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POSITIVE

THINKING

AT WORK

Not Being a

“Glass Half-Fool”

So many people in the mod- evening news and seeing/hearing ient or “bounce back” in the face of
ern workplace try to operate from so much “downer fodder.” changing times — especially nega-
a glass-half-full mindset. But these There’s a heap of studies out in tive times. Even in those more terri-
By Dr. Steve Yacovelli
Owner & Principal, TopDog days it’s getting tougher to see that the world that show that negativi- ble-horrible-no good-very bad-days
Learning Group, LLC glass of _____ (insert your beverage ty — specifically negative thoughts (the title of a great children’s book,
and “The Gay Leadership of choice) as being half-full versus — can greatly impact your physical FYI), if you force yourself to see the
Dude” half-empty. There’s so much neg- and mental well-being. From lower- good things that happened (“I had
ativity in the world today, so much ing your immune system to impact- good luck driving home today!”
polarization, so many 24/7 news ing your ability to focus to creating “My co-workers acknowledged I did
outlets that need something to pull severe depression, chronic negativi- awesome on that project!” “They
our eyeballs and get our clicks. It ty can be a disaster for us humans. had pork roll in the office cafeteria
gets exhausting looking at your Studies show time and again that today!”) you tend to see the broader
Twitter feed, Facebook wall, your those who have a more positive view world in a more “silver lining” kinda
Instagram pics or tuning in to the of the world tend to be more resil- way (more on this later).

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