Wednesday 25 November 2009

Confidence sapping friends & colleagues

The people whom you have the most contact with and hang around will have either a positive or negative affect on your levels of self-esteem and confidence.

We all know those people who are positive, happy and joyful to be around. How do they make you feel?

Yes, they make you feel the same! They can bring zest into a boring atmosphere and can fill the room with positive, can do vibes that has a knock on effect onto everyone else.

We also know of those people who could moan for their country!

They never had the opportunities, they are always putting people down, they don’t like others to be successful, they are jealous and are negative thinkers - need I go on!

These people drain your energy and bring you down to their level, a million miles away from the level that YOU want to be operating on.

So what should you do to make sure that the people who you hang around with empower and support what you stand for rather than bring you down all of the time?

1. You have the power to choose who you hang around with. Ideally you want happy, vibrant and positive people.
2. If you have good friends who are negative and yet you still want to hang around them, make a point of letting them know how you feel – if they are a true friend they will respect you for this. If they are negative from time to time just acknowledge that this is what they are like and block out the negativity.
3. The same can be said with family. Your more mature family members have behaviours that have been conditioned for years and years and from different eras. Appreciate where they have come from and as in number 2 above, elicit and select the information that filters through to your brain.
4. Remember, that nothing has meaning in life except the meaning that you give it.

Things to do today, to make a difference

1. Say 'thank you' to everyone who gives you service today - good or bad
2. Phone that friend you've been meaning to call for ages
3. Buy a copy of the Big Issue
4. Wish an American friend Happy Thanksgiving for tomorrow
5. Do something for someone else, without them knowing
6. Buy and read a newspaper you would never normally read
7. Listen to a new piece of music
8. Try to find a positive in everything that happens to you, and around you, today
9. Find a club or network you've been meaning to join for ages, and join!
10.Set up your own blog or twitter account