The Effect of Positive Energy
Kent Jacobson, a.k.a. "Kent Jacobson"

Positive energy can go a long way in ensuring that your home and work environment is calm and relatively anxiety free.  If you have ever worked in an office with people who are constantly giving off negative energy, you surely know what it feels like. You feel suffocated by this energy, and often times it wears off on others. 

One of our major social problems nowadays is negative people, who are constantly talking about others, and turning people against one another.  This form of negative energy is one of the quickest ways to divide an office or your home.  If you work with negative people, do not let them bring you down. Easier said than done, so what to do about it.

The best way to combat negative energy is to throw positive energy right back at it. In other words, if a person is constantly degrading someone, you need to step to the plate and throw a good word in about him or her. This will make the person realized that this type of attitude will not be tolerated.  By letting this negative energy circulate around the home or office, you are doing nothing to help the situation.  In fact, if you are not helping, you are just contributing to the problem.

Try to make it a personal goal to show up at your office everyday in a good mood. Often times, positive energy will pass on to your co-workers and family members. If you can get this sort of attitude started, pretty soon everybody is feeding off of each others positive energy. The end result, anybody who brings negative energy to the office or home will quickly be converted; they have no other choice!

The best aspect of positive energy is that it is FREE. You need to look no further than within yourself. Be aware, negative energy is easier to find in some ways. Remind yourself, it is vital to wake up everyday looking at what can go right, not what can go wrong.  Try taking a positive attitude to be the night before; you will see a difference in the morning.

In everyday life positive energy seems to be ignored when evaluating successful business or home environments. Businesses or families that do not address the people who project negative energy are never going to reap the rewards possible in their quest for success.  Be part of the solution, not an enabler to the problem.

Remember what Brian Tracy said, Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.