I’ll be the first to admit, I let others choose for me.
It’s hard! We’re surrounded by opportunities for negativity every day. Every day! Even if you work in the best work environment, there is a real world out there that beckons for us to enter into it. And we have to enter in or risk being out of touch.
But the instant we do, we’re confronted with negativity.
People on facebook are negative. People on twitter are negative. The news is negative. TV shows are negative.
Why? Because it sells I guess. People are attracted to negativity like moths to a bug lite. The point is, get to close and it will kill you.
So how do you keep yourself from being negative? You have to choose, intentionally, to have a positive attitude.
It’s a daily, hourly and minute by minute choice. I’m sure there are statistics out there for exactly how often we are confronted with a negative idea, but I’m choosing right now to not go looking for it, because I don’t want to be drawn into the negativity.
Do you remember the technique for putting yourself out if you spontaneously com-bust? The same applies to your attitude.
Stop
When we find ourselves being negative, we must choose to stop. In that very moment, just quit it! There’s no need to carry on with the negativity, just stop it. Right then, right there.Stop the conversation.
Drop
Drop it. Don’t feel like you have to win the argument at hand. Drop the issue, and leave it there.
Roll
Roll on to something else. Change the conversation to something positive or something totally unrelated. Go find something positive to read, find something funny to watch. Something that funny in a positive way, not negative. But Roll on.
We don’t need to be negative any more. We need more people to be positive and to view life, leadership and the world through the lens of positivity.
Will you join me?
What tips and tricks do you have that you can share with me to help me be a more positive person?
