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Originally Posted by moviestar  The important question you need to ask is - WHY do you want to radiate positive energy? What do you want to change and how commited you are to do that? |
There are several reasons WHY I want to radiate positive energy. My major problem is that after being around people who I care about for long periods of time, smiling, laughing, and even talking in general become tiring activities that only seem to irritate me. And while I enjoy being around these people, they take the fact that I seem to "shut down" as an indication that I don't want to be around them at all, which simply isn't true. As a result, many of my relationships and friendships are not at the level which I wish for them to be. To me, there's nothing more disheartening than seeing the look of disappointment and rejection in a good friend's eyes when I "tire out" from conversing with them. I believe that my friends deserve better, and I am determined to do whatever it takes to show them how much they mean to me.
Secondly, my future career goals include management. And there's something about managers who constantly radiate positive energy that can cause even the most disgruntled employee to become more motivated and happy at work. I feel that all successful managers should be able to create a positive and enjoyable working environment for his or her employees, and my goals require that I be no less than extraordinary as a manager when the time comes.
As to WHAT I'm willing to change, at this point I am willing to try anything. I've had varying levels of success with cardio workouts (most of the time they leave me feeling extremely positive all day, although sometimes they pull me down due to asthma) and energy drinks (work all the time, but certainly cannot be good for my health in the long run if I'm chugging these all the time). In the coming weeks, I will try several new approaches:
1) Steve's suggestion to be around more positive people weekly
2) mattsonn's suggestion to make a mental "to-do" list at the beginning of every week (your rule #1 eerily reminds me of a concept I read about this week in the book
Good to Great by Jim Collins known as the Stockdale paradox - is this I-M at work?
)
3) Elaine's suggestion about sleepiness. My sleep cycles are completely out of whack (as of writing, it is now 3:25AM where I live - my apologies to you, Elaine
)
Anyway, I would like to thank all of you for your fantastic suggestions. I will make it a point to 30 day trial all of them.