Five strategies to combat toxic negativity.
https://hbr.org/2020/10/how-to-thrive-when-everything-feels-terrible?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_weekly&utm_campaign=insider_activesubs&utm_content=signinnudge&deliveryName=DM104407
* Witnessing rudeness * Mere exposure to rude words * Dysfunctional and aggressive thoughts (and sometimes actions) skyrocket * a productive way to counter those effects * buffer them from distractions, stress, and negativity. * the media you consume, * it’s ten times more damaging to our sense of thriving if we verbalize a thought than if we just think it * struggle on basic tasks. * with cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease * neutral thinking * benefits of gratitude * reduces stress * hope molecules * Sleep is also important. * low levels of joviality * , lower levels of trust * workplace deviance * unethical behavior * hurts the relationship between leaders and their followers * diminishes how much help people provide to others.