Research indicates that attitudes matter in the workplace. Not just because negativity is generally harmful, but because it costs the organization money. Researchers Donald O. Clifton Ph.D. and Tom Rath, in their work “How Full is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies For Work and Life” (2007), studied the effects of positivityContinue Reading
We all engage in negative self-talk once in a while. Learning to recognize it for what it is and replacing it with more positive and rational thinking will lead you to a more positive life. Listening to and acting on negative self-talk may have become a problem for you inContinue Reading
Negative emotions are associated with actions that were probably needed, and a great help to our ancestors in saving their skins, escaping, attacking and keeping themselves alive. As important, useful and vital as these reactions may be, negative emotions tend to limit our focus of attention and ideas, and lessenContinue Reading
If you want to feel positive and energetic, concentrate on your good qualities, your abilities, your strengths and your talents rather than your faults and failures. It is one thing to want to learn and improve but beating yourself up over your faults is negative and leads to depression. AndContinue Reading