The world is filled with a great deal of negativity at times..........

How to Stay Motivated Around Negative People

The world is filled with a great deal of negativity at

times. Negative people are those who see no hope for

themselves and because they see none for themselves want to

try to take hope from others by discouraging them. Negative

people don't want to see you succeed because they haven't

succeeded.

Some negative people want to keep you where they

are themselves: in the pit of self-pity and negativity;

others are the loved ones that fear for you and don't

believe you can succeed and they don't want to see you hurt,

so they try to dissuade you from trying anything new.



Negative people are practically the most difficult kind of

people to be around, especially when things are not going so

well. Negative people complain about this or that and see

problems or imperfections in almost everything.

Negative people are the ones who are rude to the cashier or

push their way through the line. They are the ones who don't

have anything good to say about life, even when life has been

good to them.



When things are going well, we can generally fend off

negativity from within and without fairly easily. But when

we hit a problem in life, negative people have a way of

making things look worse. Their insight and advice generally

make things appear to be worse than they actually are. The

statements of negative people are frequently pointed at

"you", as in," I told you you couldn't do it."



The problem is that if you hear statements similar to this

often enough you can actually start internalizing it, or

believing it.



A really good way to stay motivated despite all the

negativity in the world is to take responsibility for your

life and your actions. When we take responsibility for our

own lives and move forward toward our goals regardless of

what others might think, especially those negative others,

you can be positive. This movement forward generates

motivation. A sense of pride in yourself will follow.

Another way to stay motivated when negative people are

trying to discourage you is to know what you want out of

life. This is related to taking responsibility for your

life. If you really know what you want then no-one can

discourage you from accomplishing it. Knowing what you want

means knowing who are.



What happens sometimes is the negative person sees you

moving forward, but rather than encourage you they will

attempt to discourage you. When this happens it has to do

with the negative person's jealousy. If this should be the

case you need to separate yourself from that negative

person. Don't listen to their negativity.



Belief is another weapon against the negativity of anyone

around you. If you believe in yourself you can accomplish

anything you put your mind to, regardless of what other

people think. There are always going to be people who will

attempt to steer you away from your goals by saying you

don't have what it takes. However, when you reflect upon the

belief of yourself you will find the motivation you need to

push forward.

Goal setting is another way to overcome negative people and

motivate yourself. When we set goals we set markers for

ourselves. As we hit each marker we acquire a sense of

accomplishment. This fuels our motivation.



Negative people can steal your motivation away, if you let

them. The key is not to let them do that, by utilizing

strategies that keep your motivation intact. We can't avoid

all the negative people in the world, but we can do things

for ourselves to maintain our motivation.