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  • Stay Positive in A Tough Work Environment

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    The document provides tips for staying positive in a tough work environment. It discusses negative factors like unrealistic deadlines, budget constraints, and poor management. It suggests focusing on changing your attitude, thinking, and behavior from the inside out by taking responsibility, observing your thoughts logically, and managing self-talk. Specific tips include spreading smiles, focusing on positives, saying please/thank you, and evaluating your own behavior. The overall message is that you can influence your environment and choose to live positively.

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    The document provides tips for staying positive in a tough work environment. It discusses negative factors like unrealistic deadlines, budget constraints, and poor management. It suggests focusing on changing your attitude, thinking, and behavior from the inside out by taking responsibility, observing your thoughts logically, and managing self-talk. Specific tips include spreading smiles, focusing on positives, saying please/thank you, and evaluating your own behavior. The overall message is that you can influence your environment and choose to live positively.

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    Stay Positive in A Tough Work Environment

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    The document provides tips for staying positive in a tough work environment. It discusses negative factors like unrealistic deadlines, budget constraints, and poor management. It suggests focusing on changing your attitude, thinking, and behavior from the inside out by taking responsibility, observing your thoughts logically, and managing self-talk. Specific tips include spreading smiles, focusing on positives, saying please/thank you, and evaluating your own behavior. The overall message is that you can influence your environment and choose to live positively.

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    How to Stay POSI IVE


    in a
    TOUGH Work Environment
    The Environment

    Negative Work Ouch!


    YOU
    Past
    Environment Experiences

    Beware the Bullets!


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    Negative Work
    Environment

    - Dog eat dog . . . everyone fighting to get ahead


    - No one appreciates your contributions
    - Too much work . . . not enough help
    - Deadlines are unrealistic
    - Longer hours . . . additional work
    - Budget Constraints
    - Competition is eating us alive
    - Poor management / direction
    - Job insecurity

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    Other People’s
    Behavior

    Gossips
    Bulldozers Complainers

    Patronizers Whiners Negatives


    Snipers Backstabbers
    Clams
    Walking Wounded Controllers
    Sluffers Brown Nosers Exploders
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    Changing
    Environment
    “The only person who always
    likes change is a wet baby”

    CHANGE . . .
    Challenges our
    paradigms
    Alters the way we think
    Makes life more difficult
    for a while
    Causes Stress
    Is an ongoing fact of life
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    Past
    Ouch! Experiences

    Ouch!
    Ouch! Ouch!
    Ouch!
    Ouch!

    Ouch!

    Ouch! Ouch!
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    Negative
    World View

    Media Frenzy
    A recent Statistic:
    Crime down 20% in America reporting up 600%,
    Look at what you are looking at !!!

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    Determinism
    Theory

    GENETIC: My Grandparents did it to me.


    (Inherited traits)

    PSYCHIC: My Parents did it to me.


    (Upbringing)

    ENVIRONMENTAL: My Spouse, my Boss,


    the Company, the Economy, etc.. is doing this
    to me. (Surroundings)

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    Life’s Little Question

    “Are some people just born positive


    thinkers
    . . . or is it their CHOICE?”

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    Choose the Right Luggage

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    The Problem With Dodging Bullets
    You’re going to get hit!

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    Choice #2
    Wear Bulletproof Armor

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    Bulletproof Armor
    Comes from
    SELF CHANGE

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    Putting on the
    Armor

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    How to Change Your Attitude

    ATTITUDE
    Changes happen
    personally
    from the
    INSIDE OUT!

    ATTITUDE
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    So . . . Accept Responsibility

    I am responsible . . .
    . . . for who I am
    . . . for what I have
    . . . for what I do

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    Step #2 Take Control

    Negative
    YOU
    world view

    ATTITUDE FROM THE INSIDE . . . OUT!


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    How to Change Your Thinking

    THINKING

    Changes come
    from observing
    logically in
    every situation

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    Observe Your Thinking

    This is all very Tomorrow it will look


    interesting very different.

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    THINKING
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    Manage Your Self-Talk
    If you think you Can, or you think you Can’t…
    YOU’RE RIGHT! Henry Ford

    This is going to be This is going to


    a wonderful day! be a crappy day!

    THINKING
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    How to Change Your Behavior

    BEHAVIOR

    Changes take
    true assessment,
    determination &
    discipline

    BEHAVIOR
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    Choose Your Behavior
    REACTIVE

    Stimulus Response

    RESPONSIBLE

    My My
    Stimulus Choice Response

    BEHAVIOR
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    Steps Toward Changing Behavior

    The New YOU!

    BEHAVIOR

    4. Unconscious Competence

    3. Conscience Competence

    2. Conscience Incompetence

    1. Unconscious Incompetence
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    INFLUENCE YOUR ENVIRONMENT!
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    Add POSI IVE Behavior
    Replace the BAD HABITS!
    • Spread a SMILE around
    • Sprinkle some “positive” on the negatives
    • Focus on the good of each day
    • Stay out of the “feeding frenzies”
    • Say “please” and “thank you”
    • Practice EMPATHY
    • Evaluate YOUR behavior
    • Never miss an opportunity to complement
    BEHAVIOR
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    More POSI IVE Contributions
    • Before you say anything to anyone, ask
    yourself three things
    1. Is it true?
    2. Is it harmful?
    3. Is it necessary?
    • Keep promises
    • Have a forgiving view of people
    • Keep an open mind with changes
    • Count to 1000 if necessary
    • See criticism as opportunity to improve
    • Cultivate your sense of humor

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    Remember to . . .
    Watch your definitions -
    they become thoughts
    Watch your thoughts -
    they become words
    Watch your words -
    they become actions
    Watch your actions -
    they become your destiny

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    The Choice is YOURS

    With a Bad attitude


    you can never have a positive day

    With a Positive attitude you


    can never have a bad day

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    Choose POSI IVE Living

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