It is amazing to me the power of negative thought. It can turn and twist itself around anyone or anything.
Case In Point: Take any sales team or organization. Have you ever noticed that when sales are down with one or a few people it becomes a danger zone for those who are doing well. The sales reps who are floundering start talking to other sales reps or team members about, "How bad this is" and "How they don't know when this will change".
These weary souls seem to feed on the negative. You'll have witnessed this if you have ever tried to give someone some advice or suggestions who has been in a slump. There are those who are willing to take advice or suggestions and have a genuine interest in changing their circumstances. Then there are those who, no matter what you say, will find a flaw in your suggestions.
What I recommend is the practice of abandonment. When you have spoken and given words of comfort or positive suggestions to someone and they just won't hear it, walk away. It is not an easy thing to do, or an easy lesson to learn, but the results can be much more positive through this action than any other. If you don't abandon these thoughts, they will eat away at your life like a cancerous growth. Make no mistake, these negative thoughts are not benign.
If you don't learn how to walk away, it will negatively impact your personal and professional life. You will learn to commiserate and start to believe the negative and that positive change is impossible.
I have witnessed children who are raised by parents who consider themselves to be martyrs. They start to mimic the behavior patterns and suddenly, "They can't do this", "They'll never do that". "They don't ever get to do this" or, "It's not fair". What a horrible way to live. What a dehabilitating pattern.
In this real estate market you will see the power of negative thought. It spreads from the media into the homes of millions of americans. It spreads in the real estate and mortgage offices when sales are down. It is paralyzing and if you let it, it will become all encompassing.
Don't let these behaviors ruin your pathway to success. You are the master of your fate... if it is challenged, learn to walk away.
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Rebecca, Amen. I have friends that are really having a time. they vent to me I listen, try to give them words of encouragement, but they just wont listen like you said. I just tell them, I love you but I have to leave because I can't get what you have between my ears. I have a post sitting in word right now similar to this. I am glad we are all working hard at staying positive. The negative is contagious!!