Action4Canada - Our Attitude Affects Our Actions： Action4Canada Youth Speeches 2023

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?

00:00:00.000 Hi, my name is Chesney, and today I'm going to talk about how our attitude affects our lives.

00:00:07.620 Did you know that 90% of our actions stem from our attitude instead of actual logic or facts?

00:00:13.180 That's an alarming amount of decisions based on if we're feeling upset, tired, annoyed,

00:00:17.940 you name it in the heat of the moment. Our negative emotions affect how we are going

00:00:22.220 to navigate through life immensely. So what can we do to look at things in a more positive way?

00:00:26.900 Okay, that's the question we'll be looking at today. First of all, I wanted to start off with a story

00:00:31.740 about Peter from the Bible. Peter and three other fishermen were fishing all night long, but they had

00:00:36.800 absolutely no luck catching anything. Anyone who has been fishing knows how that feels, and it's quite

00:00:41.980 annoying. After long hours, they quit and started washing their nets. Jesus then asked Peter to go

00:00:48.280 back out and try laying his net down one more time. This is the moment where most people had the fear

00:00:53.800 failure kick in and think, why would I want to try again after I've struggled all night long?

00:00:58.380 But Peter told him, we've struggled all night and caught nothing. Nevertheless, at your word,

00:01:03.240 I will let down the net. And his perseverance was rewarded when there were so many fish to catch

00:01:07.720 that their nets were breaking. This is the moment that led them to become disciples.

00:01:12.720 But just think of how different this could have ended up if they just washed their nets and left the

00:01:17.120 area, or if they didn't keep trying for hours and hours. They would have missed out on seeing Jesus

00:01:22.040 perform miracles so they could catch fish. They would have not become disciples that day. And maybe

00:01:27.280 they would have been so defeated that they quit being fishermen forever. The issue is, a bad attitude

00:01:32.360 could have changed their whole lives by giving up. Wayne Gretzky once said, you miss 100% of the shots

00:01:37.900 you don't take. And this hockey quote completely applies to our attitude. We give up or don't try

00:01:42.820 something new because we think we're not good enough or that we might fail. But instead of preparing

00:01:47.140 yourself to fail, prepare yourself that you will keep trying no matter what happens. This will really

00:01:52.120 help your attitude to improve. The disciples had issues with fishing, but there was an amazing catch

00:01:57.140 this way to happen. They didn't know that, but it happened because they tried again anyways.

00:02:02.080 So the question was, what can we do to change our mindset to be a more positive one? In conclusion,

00:02:08.880 the best way is to push through the hard times with perseverance. Like Peter did when they couldn't

00:02:13.500 catch fish, he tried again. If 90% of our actions are a result of our attitude, then we must have a

00:02:20.060 positive one, full of perseverance and willingness to try. I challenge you that if you have a what if

00:02:25.540 I fail attitude, then turn it into a persevere through no matter what mentality when you try

00:02:31.920 something new this month. Thank you for your time.

Action4Canada - April 08, 2023

Our Attitude Affects Our Actions： Action4Canada Youth Speeches 2023

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