I have been giving some thought lately about how many times I have chosen to change my situation (job) because of the people that I work with.

I used to just say I don’t like it at this job, find a new job and move.  I didn’t really look to deeply into the situation.  Thinking back on these situations it was usually people that I was trying to get away from.  People that made me uncomfortable about myself or maybe people that made me realize how uncomfortable that I am with myself.

As life moved on I started recognizing that I had more control of my situation than I thought I had.  At this point, I used to try to talk to the people around me.  I had done quite a bit of work on myself and my attitude so I wanted to share.  I used to talk people ears off.  I was probably one of those folks who was guilty of giving unsolicited advice.

I am at a different point now.  I see the situation that I am in.  I recognize that the people around me could probably benefit from my experience.  I am also reasonably sure that if I talk about this situation, they won’t hear me.  IE If I try to bring it up in conversation I will just make them feel defensive and I will be giving unsolicited advice again.  So what should I do?

Paying attention to my gathered experience, I am choosing to protect my attitude by focusing on doing what I need to do, keeping busy.  Focusing on keeping my attitude where I want it to be and wait.  Maybe they will ask me how I can remain calm and happy maybe they will not.  But I am pretty sure that they will hear my actions and not my words and the mean time I will be protecting my attitude.