3 Simple Ways To Stay Positive, Even When Negative People Try to Drain You

Sep 03, 2018 by apost team

Positive, up-beat people aren’t necessarily like that naturally. As likely as not, this is a choice they make every day. A truly positive person makes a decision to stay that way even in the face of negative people and circumstances. You can put the power of positive thinking to work for you even when negative people try to drain you of your willpower and energy.

Use these three powerful strategies to boost your own positive energy and begin to fight back again energy suckers today.

This is a very important strategy. People will sometimes try to blame you for their bad attitude or unpleasant life circumstances. They may complain to you about their unhappy lot in life, or try to drag you down with them into a pit of unhappiness.

Don’t let them do this to you. Don’t take their unhappiness personally; you can’t make their attitude about you. This will help you resist the negative pull of their bad attitude; this will let you stay feeling positive for much longer.

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Making judgment calls is natural. We are always deciding whether someone is good for us or bad, whether something is going to be favorable to our condition or will be against our best interests. Recognizing the process of judgment-making is important because we can arrest the process when it activates.

Once we recognize it, we can begin to release it; we can stop it before it causes us any distress or unhappiness. After all, we are naturally distressed by things that we judge as unfavorable to us and are naturally attracted to things that we judge as favorable; making this judgement call automatically primes us to think positively about some things and negatively about others.

However, if we want to maintain a positive outlook, we have to release the tendency to judge some things as positive and others as negative. Arresting the tendency to judge lets us gradually start to see the positive in all situations and circumstances.

Spending time alone is good for recharging our emotional and mental batteries. We can reflect on what we’ve experienced and prepare ourselves for the next exciting adventure. Alone time also lets you refresh your spirit and focus on relaxation.

Also, separating ourselves from negative influences prevents us from getting stuck in other people’s cycles of negativity.

Be sure to show this list of powerful strategies with other people who value the power of positive thinking!