How To Eliminate Negativity

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What is Negativity ?

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 Negativity is a tendency to be downbeat,
disagreeable, and skeptical.

 It's a pessimistic attitude that always

expects the worst.

 The expression of criticism of or

pessimism about something.

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 Characteristics of Negativity
 Constant worry
 Avoid change
 Self- Defeating Talk
 Love secrecy
 Negative Assumptions

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Are people born with a
negative attitude or do
they acquire it with time?

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 Causes of Negativity
 Big Changes in Life
 Self-Respect
 Conflict
 Abuse
 Fear in heart

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Effects of Negative
Thinking

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 Effects of Negative Thinking
• Feeling down:

The extent of negative feelings can go

from anger, frustration, irritability, to even
anxiety and depression, passing through
many other feelings, none of them
pleasant.

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 Effects of Negative Thinking
 Physical effects:

Negative thinking can create chronic

stress, which lowers the body defenses
and damages the immune system.

Chronic stress like hypertension (high

blood pressure), cardiovascular
disease, digestive disorders, and
infection that can actually decrease our
lifespan.
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 Effects of Negative Thinking
•Closing oneself down to possibilities
and the flow of abundance.
When we are in a negative state we do
not attract those elements that would
make our lives advance; rather we
attract the circumstances that support us
in thinking something is wrong, and we
get stuck.

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 Effects of Negative Thinking
 A negative effect on others

Constant exposure to such negativity

can make deep inroads into your bank
of positivity, leading you to either
become negative— anxious, and
distrustful—yourself, or to become
indifferent, uncaring, or even mean
towards the negative person.

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 Negativity vs. Positivity
“ There is little difference in people, but
that little difference makes a big
difference. The little difference is attitude.
The big difference is whether it is positive
or negative. ”

- W Clement Stone

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•50,000 thoughts per day (National
Science Foundation)

• Self – talk

• Pessimist or Optimist?

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 Forms of Negative Self-talk
 Filtering. You magnify the negative aspects
of a situation and filter out all of the positive
ones.

 Personalizing. When something bad occurs,

you automatically blame yourself.

 Catastrophizing. You automatically

anticipate the worst.

 Polarizing. You see things only as either

good or bad, black or white.

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 What is a Positive Attitude?
• Mental state - Positive Thinking

• Constructive Thinking

• Creative Thinking

• Optimism

• Motivation

• Happiness
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1. Deal with your Guilt :
• Stop over apologizing . You don’t have
to feel guilty or sorry all the time.
• Talk to the other person.
• Acknowledge guilt , then let it go .
• Forgive yourself . Everyone makes
mistakes.

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 2. Stop Complaining :
• Expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance
about something.

• There are two things you can do when you

feel the need to complain:

 To cultivate anattitude of gratitude.

 You can do and only when you have
something that is truly worth complaining
about ,is to engage in solution-oriented
complaining.

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3. Proactive Focus :
The problems, challenges, and opportunities we face
fall into two areas–

The circle of concern:

• A Circle of Concern encompasses the wide range of
concerns we have, such as our health, our children,
problems at work etc. that we don’t have control
over.
• Consist of people that are reactive in nature.

The circle of influence:

• A Circle of Influence encompasses those concerns
that we can do something about. They are concerns
that we have some control over.
• Consist of people that are proactive in nature.

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4. Do What You Love :

• Enjoying the things you love allows you

to feel positive, happy and joyful.

• When we do things that feel good and

that bring us happiness, we disengage
negativity.

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5. Try Something New :
• A lot of negativity originates from the idea
that we can’t do something we’ve never tried
before.

•If you are always trying new things, though,

you realize that the world is full of things
you’ve never done.

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6. Forget What Others Say :
 It’s crucial to remember that we live our own
lives, regret and all.

 Just because someone else tells us not to do

something, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t.

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“Once you replace negative
thoughts with positive ones, you’ll
start having positive results. ”
- Willie Nelson

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