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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
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It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude.
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What does the quote below really mean? Why does it say "attitude" more important, and what "attitude" really refer to in this context? Please help me with it. Thank you.
“It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar
What does the quote below really mean? Why does it say "attitude" more important, and what "attitude" really refer to in this context? Please help me with it. Thank you.
“It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar
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I worked at a large company that believed in something similar to that quote. If workers didn't do a good job, it was the supervisor's job to find out if they didn't know what/how to do the job(their knowledge/skills) or if they just didn't care about doing a good job (their attitude). The company believed that you could always train a person to do the job but it wasn't always possible to make them want to do it.
- I worked at a large company that believed in something similar to that quote.
- If workers didn't do a good job, it was the supervisor's job to find out if they didn't know what/how to do the job(their knowledge/skills) or if they just didn't care about doing a good job (their attitude).
- The company believed that you could always train a person to do the job but it wasn't always possible to make them want to do it.
- They believed that a person's attitude was more important than their knowledge/skills in determing the person's value (altitude) to the company.
- In the quote by ZZ, aptitude probably means the natural ability/intelligence of the person rather than the skills/knowledge but the reasoning is somewhat similar.
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I worked at a large company that believed in something similar to that quote. If workers didn't do a
good job, it was the supervisor's job to find out if they didn't know what/how to do the job(their knowledge/skills) or if they just didn't care about doing a good job (their attitude). The company believed
that you could always train a person to do the job but it wasn't alw
good job, it was the supervisor's job to find out if they didn't know what/how to do the job(their knowledge/skills) or if they just didn't care about doing a good job (their attitude). The company believed
that you could always train a person to do the job but it wasn't alw
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A shorter version:
Your success in life (altitude) is determined more by your desire to succeed (attitude) than by your natural talents (aptitude).
Your success in life (altitude) is determined more by your desire to succeed (attitude) than by your natural talents (aptitude).
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Thank you, both of you.
In my humble view I don't think "aptitude" is the right word to use here because it implicitly implies that the person has talent for a certain field,subject, etc. and also desire and motivation to succeed. Perhaps, using 'intelligence' would be more apt here. What is your opinion on this?
In my humble view I don't think "aptitude" is the right word to use here because it implicitly implies that the person has talent for a certain field,subject, etc. and also desire and motivation to succeed. Perhaps, using 'intelligence' would be more apt here. What is your opinion on this?
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I understand your concern but I am not sure I share your view about desire/motivation being implied.
I am more used to aptitude being used for ability/talent rather than the latter as in the SAT
(Scholastic Aptitude Test) . There exist (or at least there used to) also achievement tests which measure what you actually had learned as opposed to what your natural talents were.
I am more used to aptitude being used for ability/talent rather than the latter as in the SAT
(Scholastic Aptitude Test) . There exist (or at least there used to) also achievement tests which measure what you actually had learned as opposed to what your natural talents were.
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Also, replacing aptitude with intelligence destroys the alliteration.
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The term aptitude is used for the sake rhyme. The use of such term is much better and preferred by intellectual people.
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hardwork is a key to success. so success is more attitude than apttude
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AnonymousYour success in life (altitude) is determined more by your desire to succeed (attitude) than by your natural talents (aptitude).Thanks! This helped alot.
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it means that it is not your mind but your emotions that says weather you are morality good or bad.
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