Negativity on Shine

Turning negative feedback into something positive

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One of the more demoralizing aspects of the economic downturn is feeling like, even if you haven't been laid off or had your salary slashed, you're probably pretty expendable. So the impact negative criticism can have on your job performance -- and your ego -- is often magnified. Small slights carry more weight, and a poor performance review can seem insurmountable.

But it's important to learn from criticism, even the negative kind. Granted, some things -- like office gossip, for example -- are detrimental no matter how you dice it. But, for the most part, there are ways to glean the positive out of the negative. These tips work whether the person on your case is your boss, your co-worker, or even your teenager (yes, it's true: Parenting takes people skills).

Today's Meditation - What Your Friends Say About You

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By Jane Powell - www.MeditationsForWomen.com “Our friendships mirror ourselves.” You can’t choose your family, but you can choose your friends. So, how helpful are your friends to self-growth? Are they supportive, encouraging…

Is Your Anger Affecting Your Health?

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There is a school of thought that suggests that anger, frustration, rage, anxiety and resentment in women have caused significant increases in certain types of “female diseases.” It is believed that over time, constant and unexpressed negative thoughts, ideas, and emotions weaken our bodies and make them vulnerable to diseases of the breast, uterus, ovaries, vagina and cervix.

Running Brings Confidence..

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"The runner's greatest asset, apart from essential fitness of body, is a cool and calculating brain allied to confidence and…

Four ways to bounce back from a layoff

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Marshall Goldsmith for Success Television Today's business world is increasingly challenging--with economic unrest and rapid changes in infrastructure. Many good people have recently found…

User Post: Today's Meditation - Price You Pay for Holding on to Hate

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By Jane Powell - www.MeditationsForWomen.com "Hate is an invisible chain." When you don't let go of hate, you let the thing or person you hate maintain control over you. You allow the hatred to keep the channels of…

User Post: Today's Meditation - Stop Anxious Thoughts

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By Jane Powell - www.MeditationsForWomen.com

"Free yourself from anxiety by chasing away the “What-if's?"

"What-if?" So many negative thoughts start with these two words. "What if I'm late for work?" "What if I don't lose weight?" "What if I don't go to my friends for dinner because I'm too tired?" What if…what if...what...if!

Each anxious thought leads to another anxious thought, and another - only to feed a negative spiral of worry.

Today's Meditation - Let Go of Resentment, Anger and Bitterness

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By Jane Powell - www.MeditationsForWomen.com

"When you let go of things, they let go of you."

When you harbor resentment, anger or bitterness, the person you end up harming the most is yourself. Negative emotions have a way of creating negative energy that destroys positive emotions, like generosity, love and joy. Although the unhappy situation may be long gone, you may be allowing it to hold you back by holding onto the feelings it evoked.

Are You an Emotional Sponge?

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Or is it just me? I swear, I soak up other people's negative energy like a sponge. I work in a job where a large part of it is customer service, and as everyone knows customers aren't always nice. Today a woman couldn't get what she wanted and she claimed that at the other...