad attitude?

2. Is your bad attitude making your home life 2. Is your bad attitude making your home life unhappy?unhappy?

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3. Have you ever felt remorse because of your 3. Have you ever felt remorse because of your bad attitude?bad attitude?

4. Have you gotten into financial difficulties 4. Have you gotten into financial difficulties because of your bad attitude?because of your bad attitude?

5. Do you turn to lower companions and an 5. Do you turn to lower companions and an inferior environment because of your bad inferior environment because of your bad attitude?attitude?

6. Does your bad attitude make you careless with 6. Does your bad attitude make you careless with your family’s welfare?your family’s welfare?

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7. Has your ambition decreased because of your 7. Has your ambition decreased because of your bad attitude?bad attitude?

8. Does your bad attitude cause your difficulty in 8. Does your bad attitude cause your difficulty in sleeping?sleeping?

9. Has your efficiency ever decreased because 9. Has your efficiency ever decreased because of your bad attitude?of your bad attitude?

10. Is your bad attitude jeopardizing your job or 10. Is your bad attitude jeopardizing your job or business?business?

11. Do you use your bad attitude to escape from 11. Do you use your bad attitude to escape from worries or troubles?worries or troubles?

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12. Have you ever experienced memory loss due 12. Have you ever experienced memory loss due to your bad attitude?to your bad attitude?

13. Has your supervisor ever counseled you 13. Has your supervisor ever counseled you because of your bad attitude?because of your bad attitude?

14. Is your bad attitude an absolute must in your 14. Is your bad attitude an absolute must in your daily life?daily life?

15. Have you ever been to a hospital or 15. Have you ever been to a hospital or institution because of your bad attitude?institution because of your bad attitude?

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If you have answered “yes” to any ONE If you have answered “yes” to any ONE of these questions, this is a definite of these questions, this is a definite WARNING that you may be dependent WARNING that you may be dependent upon your bad attitudeupon your bad attitude

If you answered “yes” to any TWO of If you answered “yes” to any TWO of these questions, the chances that you these questions, the chances that you are dependent on your bad attitude are are dependent on your bad attitude are highhigh

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If you answered “yes” to THREE or If you answered “yes” to THREE or more, you definitely are dependent more, you definitely are dependent upon your bad attitudeupon your bad attitude

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To begin immediate recovery from this To begin immediate recovery from this dependency:dependency:

SMILESMILE Think positive thoughtsThink positive thoughts Positive self-affirmationsPositive self-affirmations Visualize personal health, happiness, and Visualize personal health, happiness, and

success!success!