Recently, I’ve had many conversations with clients, friends, colleagues, and family members about all the massive negativity that we are currently being flooded with in the media. We all agree: it’s NOT helpful. It only serves to perpetuate fear, anger and a doom and gloom attitude. Therefore, I am instituting the following tips to maintain my sanity and positive attitude amidst the negativity.

•   Minimize exposure to the media, especially media with extreme and slanted views.
•  Minimize exposure to social media where folks share political opinions and re-post political articles, videos, etc. I use social media to stay connected with others, not to hear political rhetoric.
•  Refrain from commenting on, sharing, or (re)posting political opinions and political articles, videos, etc.
• Check credible sources and get the real facts on news stories before panicking. What the executive orders really contain vs. what others say they will result in.
• Un-follow folks who constantly share and re-post negative articles, many of which have not been confirmed as fact.
• For the time being, replace the time usually spent on listening/reading news/social media with something more positive such as reading a productive book/article or listening to an uplifting podcast.

Hopefully, by practicing these tips, I will remain a positive force in a crazy world and not be negatively impacted by what’s being said around me. As they say daily in Winning Futures, “Attitude is everything.” Make it a great day and live an even better life.

  “You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.” – Joyce Meyer

 “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson

 “Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.” – William James