FILL THE PLACE WITH POSITIVE PEOPLES

                                                          FEEL FILLING

           JUST ABOUT EVERY ORGANIZATION HAS SOME NEGATIVE PEOPLE WORKING THERE. AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO INTERACT AND WORK ALONGSIDE THESE PEOPLE. BUT DON'T GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO SPEND TIME WITH THESE PROPHETS OF GLOOM AND DOOM.

         FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU FREQUENTLY HAVE LUNCH WITH NEGATIVE PEOPLE AT WORK, STOP HAVING LUNCH WITH THEM! ALL THEY'RE DOING IS FILLING YOUR MIND WITH NEGATIVITY. YOU CAN'T PERFORM AT YOUR BEST IF YOU ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO DUMP THEIR NEGATIVE GARBAGE INTO YOUR MIND. THERE'S NO NEED TO BE NASTY OR TO TELL THEM OFF. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND A DIPLOMATIC WAY OF DISTANCING YOURSELF FROM THIS "POISONOUS" GROUP.

           INTEAD, TAKE CHARGE. BE PROACTIVE. MAKE IT A POINT TO EAT AT YOUR DESK... TO TAKE A CLIENT OUT TO LUNCH.... OR TO SIT AT A DIFFERENT TABLE IN THE CAFETERIA. DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO TO MAKE LUNCH A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.

           MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. POSITIVE PEOPLE  ARE WELCOMED IN ANY ORGANIZATION... AND NEGATIVE PEOPLE ARE HURTING THEIR CHANCES FOR ADVACEMENT. THE PROBLEM O NEGATIVE WORKERS HAS GOTTEN SO BAD THAT I RECENTLY GOT A BROCHURE IN THE MAIL ANNOUNCING A FULL-DAY SEMINAR ENTITLED "HOW" TO LEGALLY FIRE EMPLOYEES WITH ATTITUDE PROBLEMS.!

              THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS WAKING UP TO THE FACT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO PRODUCTIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE, ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING.!

          IN TODAY'S LITERATURE, WE SEE THE TERMS TOXIC PEOPLE AND NOURISHING PEOPLE. AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, TOXIC PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WHO ALWAYS DWELL ON THE NEGATIVE. THE DICTIONARY DEFINES TOXIC AS "POISONOUS" TOXIC POEPLE CONTINUALLY SPEW THEIR VERBAL POISON. IN CONTRAST, THE DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF NOURISHING IS "TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF ". NOURISHING PEOPLE ARE POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE. THEY LIFE YOUR SPIRIT AND ARE A JOY TO BE AROUND.

          TOXIC PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS TRY TO DRAG YOU DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL. THEY HAMMER AWAY AT YOU WITH ALL OF THE THINGS YOU CAN'T DO AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE. THEY BARRAGE YOU WITH GLOOMY STATEMENTS ABOUT THE LOUSY ECONOMY, THE PROBLEMS IN THEIR LIFE, THE PROBLEMS SOON TO BE IN YOUR LIFE AND THE TERRIBLE PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE. IF YOU'RE LUCKY, THEY MIGHT EVEN THROW IN A FEW WORDS ABOUT THEIR ACHES AND PAINS.

            AFTER LISTENING TO TOXIC PEOPLE, YOU FEEL LISTLESS AND DRAINED. MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER LES BROWN REFERS TO THESE PEOPLE AS "DREAM KILLERS" PSYCHOLOGIST JACK CANFIELD DESCRIBES THEM AS "ENERGY VAMPIRES" BECAUSE THEY SUCH ALL THE POSITIVE ENERGY OUT OF YOU. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN WITH A NEGATIVE PERSON- AND FELT AS IF THAT INDIVIDUAL WERE PHYSICALLY TAKING ENERGY FROM YOU? I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD THAT EXPERIENCE MANY TIMES. ONE THING IS CERTAIN. SPEND TIME WITH TOXIC PEOPLE AND THEIR NEGATIVE MESSAGES WILL WEAR YOU DOWN.

             ON THE OTHER HAND, HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU'RE AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE POSITIVE, ENTHUSIASTIC AND SUPPORTIVE? YOU'RE ENERGIZED AND INSPIRED. THERE'S SOMETHING TRULY AMAZING ABOUT POSITIVE PEOPLE. THEY SEEM TO HAVE A POSITIVE ENERGY THAT LIGHTS UP A ROOM. WHEN YOU'RE AROUND THEM, YOU START TO PICK UP THEIR ATTITUDE AND YOU FEEL AS IF YOU HAVE ADDED STRENGTH TO VIGOROUSLY PURSUE YOU OWN GOALS.

            WHEN I THING ABOUT POSITIVE POEPLE, MY FRIEND JOHN LISICICH IMMEDIATELY COMES TO MIND. WHENEVER I SPEAK WITH JOHN, I FEEL LIKE I CAN CONQUER THE WORD. JOHN IS SIMPLY THE MOST POSITIVE PERSON YOU COULD EVER MEET.

          I LIKE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS A VERY POSITIVE PERSON. ON A SCALE OF 1-10, WITH 10 BEING THE MOST POSITIVE, I'D PROBABLY GIVE MYSELF A 9.5. I'D HAVE TO GIVE JOHN LISICICH A 14!. HE'S JUST OFF THE CHARTS. HE'S ALWAYS POSITIVE, ALWAYS ENTHUSIASTIC. AND HE GIVES A TREMENDOUS LIFE TO EVERYONE WHO CROSSES HIS PATH. HIS ATTITUDE INSPIRES PEOPLE TO GREATNESS!.

         CAN YOU SEE HOW YOUR ATTITUDE MIGHT IMPROVE IF YOU HAD A FRIEND LIKE JOHN IN YOUR LIFE?.