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- Why You Must Refuse to Tolerate Negativity
Most organizations or teams have a ‘negativity dopamine’ problem.
Each negative comment provides a fleeting hit of satisfaction to the brain that drive people to keep doing it.
Before you know it, your team’s negativity bucket starts to overflow, and when that happens, it is tough to get it back in the bucket.
Today is about negativity.
Let’s get after it,
I. Negativity escalates when people feel it’s minimized
What it means:
Negativity is ultimately a safety mechanism, where it becomes a shield where people intentionally or unintentionally project past experiences into the present. True, negative outcomes could happen, but thinking that was from the start all but guarantees it.
II. Great leaders refuse to let temporary negativity change them permanently.
What it means:
No one is positive or negative 100% of the time. We all wrestle with negativity at some point, but the best leaders refuse to let a temporary negative outlook change them permanently.
Positivity might also keep you alive. John Hopkins found that people with a positive outlook were ⅓ less likely to suffer a heart attack than those with a negative outlook.
III. Negativity on a team is like a weed; it spreads quickly and can be difficult to root out.
What it means:
The most common response to negative people is to tolerate them. To choose to overlook their toxic virtue in lieu of other strengths they possess or outcomes they deliver. While this approach is the path of least resistance and might make sense on the surface, it is short-term thinking with potentially long-term consequences.
Use your gift,
John Eades
CEO | LearnLoft | The Sales Infrastructure
The Optimistic Outlook (New Newsletter)
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Trusting yourself is the initial step in reaching your full potential. Without trust, choosing a courageous decision will guarantee failure. Subconsciously, your self-doubt will have you constantly retreating back to safety.
The problem is there is no progress when you retreat. To make progress, you must advance.
Today is the day to reject the self-doubt and go for it. Today is your day to advance, even if it’s just one small step forward.
Reject self doubt and retreating back to safety. Today, choose courage and advancing towards progress.
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