Do you think attitude is important asset for your career?

Question

Recently, I have been reading /discussing a lot about why having an attitude is important and how it helps you as an individual. But how important do you think that it is essential for your career.

aynyc · Accepted Answer

When you say "having an attitude", is that in derogatory term? Or having an attitude that's good, happy, motivating, etc?I've been passed for promotion for positions that I clearly qualified for because I was too happy, yup, you read that right. Then I've also been promoted despite the fact that I clearly didn't give a shit. Honestly, I don't really know anymore. I rather just be helpful and nice to others, it makes me feel better.

maverickJ · Answer

Attitude is what I like to think of as a qualitative marker for success. The defintion of attitude is quite nuanced. Attitude determines how you go about actions that can make or break your career.I wrote about this in https://leveragethoughts.substack.com/p/what-is-excellence

meiraleal · Answer

You discussed a lot but brought nothing to discuss, not even what you mean by attitude. That's a clear lack of attitude, or "proactivity". But not always been proactive is good, because you can do a lot of things the wrong way. So it definitely is a great asset combined with competence.

tboyd47 · Answer

Absolutely. If you don't have a good attitude, you can't learn anything and no one will trust you with any responsibility.Where I'm from, "having an attitude" actually means you have a bad attitude. You should say "having a good attitude." :)

Do you think attitude is important asset for your career?

Recently, I have been reading /discussing a lot about why having an attitude is important and how it helps you as an individual. But how important do you think that it is essential for your career.

Attitude is what I like to think of as a qualitative marker for success. The defintion of attitude is quite nuanced. Attitude determines how you go about actions that can make or break your career.
I wrote about this in https://leveragethoughts.substack.com/p/what-is-excellence

You discussed a lot but brought nothing to discuss, not even what you mean by attitude. That's a clear lack of attitude, or "proactivity". But not always been proactive is good, because you can do a lot of things the wrong way. So it definitely is a great asset combined with competence.

Absolutely. If you don't have a good attitude, you can't learn anything and no one will trust you with any responsibility.
Where I'm from, "having an attitude" actually means you have a bad attitude. You should say "having a good attitude." :)