March 13, 2023

Don’t let negative people keep you from seeing all the positive still around.  

A person’s attitude is more of a guarantee of success than skills. Attitude will determine success more than talent. Attitudes hold people back or propel people ahead, and our attitude is a habit. Each time we choose to be negative, it becomes easier to make that same choice again, again, and again. With each choice, we move closer to becoming someone who either contributes to or diminishes the lives of others.

Intentionally cultivate positive emotion with the people around you. A positive person contributes to the lives of others. When we are with them, they bring much-needed perspective and fill us up.

Positive and negative emotions can’t occupy the mind at the same time. One or the other must dominate. And know this to be true: we do not get to where we want to be by filling our minds or lives with negativity.

Negative emotion has a more powerful impact on us than positive – it’s about three times more powerful. In relationships, we need approximately three positive interactions for every negative interaction. When it dips below that, communication and collaboration break down, and we cannot reach each other. Negativity eventually undermines us.

Be intentional in passing on the quality of a positive attitude and enthusiasm to others. Choose to step aside from negativity. Choose not to get into other people’s drama or business. Instead, draw boundaries that need to be placed around your sanity and energy to keep a positive focus.

Refuse to listen to gossip. When someone begins to gossip to you, dare to say, “Please stop. I don’t need to know this. Have you talked directly to that person? “

Growth is hard only for the unready. Make yourself ready. Don’t skip the opportunities to mature and upgrade your attitude and character.  

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. – Albert Einstein