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Articles on Negativity:
Getting
a Grip on Negativity
They say that, with a positive attitude, you can do anything. Is that true? I mean, is it really true? I know that, no matter how hard I work and no matter how positive I am, I can never be Miss America. It’s a fact. Never going to happen. Why? Well, for one there is an age limit: You need to be between 17 and 24 years old, and those days have long passed me by. For another, I’m married (sorry, ladies, I know how disappointed you must be). So I can’t be Miss America. Maybe I can be Mrs. America instead. That would be great. If only I was a woman. So Mrs. America is out too. Maybe Mr. America will work. Then again, maybe not. I know what you’re thinking: “Craig, you delicious piece of man candy. Of course you can be Mr. America.” Well, I appreciate that, but let’s be honest and realistic. For me to enter a nationwide beauty contest … well, things would not end well. Let me put it this way: I don’t scare small children and I don’t need meat around my neck to play with dogs, but I am under no illusion that I have beauty pageant looks.
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Managing
Negativity in the Workplace
There are a lot of various programs and books out
there that claim they can eliminate all negativity. And while they
are all well intentioned, they cannot deliver on that promise
because negativity is a natural, ingrained thought process. You
can't get rid of it. Not completely, anyway. Even if you are able to
miraculously suppress all your negative thoughts, negative things
will still happen to you. It would be like claiming they can
eliminate all sickness, war, and death from the world. It's just not
possible. But you can manage the negativity in your life. To manage
negativity you need to admit that it exists and that it's a part of
life. Stuff happens. How we deal with that stuff is the key. Life
isn't always going to go as planned, so we need to learn how to play
the cards we're dealt, not hope and wish we had different cards. So
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Reducing Complacency
When it comes to safety, complacency is deadly. If
you come to work in an environment that has dangers, you can't
relax. You can't get comfortable. In hazardous areas, lax attitudes
get people hurt. Or worse, it gets you hurt. We can fall into the
mindset "I went to work and nothing happened, nothing happened
last week and nothing dangerous happened last month." This
allows you to let your guard down. Negative thinking reminds us that
we're working in a dangerous environment and we need to be alert. Do
we need to worry so much that we're scared? Of course not! But a
little fear, a little doubt reminds us to be more careful. Fight
complacency by following these rules: click
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Disinformation
Or Dat-information? How to Handle Rumors
Contrary to popular belief, it's okay to be
skeptical. I'm sure most Nigerian princes are wonderful people with
generous hearts. Just not the one that emailed you yesterday. You're
not going to strike it rich stuffing envelopes in your spare time.
You can't win a lottery you didn't enter or even know about. And you
can't lose weight without dieting or exercise. As David Letterman
once said, "That just leaves disease, doesn't it?"
The old adage 'If it sounds too good to be true,
it probably is' is a perfect example of healthy skepticism and sound
negative thinking. If you don't do your due diligence, you're
setting yourself up for disaster. Here are my three 'L's to follow
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Complain
in the neck: Handling the complainers in your life
I am so sick of complainers. Aren't you? Don't
they just irritate to the very bone? I can't believe they can just
whine and moan about everything without an end in sight. Complainers
are such big … oh. Wait a second. Am I complaining about
complaining? Looks like it to me. There's no getting around it.
Complaints and complainers are everywhere. I complain. You complain.
If you don't complain, check your pulse. We all, at one point or
another, complain. Some more than others. Some even more than that.
But it's our ability to understand the complainer's point of view
and the reason for the complaints that will make life a tad
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Be Proud of Your
Humility
There is a huge difference between self-esteem and
pride. Self-esteem lets you know (in your mind at least) if you're
good at something or if you've done something worthy. Pride is
letting other people know you're good at something or you've done
something worthy. A little self-promotion is certainly something we
all do. There is nothing wrong with letting people know about our
talents and accomplishments, but how can we promote without letting
our egos get out of control? Try adding some humility.
Humility makes your ego palatable to other people.
Since we all have one, you might as well make yours as digestible to
others as possible. People like humble people, people want to be
friends with humble people. People like to do business with humble
people. Nobody likes to write a check to an arrogant self-important
jerk. I sure don't. So how can we use negative thinking to be a
little more humble? Click
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Asking for Help: You Don't Have to Fly Solo
There is a widely held belief that if you want something done
right, you and you alone must do it. This feeds into the romantic
notion that one person can rise above the noise and build success with
only their two bare hands. The idea is that we are lone travelers,
overcoming obstacles with only our own wits and willpower. And to this
I say...what a waste of effort and time. I don't know about you, but
I'm getting some help!
But how do you ask for help? It's not something we do readily,
admitting our deficiencies. If you can get past that ego driven
nonsense and look at what your needs really are, asking for help can
be very easy. Click
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Reducing
Stress by Managing Your Negativity
We all get stressed. If you're not stressed a little, you're not
trying. Stress, like negativity, is part of our daily lives. How we
cope with it defines what our life ultimately will look like. Are you
constantly frazzled or are you understanding the causes and adjusting
accordingly?
Here are a few ways negative thinking will help you:
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Craig Price's negativity based keynotes
and training call 877-572-7890
today or email craig@speakercraigprice.com
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