Jan 15 2014
End the Negative Talk!
Let’s play a game. Every time you encounter someone, time how long it takes for them to say something negative. Anything counts; “it sure is cold” or “how about that traffic”. You will be amazed. It is as if we are all preprogrammed to talk about negative stuff. Watch the news on CNN, crazy stuff, war, disasters, murder, gang violence, rape, fire, political mayhem, and the list goes on. We are inundated with bad news.
Then you go to work and guess what everyone talks about, that’s right all the bad news they saw on the news! Well good morning!
Even in casual conversation we focus on problems, illness, car problems, slow internet, work colleagues, etc.
In fact it is almost taboo to talk about good things that are happening to you. Are you kidding! Life is amazing and exciting and fun. Enjoy, share the good times and embrace your successes!
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to refocus on avoiding negative talk. To become aware of it and eliminate it. When others around me become negative to point it out, and/or change the spirit of the conversation to a positive. Sounds good doesn’t it? So I am telling this guy about the idea and the first thing out of his mouth was, “good luck with that”. Ah yes we have some work to do.
Living in Sacramento it gets hot, real hot. No one should be shocked by the summer heat. It is unbelievable how people will complain! Oh the heat is horrible. Yes and I love it, feels like real summer, BBQ go to the river, beautiful evenings. I choose to embrace the weather. Plus if you let the weather dictate your mood you have lost control.
One time I was at a seminar and first thing in the morning is a wonderful time as I get to meet other DC’s and chat a bit. So this one DC comes in who I know fairly well and he has a very successful practice and is as positive as you can be. The next DC comes in and immediately starts complaining. The drive was long, there was traffic, it was cold outside, it was going to be a long day, I can’t believe the board increased the requirements. It was a machine gun of negativity. The positive DC walks right past them and without hesitation said, “I can see I won’t be sitting next to you with that attitude”, and walked out of the room. Well the negative DC was pretty positive the rest of the day! The change was made!
How often do you hear the excuses for struggles in business? All the time! Oh the economy is bad, things have changed, it’s raining, on and on reinforcing all the doom and gloom.
So how is it the business across town is prospering? Not every business struggles, in fact many are doing better than ever. Avoid or help those folks that fall into that negative space. Remind them how amazing things are!
Join me in a New Year of focusing on being positive and avoiding the negative. Now to be sure this is not an easy goal. Life constantly throws you a curve ball so you have to stay on your game and constantly be aware.
New Year’s resolutions themselves are tough. Only 1% of people actually make it the entire year and 93% blow it by January 12th! So game on!
If you have more questions about staying positive or chiropractic just ask: Dr. Lance Casazza.
Jan 29 2014
Don’t Forget!
Seems like at the beginning of every year we put together some New Year’s resolutions and by the end of January we have dropped the ball. How come? Well it’s real easy to fall back into our old ways and bad habits.
The other day I was given an incredible example of that. A chiropractic friend and I were talking, and he said, “one of the biggest problems people have is they always forget”. I said, “what are you talking about?” He said, “we always forget about how lucky we are. We always forget about those intense emotional feelings we have after catastrophic events (hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, school shootings, Boston Marathon tragedy, 9-11). We have this incredible sense of community and love, and then in a few days, weeks or months, we forget. Even after a simple cold we forget how great it is to be healthy and not be all stuffed up.”
So the last blog we were talking about negative talk and trying to stay positive. This blog is more about how to never forget those events, staying positive and being grateful. He was right, we DO forget, so how do we NOT forget?
This is super tough as life seems to always get in the way. Bills show up, the kids get sick, car breaks down, you know the usual stuff. So how do we cope with the ins and outs of everyday life and still have that great outlook?
Certainly we need to focus on this more often than when there is a big disaster, or at Thanksgiving when a lot of people make lists for everything they are thankful for. How about every day? I know, sounds like some effort, and it is, but the reward is amazing!
Try This. Go online and google some of your favorite famous people and read through their inspirational quotes. One of mine is Tony Robbins, talk about positive and insightful, here are a few of my favorites:
For health I love Hippocrates, attitude and happiness Patch Adams, love “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrnes for understanding life. Now choose some of your favorites.
Try This. The Slide Show. Put together a power point presentation.
It should include three things:
This slide show should be super special and move you to tears!
Now watch it daily so you DO NOT forget how lucky we are!
If you have more questions about staying positive or inspired or chiropractic just ask: Dr. Lance Casazza.
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