This document provides tips for staying positive in a tough work environment. It discusses negative influences like poor management, unrealistic deadlines, and toxic coworkers. It then offers strategies for developing a positive attitude by taking responsibility, controlling self-talk, and choosing responsible behaviors over reactive ones. The key is focusing on the good, spreading positivity, and influencing your environment rather than letting outside factors control your outlook.

1. How to Stay POSI + IVE in a TOUGH Work Environment

2. The Environment YOU Beware the Bullets! Determinism Theory Negative World View Changing Environment Negative Work Environment Past Experiences Other People’s Behavior Ouch!

4. Bulldozers Snipers Exploders Clams Patronizers Complainers Controllers Backstabbers Walking Wounded Negatives Gossips Brown Nosers Sluffers Whiners Other People’s Behavior

6. Past Experiences Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

7. Media Frenzy A recent Statistic: Crime down 20% in America reporting up 600% , Look at what you are looking at !!! Negative World View

10. Choose the Right Luggage Dodge Bullets Be Bulletproof

11. The Problem With Dodging Bullets You’re going to get hit!

12. Choice #2 Wear Bulletproof Armor

13. Bulletproof Armor Comes from SELF CHANGE

14. Putting on the Armor Change 3 Things!

15. How to Change Your Attitude ATTITUDE ATTITUDE Changes happen personally from the INSIDE OUT!

17. Step #2 Take Control Negative world view YOU FROM THE INSIDE . . . OUT! Ownership Values Mission Discipline ATTITUDE

18. How to Change Your Thinking THINKING THINKING Changes come from observing logically in every situation

19. Observe Your Thinking THINKING It sucks to be him. I refuse to let this hook me! This is all very interesting What can I do to defuse this? Tomorrow it will look very different. I’d like to beat the …

20. Manage Your Self - Talk If you think you Can, or you think you Can’t… YOU’RE RIGHT ! Henry Ford THINKING This is going to be a wonderful day! This is going to be a crappy day!

21. How to Change Your Behavior BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR Changes take true assessment, determination & discipline

22. Choose Your Behavior REACTIVE RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR Response My Response My Choice Stimulus Stimulus

27. The Choice is YOURS With a Bad attitude you can never have a positive day With a Positive attitude you can never have a bad day

28. Choose POSI + IVE Living

29. HAVE A WONDERFULL & A positive Future E N J O Y !!!!!!!!!!