![]() ![]() Negative people can bring out the worst in us if we’re not careful, and if we’re really not careful it can start to affect mental health. ![]() Pay particular attention to your emotions to curb negativity - remember you are the positive one.ĭecide that you’re not going to allow Negative Nancy to determine how you think, feel, and behave, especially in the workplace. Make a conscious effort to choose your attitude and the way you speak, and pay attention to how your thoughts change when you’re faced with Negative Nancy. You're still wasting time and energy on the person regardless of whether they're actually there or not.Ĭhoose to strike up conversations about pleasurable topics that may help Negative Nancy think or speak positively about things, including their project and work. This includes even when she's not around, for example, think about how often you're finding yourself sat at your desk, still annoyed or aggravated by something a colleague has said or done. Here are some quick tips to stay positive and keep your Negative Nancy at bay:ĭon’t allow Negative Nancy to steal your time and energy. But there are ways to either shake it off again or help change their way of thinking. In the end, we would have to pick up her pieces and complete them to make sure the project finished both on time and hiccup-free. The worst thing for the team was that neither our manager pulled her up on her behaviour, nor was she made aware that she even followed this routine regularly.Īs much as you try to overcome the negative with the positive, when it's constantly in your ear it starts to rub off, whether we want to accept that or not. Since we were a very small team, one slight ripple of emotion would create tsunamis, and meetings would turn into roundabouts of ‘we can’t do this’ followed by a downpour of moaning and complaining. With that, you never really know whether they actually enjoy being a Negative Nancy or if that's just their genuine way of thinking.įor example, I used to work with someone in my previous role who would self-sabotage her own projects with negativity, which would in turn affect the rest of the project the team was working on. Although they should get the least of our time and energy, we often give them the most attention they revel in their storm of negativity and drag others down with them. ![]() Their bad attitudes, catastrophic thinking, and fatalistic outlook on life - in and outside the workplace - can infiltrate the ranks and spread like wildfire. ![]() They're the person who manages to turn everything into a negative situation or complain without any suggestions or solutions to make it better. The middle, however, can always be a slight haze of emotions, depending on the presence of the office Negative Nancy… Remember when I previously wrote about being the Leslie Knope of my workplace? If you're yet to cry with laughter whilst watching Parks and Recreation and are unfamiliar with who Leslie Knope is, I'll give you a brief overview: think Tigger on ecstasy working for a local government, spreading joy and positivity amongst her colleagues.ĭon't get me wrong, not every day is all sunshine and rainbows (I am human after all), however I always start and end the work day on a positive note. ![]()
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