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The doctor and therapist Owen O’Kane, who described himself growing up in Northern Ireland as ‘Billy Elliot without the dance moves’, suggested that 60%-70% of our thoughts can be negative and that back in Neanderthal times it was helpful to have fearful thoughts which we now know as ‘negativity bias,’ for our safety. It is important to recognise that our brain magnifies the negative information we filter in.

A survey Matthew Syed wrote about in the Sunday Times on 13th December 2020 asked the following question:

“Over the past 20 years, has the proportion of the World that lives
in extreme poverty,

a) Increased by 50%
b) Increased by 25%
c) Stayed the same
d) Decreased by 25%
e) Decreased by 50%”

*See answer below

Scientists have vanquished the naysayers who argued that it takes twenty years to test and approve a new vaccine by producing three in ten months! The next time you feel threatened or overwhelmed by ‘bad’ news remember your brain is amplifying it and you will see it in more perspective. The press loves a good negative metaphor, such as ‘crash out,’ and they use exaggerated terms to describe events. These all impact on our unconscious and effect our mood.

We all have an in-built resilience passed down from generations who have survived and evolved. We are much more resourceful than we think. The problem is our over active scanner is on full power mode constantly trying to detect threats.

Optimistic people are likely to achieve better results because we get more of what we focus on. Come and join us on a free Introduction to NLP evening to find out how. The next one is on January 14th.

*Only one person in a hundred answered the survey correctly, the other 99% were too pessimistic. (The correct answer is decreased by 50%)

It really fascinates me how some people are so unaware of the impact they have on the people around them. I’m very lucky in that I spend most of my working life working with extraordinarily positive and happy people as a Leadership and NLP Trainer. Both my colleagues at qualityculture and the vast majority of our course delegates have an uplifting impact in their interactions with others and that’s a great environment to work in!

But…and there’s a big but, how aware are we of how our mood, attitude and language has on other people? Steve, Wendy and I (I hope!) are all very aware of this because of the training we’ve had and the job that we all do but when we ask delegates if they are aware of the impact they have on people this generally causes considerable self reflection. We are all aware of the impact others have on us, especially when that impact is negative but when was this last time you really thought about the impact that YOU have?

• A smile on your face and a positive attitude means that everyone you come into direct contact with experiences an emotional uplift of 15%
• Then those 15% happier people pass on their happiness to everyone they meet raising their mood by 10%
• And those 10% pass on their mood to everyone raising their mood by 6%

So this week, my challenge to you is to be aware of your impact and see how many people you can have a more positive effect on, both in work and in your personal life. Mood hoovers need not apply!!

If you want to get more tips on how to have a more positive impact on your teams and others around you, we are running two 1 day workshops next month, on Microsoft Teams, which will be of interest to you: “Inside Out Thinking – Get A Stress Free Life“; and “How to be a Better Coach”, further details below.

Have a great week all

Kali

Today is the best day of the year to set professional and personal goals. Continue reading “Taking action”

We would like to invite you to the Positive Leadership Club because we think you’re a positive leader!

Join us for our first networking and training session on Friday 29th November at Antenna in Nottingham 1:30pm – 4:30pm. Be part of creating a movement of positive leadership in the UK and have a supportive network of great leaders, learn new skills, develop professionally and network with your peers.

Quality Culture will be hosting regular events and this first one is completely free for you to attend. Please let us know which topics would be useful for you and we’ll do our best to include them. We will have a range of guest speakers each quarter, practical take aways and ample time to network and share with your peers.

Our November event’s current schedule looks like this:

1.30pm Welcome

1.40pm What is Positive Leadership, why is it important and how do we achieve it?

2.30pm Action Learning Sets to discuss topical issues.

3.00pm Tea & Coffee.

3.15pm Feedback from Action Learning Sets.

3.30pm Horiba case study with Tracey Ward Head of HR.

3.45pm Strengths Based Leadership and Employee Engagement.

4.30pm Close

Venue:

Antenna, Room S11, Beck Street, Nottingham, NG1 1EQ

Parking: There is a range of parking close by to the venue with the closest being the NCP car park on Huntington Street

Places are limited so please confirm your attendance by email to kali@qualityculture.co.uk to secure your place.