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ticing and creative food display you easier to be positive when your life children. What sort of role model is
have every seen. He does this in full is straightforward. But, consider the he?
knowledge that within a few hours stress of raising a large family with Many of us aspire to be wealthy – I
of opening, customers will have deci- limited means in this modern world applaud this. So be wealthy AND have
Don’t forget that for
mated the display, yet every morning and you will quickly recognise the a positive attitude. Be wealthy in all
readers of
he comes back and does it again to ease with which those with the least areas of your life, not just in your
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the same incredibly high standards. can quickly become glass half empty. bank balance.
Laura is offering a
At 2pm he completes his day’s work The point to take away from the sto- Remember, you are what you think!
completely
and goes home to enjoy the commun- ries of these 2 gentlemen is that posi-
FREE no obligation
ion of his family. He spends excep- tivity is not reserved for the rich and Next steps – taking Action
30 minute coaching
tional quality time with his children. successful or for those in positions of It’s time to be honest with yourself
consultation.
I learnt about Mr Half Full from one power. We all have the choice, what- and think of three examples when
of the supermarket’s most senior di- ever our positions in life and business, you could have been more positive.
So go on and pick up
rectors. This man was humbled by the to choose our attitude and to have a 1. Next time when you are in
the phone, what have
Grocer’s commitment to outstanding positive impact on our own lives and the same situation what could
you got to lose? Your only
performance, the pleasure with which the lives of those we impact. Yes, if we you do differently to be risk is spending half an
he served customers, his constant are fortunate enoughto be in leader- Mr Half Full? hour talking about your-
pride in building an exceptional display ship positions then a positive attitude 2. How might you change your
self…Contact
day after day, just because “it looked can have a wide influence, but don’t actions?
Laura Ashley-Timms at
nice”. The director was inspired by underestimate the knock-on impact 3. What language would you use
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him, learnt from him and found being that an outwardly positive attitude to be more positive?
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around him. When I said at the beginning of this you made these changes?
What was the impact of Mr Half Full’s article “by the time I have finished this
Philosophy? article I will feel great” I genuinely felt Positive and Negative Energies are
• Sales in his section beat all my spirits lift. BOTH contagious – so choose to
company targets as the displays Just changing my language changed my be Positive!
quite literally looked “good mood and my mindset. Simultaneous-
enough to eat”! ly I also changed my body language, I
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• The standards of display far felt myself sit up straighter and type
exceeded the best efforts of faster, with more enthusiasm. All
Q: I have a member of my team who is never receptive to
the company’s marketing these positive changes from one sim-
suggestions or new ideas. He is always looking for faults
department ple statement!
and is a demotivating force to the rest of the team. Any
• Other staff were constantly At the extremes, people have used ideas of how I can change his behaviour?
inspired to improve their positive thinking to beat cancers, mo- Commercial Director
performance and take tivate underdogs, defeat huge armies,
outstanding pride in their work and overcome the worst of personal
A: Whilst it is your job to ‘manage’ him, only HE can change his
• Senior staff were inspired by him tragedies – take the example set to
behaviour and he has to do so willingly. It is therefore important
to start by understanding WHY he currently behaves this way and
• Customers enjoyed great us by Superman himself Christopher
to find out if he is aware of the impact his behaviour has on others.
service and were loyal to Reid who rededicated himself to
Thus you will in turn learn what would motivate him to change.
the store working for children after his terrible
This is a simple process and requires an honest 1-2-1 conversa-
• There was a noticeable positive spinal injury.
tion. Ask him lots of open questions, learn what he ‘gets’ from his
energy in the store We can convince ourselves that life current style.
• Staff were more proactive in is all doom and gloom as easily as we It may be that he fears failure and feels safer in his comfort zone.
helping each other can convince ourselves that things are
If he was to learn that trying something new that didn’t work was
And all this positivity generated by going to work out and be fantastic. So
a ‘success’ (because it contributes to the learning process for his
one of the more ‘junior’ members of why would you ever choose the half
next attempt) then he may become more open to change. It is also
likely that if he was to become more AWARE of the impact he has
the company. empty option?
on others he would be more motivated to change.
He needs to know that he has your support to try new things.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy So what are you going to choose
You may also want to look at your language and what signals you
The cynics amongst you may com- to do?
are giving him that may be influencing his behaviour too. Are you
pare the complexity of the successful Mr Half Empty’s success is short lived quick to criticise? Do you praise and encourage new ideas? Are
entrepreneurs life with the simplicity and superficial. His business is not you leading by example?
of the Grocer’s (are you being ‘glass sustainable, his marriage is strained
half empty’?!) and summarise that it’s and he rarely spends time with his
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