TAKE THE EXAM….?

Good morning friends and dear readers….been having some tech issues with the comments and haven’t figured out why just yet, but if you want to leave a comment just post it on one of the other posts and others will still be able to see them. Well, yesterday we talked a little bit about how magical a compliment can be to those around us; today I want to tell you about this extremely contagious disease that you will definitely want to pass on once you get it….. It is called the silly smile syndrome! You may have caught glimpses of people with this disease but your immune system was so effective that day that it didn’t take hold. The immune system uses stress and worries to fight your happiness, but what you don’t know is that you can effectively change your polar immune system so that it is actually immune to negative actitudes instead of positive actitudes. Now, you may be asking how you can do this. I am very sure that you already know but, let me give you a little hint on how things work through a short story. I used to work for a large company, and one of my tasks was to give a weekly training class to the new technicians coming on board. In this class I would show them how to do a lot of the paperwork and ordering of their equipment and needs from the warehouse. Now, at first I had a little bit of the napoleons syndrome, even though I am not short, but i came across as very aggressive in teaching these gentlemen the how too’s. The results of this were that many were somewhat intimidated by me and didn’t want to ask the questions that they had, therefore causing confusion and in the end and costing me more time later on re-explaining things to them. Then the light of intuition flickered on, a little slow I must admit, but I started to look at my actions and the way that I relayed the information to these people. The next class I had, I started to be less aggressive and carry on with a more friendly conversation. By doing this the class felt more comfortable with me and felt the door was open to freely discuss there questions. The results, astounding! I found myself with a lot more free time and a lot more cooperative technicians. Then I implemented a little bit more into my class with a discussion about the happy thought process, and how contagious our attitude is. I would explain to them that being happy and smiling have more weight than being growley… why? If a manager goes to work in a bad mood, it will be relayed to his subordinates, who then relay it, in this case to the customers, or the ones that they come in contact with. That not only puts a strain on the techs life but also their customers and then all the people that the customer comes in contact with and so on. So if you see here how contagious this can be, then also you can see that it only takes one person to break the link. If the manager comes in all growley to his or her subordinate and they carry it on then it just grows….but, if the subordinate had just smiled and been friendly, helpful and happy, he not only will change the attitude of the manager, but, also of the whole day for many, many people!! Now the results of this little action on my part caused a change in many peoples attitude and therefore changing the atmosphere at work. Not only were the techs happier but the managers also, creating a better environment and team efforts in many aspects. Now, I am not trying to beat my own drum here, just using an example of what the affects can be. Well, now you can see that any energy emitted can and is contagious. If you get out of bed and step on something that your children left on the floor the night before, hurting your foot, you may feel pretty negative towards that child; and after waking them from their sweet dreams, and you start chewing on them, did you stop and think about how you had affected not only their day but yours also? Was there a better, more affective way to have handled this situation? I read once about a president of a prominent bank who had devised a very effective system for self examination and development. He would sit down every Saturday and study over his appointment book from the previous week, going through each and every interaction he’d had, and self examine his actions and reactions. In doing this he reevaluated himself to see how he could have more effectively handled the situations. This exercise he stated was very humbling for him as I am sure it will be for you. I have found it to be very effective and highly recommend it for everyone. It will change the way you see yourself as you open your mind and desire for a more positive affect on others and move you into a position to change their lives. Even though it is easier said than done, one needs to start somewhere. Love and many blessings to all, God bless….. Be positively contagious!!!