![]() ![]() The fastest way to start creating that sinking feeling is by trying to bite off more than you can chew! Knowing when to slow down is not an easy task at all, but it is a big contributor to staying healthy and happy!įocus on prioritizing tasks, ask your work friends/managers for help (a support system at work is everything) and do go home at some point and give yourself the time to regain focus. Offer to make someone a coffee, leave them a sticky note to congratulate them on their work lately, or simply have a blonde mental lapse and tell your colleagues that chickens produce milk instead of cows, to get you all snorting with laughter (which will probably also lead to the purchasing of four rubber chickens for the office – woops). Performing small random acts of kindness (or even passing a few kind words) will make your colleagues happy and boost your own positivity at the same time! Try to redirect their thought process and speak to them about other topics when they start becoming negative – for example talk to them about the specials in the canteen that day (Redirection tactics work wonders on my four year old niece). Unfortunately, it is not so easy to distance yourself from these individuals, especially if you’re stuck sharing a desk with them on a daily basis. I am talking about those people who on every single day of the week, month, or year, drag their shadow of misery with them wherever they go. ![]() When I mention Debbie Downers, I’m not talking about us rare Negative Nancys, who are having a one off bad day, going through a rough patch, or experiencing a personal tragedy. The 2013 Gallup report claimed that by making friends at work, you are increasing your satisfaction level by 50%. Proof is in the picture on the left (I promise, I’m that happy most of the time… unless they’re singing or putting on annoying accents) Nowadays, you end up spending more time with your colleagues than your friends and families, so it is important to grab onto those people with a positive outlook in order to keep yourself engaged and energized. ![]() Here are a few tips to help keep your positive vibes flowing throughout the dayįortunately at GO, we have enough work friends to go around. You sit with them at lunch, or in a meeting, and all you wonder is whether you will walk away looking gloomier than they do.īut, have you ever stopped to think whether there were instances where you were a Negative Nancy yourself? Nobody likes a ‘’Negative Nancy’’… they walk into a room in the morning and you feel like all the positive vibes have escaped through any available exits. Love your job? Couldn’t imagine working anywhere else? I bet you that no matter how awesome your job is, there is still going to be that morning when you wake up and will do almost anything to stay in bed binging on a series or spend a day at the beach. But instead, you drag yourself out of the house and convince yourself that this feeling will disappear once you get to the office. ![]()
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