By Gary M. Miller
Have you ever noticed that when you are around someone who is happy and bubbly, you become happy and bubbly yourself? It is true. This happens because a positive attitude is as contagious as laughter. If someone starts laughing uncontrollably, before you know it, everyone else in the room is laughing -even if they are just laughing at the person who was laughing in the first place. Positive attitudes work just like that.
The contagious positive attitude works in two different ways. First, when you surround yourself with positive people, you eventually have a positive attitude and outlook as well. Second, when you have a positive attitude around negative people, the chances are very good that it will rub off, and their attitude will become positive.
Positive attitudes are contagious to situations as well. If you arrive at a job you hate with a positive attitude, the job does not seem quite so bad. You still may not like it -but somehow your positive attitude made it improve a little. A positive attitude allows you to see things in a different light, and if you try, you can almost find something good in every situation -no matter how bad the situation may seem.
Your positive attitude is even contagious to you! For instance, if you have just effectively solved a problem -with a positive attitude -that attitude will more than likely carry over to the next problem. This makes the problem much easier to deal with. The longer you can maintain that positive attitude, the more powerful it becomes -affecting you and everyone around you. A positive attitude is one contagious thing that you never want to lose, but you always want to spread.
Be careful though. Just as a positive attitude is contagious, a negative attitude is even worse! When you are around people with negative attitudes, you often have to work to make sure that their negatives do not affect your positive. Instead, you must concentrate on passing your positive attitude on to them. Since you can not control other people, this may not always work. Therefore, if you feel like someone's negative attitude is having a negative affect on you, run -do not walk -to the nearest exit!
Have you ever noticed that when you are around someone who is happy and bubbly, you become happy and bubbly yourself? It is true. This happens because a positive attitude is as contagious as laughter. If someone starts laughing uncontrollably, before you know it, everyone else in the room is laughing -even if they are just laughing at the person who was laughing in the first place. Positive attitudes work just like that.
The contagious positive attitude works in two different ways. First, when you surround yourself with positive people, you eventually have a positive attitude and outlook as well. Second, when you have a positive attitude around negative people, the chances are very good that it will rub off, and their attitude will become positive.
Positive attitudes are contagious to situations as well. If you arrive at a job you hate with a positive attitude, the job does not seem quite so bad. You still may not like it -but somehow your positive attitude made it improve a little. A positive attitude allows you to see things in a different light, and if you try, you can almost find something good in every situation -no matter how bad the situation may seem.
Your positive attitude is even contagious to you! For instance, if you have just effectively solved a problem -with a positive attitude -that attitude will more than likely carry over to the next problem. This makes the problem much easier to deal with. The longer you can maintain that positive attitude, the more powerful it becomes -affecting you and everyone around you. A positive attitude is one contagious thing that you never want to lose, but you always want to spread.
Be careful though. Just as a positive attitude is contagious, a negative attitude is even worse! When you are around people with negative attitudes, you often have to work to make sure that their negatives do not affect your positive. Instead, you must concentrate on passing your positive attitude on to them. Since you can not control other people, this may not always work. Therefore, if you feel like someone's negative attitude is having a negative affect on you, run -do not walk -to the nearest exit!
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