Here's how to be proactive at work and develop a positive attitude: Protect your ear gate and mouth gate. You have to proactively defend your territory. If not, negative people will invade it and cause you to lose your sanity. They will back up their dump truck and unload their garbage on you.
The key is not to wait until you face the situation to try to solve it. Be proactive instead of being reactive. Prepare yourself in advance. Learn to be in control. Respond with calm. Before you leave for work, prepare your mind for the negative people and situations you will encounter. Declare nothing is going to cause you to lose your peace of mind.
So, don't let the bad news on television get to you. Protect your ears. Be selective about what you hear, see, and read. Be like the bee. Always look for the sweetness and dwell on it. The bee attitude is what will help experience joy in life.
The rattlesnake's attitude is different. I call extremely negative people the rattlesnakes. They love to focus and dwell on what's negative. To protect yourself, you must avoid spending your precious time with them. They will influence you.
Don't go through life reacting. That's giving away your power. The reality is, you spend about eight hours at work. You need to find a way to be happy there. You should also be the kind of person who brings happiness with you. Encourage and support your team members. When someone is down, pick that person up with some encouragement and positive words.
Defending your territory means you keep the negative people away and let enter the positive ones. However, you have to continue feeding the negative people with your honey or sweetness.
