Complainers in the Office: 3 Ways to Deal With Them. Do you hate it when people complain?
It turns out there's a good reason: Listening to too much complaining is bad for your brain in multiple ways, according to Trevor Blake, a serial entrepreneur and author of Three Simple Steps: A Map to Success in Business and Life. In the book, he describes how neuroscientists have learned to measure brain activity when faced with various stimuli, including a long gripe session. "The brain works more like a muscle than we thought," Blake says. "So if you're pinned in a corner for too long listening to someone being negative, you're more likely to behave that way as well.
" Even worse, being exposed to too much complaining can actually make you dumb. But if you're running a company, don't you need to hear about anything that may have gone wrong? So, how do you defend yourself and your brain from all the negativity? 1. "My father was a chain smoker," Blake confides. You should look at complaining the same way, he says. 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy. Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier.
We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering – and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress free and happy – we cling on to them. Not anymore. Starting today we will give up on all those things that no longer serve us, and we will embrace change. Ready? Here we go: 1. There are so many of us who can’t stand the idea of being wrong – wanting to always be right – even at the risk of ending great relationships or causing a great deal of stress and pain, for us and for others. 2. Be willing to give up your need to always control everything that happens to you and around you – situations, events, people, etc. “By letting it go it all gets done. 3. Give up on your need to blame others for what you have or don’t have, for what you feel or don’t feel. 4. Oh my. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Change is good.
If Happiness is Contagious? What To Do When You Step In Poop Sh*t. Noetic Scientist Lynne McTaggart works with the concept that we are Co-Creators of our world.
She experiments with using intention and positive thoughts to make real world changes that can be detected and measured. Can Positive Thoughts & Moods Become Contagious? Introducing Professor Sigal Barsade, who teaches management at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania as an example of the viral nature of our mood.
Barsade conducted experiments to test her theory that there is a "ripple effect" as people can "radiate" their mood upon others. She found that Positive moods were more socially contagious than his bad moods, and were more likely to act like a giant virus, overwhelming the group. Wow! Barsade concluded that both kinds of emotion – positive and negative – are contagious, but that positive emotions are the more powerful and stimulate others to be more cooperative.