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Negatalkers: People at Work Who Drain You

By Dr. Dennis O'Grady

Are you bullish on negative news or positive news in the workplace? Do you stand by as an energy thief sticks a siphon in your communicator car gas tank, sucks your juicy motivational energy dry, and makes your get up and go, well, all gone and spent? Is your office space a place negatalkers come to vent about the latest work woe, scandal or gossip tidbit? Then chances are, you might be your own worst energy-draining enemy.

NEGATALKERS ARE NOT REALISTS WHO ARE HELPING, BUT PESSIMISTS WHO ARE HURTING EVERYONE

I'm not blaming everyone who is negative, because that alone's their full-time job. I'm just saying that you've got to give your energy a chance, and turn off negative talk news stations at work. How to know if you're a negatalker, or a condoner of negatalking:

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