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FSI > blog > Posts > You Choose Your Attitude
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5/30/2009
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We all choose our own attitude. We can choose to act as a professional or we can choose not to. You need to choose a professional attitude.
Attitude is the most important aspect of driving. Driving actively does not just happen, we have to choose to drive active / proactively. Simply put if you choose to use the knowledge and skills they will work for you, if not they won’t.
Is speeding or rushing an issue for you as a driver?
Many people are habitual speeders and it is tough for them to change. Why? Because change is uncomfortable, let’s demonstrate.
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Take your fingers and interlock them together. Which thumb is over which thumb? Now take you hand apart and put them back together with your thumb opposite. This feels uncomfortable doesn’t it? Is it wrong? No it is just different.
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If you really want to change your driving habits you must be prepared to feel somewhat uncomfortable until the change takes hold. Sometimes we simply need to think differently. Think about rushing and speeding as an incurable disease, something that will never go away, that you will always want to do. That may be true but we can control it. Put a copy of the last ticket on your visor and when you get in the car, look at the ticket and say “not today”. “Not today” is a huge concept.
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Do you know what professional drivers say is the most dangerous kilometre? - The one directly ahead of them.
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In summary
When in a situation that is frustrating or you are tempted to rush – choose not to. Choose to be patient.
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