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Monday morning again. Where did the weekend go and how did Monday morning get here so quickly? I’m struck with extreme sluggishness after a weekend of busyness. Too much of a sugar high after an evening of Halloween treats and an overall desire to climb back into my bed and pull the covers up over my head in perfect denial of a job waiting for me this morning. Its going to take a great deal of attention on my part today to my attitude to be effective at work.
In flying, its all about the right attitude. Flying by attitude means visually establishing the airplane’s attitude with reference to the natural horizon. There are four components in attitude flying: pitch, bank, power, and trim. Each of these four components are important for the pilot to maintain his or her position relative to the horizon. If the nose of the plane is too high or low relative to the horizon a pitch change is made using the elevator. The desired bank angle relative to the horizon is achieved by using the ailerons for turning. There are times when power needs to be added for more thrust or power needs to be removed for the desired attitude. Lastly, the trim is used to relieve all possible controls pressures after you have reached your desired attitude to help you maintain your attitude.
Today at work I will have to use my “pitch” control at work to keep me “up” at work and not depressed about having to be there because I am too tired from a weekend of too much UP TIME and not enough DOWN TIME , as in rest.
I will have to use my “bank” control to keep me from wandering from my appointed tasks at hand and keep me in level flight towards my goals for the day. No sidetracked trips to check emails or how my blog is doing today.
“Power” will definitely need to be added today to keep my plane flying at the desired attitude of some forward motion in all that I do.
And once I am at the desired attitude at work some fine tuning will be required by adding some “trim” to my attitude. How am I relating to others today? I hope not crabby and cranky for they certainly don’t deserve it from me. They are not the cause of my overall exhausted state. So time to “Buck Up” as some would put it and find my best attitude for today.
The primary rule of attitude flying is:
ATTITUDE + POWER = PERFORMANCE
The same rule can easily be applied in every job situation. Have a great day at work! I will, if I remember to start with the right attitude.
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