Comments on: Concentrate on the Positive, Not the Negative

By: Complete IT Professional

Complete IT Professional — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:40:04 +0000

Great advice – I believe once you start thinking positively, good things will happen. You’ll also be in a better mood to handle everything the day throws at you!

By: jack

jack — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:49:53 +0000

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By: Sam Anson

Sam Anson — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:05:10 +0000

Mr. Barnes, I really enjoy the Newsletters you publish, they have a lot practical wisdom that one can use imediately. Is there a web site I can refer to that enumerates past issues of your newsletter. There are some I may have missed. Keep up the inspirational writing!

Sam Anson

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Tue, 17 May 2011 08:57:44 +0000

Very helpful advice! In my situation, it doesn’t just apply to the job but outside of it. I have family members who thrive on negativity. Usually I tend to fight back against it instead of letting it flow within me. I’ll try to do that next time. In the meantime, I usually walk away from such things!

By: K.A. Lewis

K.A. Lewis — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:04:16 +0000

I am new to Law Crossing. I was basically fired from my job when I got a bad evaluation. I filed an EEO complaint and a settlement was reached however, I could no longer stay at my job. I was there for four years and received three evaluations. My first two evaluations were very good. It was a very negative situation. I really didn’t like what I was doing because my work was more administrative than legal. I wanted to leave, however, I also liked making a six figure salary. I have been struggling with forgiving the people who were involved in my firing. I also need to forgive myself for my part in the firing. I am basically an optimistic person and the situation caused a great deal of distress in my life. Now I am no longer employed and looking for my ideal dream job. I believe I will find it. With the job I lost, I took it because I was really wanting to get into the federal government but for my skill set it wasn’t really challenging. I now realize that I have to let the negativity of the situation pass through me so that I can move on emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and physically to something better. Thanks.

By: newreader

newreader — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:50:09 +0000

Just found this website, and Mr. Barnes’ posts. Wonderful!

I must be in the 1% of people fired–by the owner of the company–that “didn’t deserve it” (according to my co-workers/bosses). I live in a “work at will” state, what can I say?

Mr. Barnes is so right–people carry around all this negativity from these situations, and it can’t help but not only put off prospective employers, but also make yourself miserable. Anger is the crack cocaine of emotions–not an original thought with me, but bears repeating. Let it go! SO much easier to see possibilities and potential win-win situations if you’re not clogging up your perspective with gloom/doom/anger.

By: motleytrout

motleytrout — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:26:23 +0000

I agree…in fact I’ve recently been studying the most recent brain research that tries to model how the brain stores the concept of a “relationship” with another person. Great support is emerging for the idea that the people we interact with impact the biochemistry of our brain as we wire neural pathways to represent our experiences with them…

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:42:48 +0000

This is true. I had an enraged boss for 3 years. Everyone would tell me to fight back!!! They were wrong, because whenever I did this, it was simply adding more fuel (negative energy) to the fire, and she would get even worse. The best solution for dealing with an enraged boss was for me to quell the potential argument, and let the negative energy pass. By the way, she never fired me, nor initiated any kind of discipline against me. She couldn’t. I was very competent at what I did.

By: kavya

kavya — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:02:27 +0000

The article written by Harrison Barnes was really nice.It instructs that in order to be successful and to reach our maximum potential, the best thing we can do is allow the negativity of others.This is amazing one.

By: Michelle Simard

Michelle Simard — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:35:29 +0000

Again, another great article Harrison. I actually look forward to reading whats next.