http://blog.positiveworks.com/2008/03/01/focusing-on-the-positive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=focusing-on-the-positive Positive People = Positive Results Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:37:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blog.positiveworks.com/2008/03/01/focusing-on-the-positive/#comment-89 Dominic Cavendish Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:56:00 +0000 http://blog.positiveworks.com/2008/03/01/focusing-on-the-positive/#comment-89 Good, thoughtful blog - as ever! Maybe this is something that should be forwarded to the London mayoral candidates! Rather than scrapping bendy-buses or re-introducing Routemaster conductors - a la Boris Johnson - maybe money should be spent helping transport staff in general understand their behaviour better. 9 times out of 10 I've found it's the antagonistic/negative attitudes of transport officials - however understandable - that makes travel more stressful than it need be... Good, thoughtful blog – as ever! Maybe this is something that should be forwarded to the London mayoral candidates! Rather than scrapping bendy-buses or re-introducing Routemaster conductors – a la Boris Johnson – maybe money should be spent helping transport staff in general understand their behaviour better. 9 times out of 10 I’ve found it’s the antagonistic/negative attitudes of transport officials – however understandable – that makes travel more stressful than it need be…

]]> http://blog.positiveworks.com/2008/03/01/focusing-on-the-positive/#comment-87 Jo Ayoubi Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:36:07 +0000 http://blog.positiveworks.com/2008/03/01/focusing-on-the-positive/#comment-87 Thanks for the practical suggestions. Thanks for the practical suggestions.

]]> http://blog.positiveworks.com/2008/03/01/focusing-on-the-positive/#comment-86 Carole Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:09:59 +0000 http://blog.positiveworks.com/2008/03/01/focusing-on-the-positive/#comment-86 <p>Interesting stuff Helen, you have explained cbt in a way that I now understand.</p> Interesting stuff Helen, you have explained cbt in a way that I now understand.

]]> http://blog.positiveworks.com/2008/03/01/focusing-on-the-positive/#comment-85 Jon Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:22:44 +0000 http://blog.positiveworks.com/2008/03/01/focusing-on-the-positive/#comment-85 A very useful précis of CBT and very easy to undertsand. It certainly has got me thinking on how to approach things this week. A very useful précis of CBT and very easy to undertsand. It certainly has got me thinking on how to approach things this week.

]]> http://blog.positiveworks.com/2008/03/01/focusing-on-the-positive/#comment-84 Jo Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:34:18 +0000 http://blog.positiveworks.com/2008/03/01/focusing-on-the-positive/#comment-84 <p>I agree totally that we have a choice how we respond to situations. It can be, as you say, the flick of a mental switch.<br /> But without that initial awareness, how can you get someone to realise that they are in control, especially when they've gotten into the habit of negative thinking, which can be hard to break? Any ideas as to how you can open this discussion would be helpful.</p> I agree totally that we have a choice how we respond to situations. It can be, as you say, the flick of a mental switch.
But without that initial awareness, how can you get someone to realise that they are in control, especially when they’ve gotten into the habit of negative thinking, which can be hard to break? Any ideas as to how you can open this discussion would be helpful.

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