As a manager, your staff look to you for guidance as well as leadership so they know where things are heading. However, we’re all human. We’re all affected by the day to day stresses that we just cannot escape from. Life can sometimes get us down but sooner or later we pick ourselves up again. Sometimes it happens quickly, other times it can take a little longer. There is one thing though that is so powerful that we tend to overlook a lot. That something is the power of positive thinking.
Positive thinking can help you realize things that you never thought were possible. Thinking big is indeed the Australian and American way and that’s what made our countries prosperous! Here are some tips to help maintain a positive mental attitude.
Recognize and embrace the thought that each moment is perfect, regardless of its outcome. Every time you hit on something that may appear too extreme, why not give it a shot and see if it will work? You will be surprised to see that there are other ways to get a task done in a reasonable time. If you are not pleased with the outcome, decide to use that moment to learn from and make the appropriate and required adjustments. Failure doesn’t have to be a negative thing. Use your failure to learn and grow … and to not do the same thing again!
Keep humor at the forefront of your thoughts, laughing at and with yourself when possible. You may find yourself quite entertaining when you loosen up! Life has too much to offer for you to mope around in self pity. Humor is very attractive, very passionate: life-giving. Not only that, people who are depressed or negative all the time are not pleasant to be around. You want to be a motivational force for your staff and not the opposite. I remember quite a few times at work throwing temper tantrums in my office over the most stupid little things. Most of the time other people heard me and started to laugh. Let’s face it. Someone throwing a tantrum is funny. So you can either see the humor in it or throw another one because people are laughing. I have known many people and I’m sure if you think about it you have too that just couldn’t laugh at themselves. Very sad I think. Life is too short to be super serious all the time. Needless to say there is a time and place for everything though.
Some people go through life thinking that everything in their life is screwed up. Who knows. Maybe it is. However, negative thoughts attract negative outcomes. Positive thoughts attract positive outcomes. Negative people attract negative people and positive people attract positive people. It’s a simple principal. So, think about it. If you have a positive outlook and attitude, literally anything is possible.
Cheers
Andrew Bailey
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Probably because of mood changes. A lot of people don’t want to be patient enough to tolerate ups and downs of someone that has PTSD. Many with PTSD have depression, they can also be happy but at times they get very down and many withdraw. It’s hard to feel close to someone who withdraws emotionally or shuts down. The best thing to do it to find someone who is understanding of this and who also understands that when you do have those low moments or moments of withdrawal, it’s not permanent, your mood will go back up. They just have to give you your space during those moments. I think it’s also very important for ones with PTSD to get help through therapy. That can help stabilize moods. The therapist can work with you to be able to avoid shutting down. When a person shuts down, it makes the other person in the relationship feel helpless and many people can’t stand feeling helpless so they get angry or irritated and then lash out at the person who is already suffering because of something horrible that happened to them in the past. It’s sad. But there are people out there who understand!
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