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July 19, 2004:
Importance
Of Being Positive
Interview
with Barbara Patcher author of the book,When
Little Things Count...And They Always Count
Mike
Carruthers:
There's at least one in every workplace, that one who complains,
is always negative, the downer.
Barbara
Patcher:
People that are downers affect others that are around
them and people don't like working with people that are constantly
putting others down, saying negative things, complaining, disagreeing.
Barbara
Patcher author of the book When
The Little Things Count….And They Always Count says very
often these complainers don't even know they're doing it and
it takes it toll on their career.
If you're
the complainer and you're up for promotion and you're up against
somebody who is pleasant to be around, has good things to say
about other people, is eager to get started and doesn't complain.
Who you going to hire?
Perhaps
we could all be a little more positive and it takes work.
You need
to remind yourself to be positive. And one man put a sign by
his desk that said KIP, kip, keep it positive and it really
helped. Look in the mirror and start objectively analyzing how
you come across to people. I mean people will point their fingers,
it's a very aggressive gesture, they don't even realize that
they're doing it and their pointing their finger at peoples
faces. People don't like it.
The more
positive you are the more people will enjoy being with you and
working with you.
People
will come to you as opposed to, she's only going to complain,she's
not going to contribute, she's always going to find fault. I
mean we avoid people like that.
At somethingyoushouldknow.net,
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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