How to Identify Negative People
by It is hard to stay positive when the world around us continues to be negative. We meet negative people all the time. Do we allow their negativity to affect our attitude? How do we respond to their behaviour? But first of all, how do you know that these people are negative?
There are many ways to identify a negative person. I usually use two criteria to differentiate the negative people from the positive ones.
1) Their Words
Words tell us a lot of things. Once you open your mouth, you expose your thoughts and sub-conscious to everyone listening. There are words we unconsciously use often, that will be an indication of a person’s attitude to his surroundings and life in general.
a) Cannot
One of the key words you should be looking out for words in the negative sense such as “cannot” or “will not”. These people feel that there are lots of impossible tasks in these world. You will generally hear sentences like, ” I cannot do this!” or “I cannot do that!” often in their everyday language.
b) Excuses
Very often, these negative people will also find excuses to justify their negativity. “I cannot do this because …” They blame it on their age, their gender, their genes, and everything else they can blame their negativity on.
2) Their Behaviour
Besides words, a person’s behaviour can also determine whether a person is negative or positive.
a) How they Walk
A positive person will walk tall with lots of confidence while a negative person may slouch or very slowly, almost dragging their feet beneath them. A positive person generally walks quickly with a sense of purpose in this world, while the negative person will walk slowly without a care in this world.
b) Reactive
A negative person is reactive rather than proactive in their behaviour. He will be laid back while waiting for things to happen, as if money will fall from the sky or opportunities will fall on their lap. A positive person is more proactive in their behaviour and seek out opportunities around them all the time. These people tend to be the more successful ones in life.
Anyway, do take note of these things when talking to other people. It helps to identify the positive people from the negative ones. Spend more time with the positive ones and they will keep your spirits high, and stay away from the negative people as far as possible.
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Post CommentK V Venkataramana
On October 29, 2010 at 12:39 am
Apt observations about a negative person.
miss e jackson
On October 29, 2010 at 5:50 am
I like this! You know there are some people that constantly forge relationships with negative people. They go on to continue to make the same mistakes as they find it difficult to identify these people. Therefore it is always a good idea to know how to identify the negative individuals so as not to continue to make the same mistakes over and over again.
Thank you for this article it actually will help a lot of people who find it difficult to identify negative people.
GodsGrace
On October 29, 2010 at 9:11 am
Good Share