How do you respond to negative people?

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Posted on Aug 4th, 2008 by

Siona

What do you do when you come across people who seem to prefer to be negative or critical? How do you respond?

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Many different ways depending on...

Posted on Sep 25th, 2008 by

treniff

Many different ways depending on what they are being negative about. Sometimes it's best to ignore them. Other times I try to help them look at the situation in a more positive way (this only... More »

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How people treat you is...

Posted on Aug 17th, 2008 by

Brandy

How people treat you is there karma, but how you react is yours. - anyonomous basically if you react to someones negativity in the wrong way, your just stooping to their level.

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Mostly by ignoring them. Trouble...

Posted on Aug 15th, 2008 by

pookietooth

Mostly by ignoring them. Trouble is, I'm one of them!

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Are there negative people? Isn’t...

Posted on Aug 14th, 2008 by

rudyan

Are there negative people? Isn’t it just an idea in my mind that they are negative? I can only assume that they are speaking (or acting out) their truth, and who am I to judge... More »

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I enjoy discovering where the...

Posted on Aug 9th, 2008 by

AndreaOpus

I enjoy discovering where the negativity is coming from and trying to turn it around. Sometimes it is a laugh, sometimes it takes a caring comment, sometimes it is offering a different perspective, sometimes distracting... More »

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It seems maybe there are...

Posted on Aug 7th, 2008 by

tinkonthebrink

It seems maybe there are different kinds of negatives. There are the people who can't say anything nice, who complain or criticize all the time almost out of habit, or because cynicism makes them feel... More »

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Sometimes it's so difficult to...

Posted on Aug 6th, 2008 by

Liz

Sometimes it's so difficult to hang around negative people; sometimes it is even contagious. I heard that for every negative comment you receive you need at least ten or so positive comments to even slightly... More »

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I tend to be a...

Posted on Aug 6th, 2008 by

Megs

I tend to be a passive person - it's an extremely rare thing when I display any amount of assertiveness - so I usually respond to negative people by ignoring them to the best of... More »

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I heard several talks about...

Posted on Aug 6th, 2008 by

synonym for light

I heard several talks about various subjects this week -- 1st, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, then Melissa Block & Stefan Fatsis, then Madeleine Albright, then the prosecutor at court -- my 16 year old... More »

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I'll be the first...

Posted on Aug 5th, 2008 by

Susan #1

I'll be the first to admit that it can be so damn easy to get sucked into negativity and to judge the person who is so negative to begin with. Sometimes I sit back... More »

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