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		<title>By: 8 Strategies To Handle Negative People In Your Life Or On Your Blog &#124; Internet Business Opportunities &#124; oibo dot org</title>
		<link>http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/06/how-to-help-negative-people/#comment-73897</link>
		<dc:creator>8 Strategies To Handle Negative People In Your Life Or On Your Blog &#124; Internet Business Opportunities &#124; oibo dot org</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Pavlina mentions in a blog post - http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/06/how-to-help-negative-people/: One of the most important considerations when helping someone in a negative state is that you must [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Pavlina mentions in a blog post - <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/06/how-to-help-negative-people/" rel="nofollow">http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/06/how-to-help-negative-people/</a>: One of the most important considerations when helping someone in a negative state is that you must [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: fragments of memories &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Where I Belong</title>
		<link>http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/06/how-to-help-negative-people/#comment-14771</link>
		<dc:creator>fragments of memories &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Where I Belong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] this paradigm allows me to understand certain behaviours and feelings i&#8217;d have in certain situations. it explains why in the past, i&#8217;d feel negative for a brief period after failing to pull someone of a lower level of consciousness to my own level. what i did in the past was i jumped into the pool to try to grab them ashore. what i came to realise a couple of months ago is that i need to first firmly root myself in my current level of energy, then throw them a buoyant. to those who refuse to grab the buoyant, i should just retract it and channel my energy towards productive purposes, until a call for help is heard again, where i&#8217;d repeat the same action of throwing. because the desire to change one&#8217;s current state of life can only emerge from within; all i can do as a third party is just help point the direction to them. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] this paradigm allows me to understand certain behaviours and feelings i&#8217;d have in certain situations. it explains why in the past, i&#8217;d feel negative for a brief period after failing to pull someone of a lower level of consciousness to my own level. what i did in the past was i jumped into the pool to try to grab them ashore. what i came to realise a couple of months ago is that i need to first firmly root myself in my current level of energy, then throw them a buoyant. to those who refuse to grab the buoyant, i should just retract it and channel my energy towards productive purposes, until a call for help is heard again, where i&#8217;d repeat the same action of throwing. because the desire to change one&#8217;s current state of life can only emerge from within; all i can do as a third party is just help point the direction to them. [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: jmcgready&#8217;s misc. universe &#187; Tuesday was an 8 point day, or dealing with frustration&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/06/how-to-help-negative-people/#comment-14559</link>
		<dc:creator>jmcgready&#8217;s misc. universe &#187; Tuesday was an 8 point day, or dealing with frustration&#8230;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] How to Help Negative People (from StevePavlina.com - quote below copyright him, not me)   Many people have asked me how they can help someone who’s stuck in negative thinking or depression. Here are some tips on how to do that.   No matter what happens, stay positive [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] How to Help Negative People (from StevePavlina.com - quote below copyright him, not me)   Many people have asked me how they can help someone who’s stuck in negative thinking or depression. Here are some tips on how to do that.   No matter what happens, stay positive [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: fragments of memories</title>
		<link>http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/06/how-to-help-negative-people/#comment-14496</link>
		<dc:creator>fragments of memories</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] this paradigm allows me to understand certain behaviours n feelings i&#8217;d have in certain situations. it explains why in the past, i&#8217;d feel negative for a brief period after failing to pull someone of a lower level of consciousness to my own level. what i did in the past was i jumped into the pool to try to grab them ashore. what i came to realise a couple of months ago is that i need to first firmly root myself in my current level of energy, then throw them a buoyant. to those who refuse to grab the buoyant, i should just retract it and channel my energy towards productive purposes, until a call for help is heard again, where i&#8217;d repeat the same action of throwing. because the desire to change one&#8217;s current state of life only emerge from within; all i can do as a third party is just help point the direction to them. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] this paradigm allows me to understand certain behaviours n feelings i&#8217;d have in certain situations. it explains why in the past, i&#8217;d feel negative for a brief period after failing to pull someone of a lower level of consciousness to my own level. what i did in the past was i jumped into the pool to try to grab them ashore. what i came to realise a couple of months ago is that i need to first firmly root myself in my current level of energy, then throw them a buoyant. to those who refuse to grab the buoyant, i should just retract it and channel my energy towards productive purposes, until a call for help is heard again, where i&#8217;d repeat the same action of throwing. because the desire to change one&#8217;s current state of life only emerge from within; all i can do as a third party is just help point the direction to them. [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>By: Literary Life</title>
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		<dc:creator>Literary Life</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Banish Negativity&lt;/strong&gt;

Negativity is one of the most destructive things on the planet and we face it every day. We face it in our work, our families and nearly everywhere we go. Steve Pavilina wrote a wonderful article on How to Help Negative People. I think it's a must re...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Banish Negativity</strong></p>
<p>Negativity is one of the most destructive things on the planet and we face it every day. We face it in our work, our families and nearly everywhere we go. Steve Pavilina wrote a wonderful article on How to Help Negative People. I think it&#8217;s a must re&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Writing Cave &#187; Helping negative people</title>
		<link>http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/06/how-to-help-negative-people/#comment-14101</link>
		<dc:creator>Writing Cave &#187; Helping negative people</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I had an extremely negative friend a few years ago and fortunately we parted ways. Even on the blogsphere we keep coming across people who are big energy drainers because they incessantly ooze out tons of miasmic negativity. Instead of contributing positively to a thought or idea, they try their best to sabotage whatever little good is happening around. In this article titled How to Help Negative People the writer explains how important it is not to fall into the trap and ending up being negative yourself. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] I had an extremely negative friend a few years ago and fortunately we parted ways. Even on the blogsphere we keep coming across people who are big energy drainers because they incessantly ooze out tons of miasmic negativity. Instead of contributing positively to a thought or idea, they try their best to sabotage whatever little good is happening around. In this article titled How to Help Negative People the writer explains how important it is not to fall into the trap and ending up being negative yourself. [&#8230;]</p>
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