Our Attitude Affects Our Actions： Action4Canada Youth Speeches 2023
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Summary
In this episode, we talk about how our attitude affects the decisions we make in life and how it affects our decisions and actions. What can we do to change our mindset to be a more positive one?
Transcript
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Hi, my name is Chesney, and today I'm going to talk about how our attitude affects our lives.
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Did you know that 90% of our actions stem from our attitude instead of actual logic or facts?
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That's an alarming amount of decisions based on if we're feeling upset, tired, annoyed,
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you name it in the heat of the moment. Our negative emotions affect how we are going
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to navigate through life immensely. So what can we do to look at things in a more positive way?
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Okay, that's the question we'll be looking at today. First of all, I wanted to start off with a story
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about Peter from the Bible. Peter and three other fishermen were fishing all night long, but they had
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absolutely no luck catching anything. Anyone who has been fishing knows how that feels, and it's quite
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annoying. After long hours, they quit and started washing their nets. Jesus then asked Peter to go
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back out and try laying his net down one more time. This is the moment where most people had the fear
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failure kick in and think, why would I want to try again after I've struggled all night long?
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But Peter told him, we've struggled all night and caught nothing. Nevertheless, at your word,
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I will let down the net. And his perseverance was rewarded when there were so many fish to catch
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that their nets were breaking. This is the moment that led them to become disciples.
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But just think of how different this could have ended up if they just washed their nets and left the
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area, or if they didn't keep trying for hours and hours. They would have missed out on seeing Jesus
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perform miracles so they could catch fish. They would have not become disciples that day. And maybe
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they would have been so defeated that they quit being fishermen forever. The issue is, a bad attitude
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could have changed their whole lives by giving up. Wayne Gretzky once said, you miss 100% of the shots
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you don't take. And this hockey quote completely applies to our attitude. We give up or don't try
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something new because we think we're not good enough or that we might fail. But instead of preparing
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yourself to fail, prepare yourself that you will keep trying no matter what happens. This will really
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help your attitude to improve. The disciples had issues with fishing, but there was an amazing catch
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this way to happen. They didn't know that, but it happened because they tried again anyways.
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So the question was, what can we do to change our mindset to be a more positive one? In conclusion,
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the best way is to push through the hard times with perseverance. Like Peter did when they couldn't
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catch fish, he tried again. If 90% of our actions are a result of our attitude, then we must have a
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positive one, full of perseverance and willingness to try. I challenge you that if you have a what if
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I fail attitude, then turn it into a persevere through no matter what mentality when you try
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something new this month. Thank you for your time.