Your Attitude: Positive vs. Negative
This may sound like a really stupid question: Why would one go with a negative attitude when they might have a positive one?
Consciously, few of us would ever choose the negative side. But what actually happens quite often, is that we act as if we indeed had a negative attitude.
To support this strong statement, here are a couple of questions for you to answer to yourself:
Did Joe really mean that? Looking for connotations
Maybe it happened to you that you couldn’t get rid of a conversation and was playing it over and over again in your mind? If you are one of the rare people who never experienced that, stop reading. The below is for the majority of us who had a chance to face this phenomenon. It happens. The questions is Why?
Usually your brain aims at gaining a better insight of the situation. This is necessary to build effective strategies and tactics for your survival. Most of the time your brain collects and processes data about your environment — from basic physical metrics like outside temperature to less trivial info like “Can I trust Bob?”, “Does Jane like me?”, etc. The latter are your perceptions of people. It’s worth mentioning that the vast majority of this data collection is done by your brain in an unconscious manner in order not to bother you too much and too often. OK, but this still does not explain that record play back. We are close.
How to improve relationships at work and in personal life
When somebody of colleagues is unbearable and you can’t stand him or her, or you simply steer clear of meeting or talking with them, this may reflect negatively on your own attitude towards work and finally on overall progress in your career. The same is truth for personal relationships. Tensions between you and others make your life a misery. How to avoid these problems? In fact, much easier than you could think. Read more
