TOLERATE NO NEGATIVITY

Birthday celebrations in our friend circle is Dinner - cum - cake cutting ceremony. 9th March. It's my wife's birthday. In the process of inviting my friends to dinner, I called my friend Ankit to extend the dinner invitation. He was in his office and said will call back in the evening. I told him to make no other plans for the dinner.

In the evening, Ankit called my wife and wished her. He said to her that his wife was having a sore throat, body ache and mild fever and they would not be able to join us in the evening.

I then spoke with Ankit regarding his day-to-day work and routine. Ankit then asked me how my work is going on. I said that sometimes I get frustrated by the way I see people around me and that is happening too frequently. He said " Hey man. You cannot be pessimistic. You have been so optimistic all the while that we have also looked up to you. If you become pessimistic, where would we look up for optimism."

Well, this was not known to me. It was feedback. I appreciate the feedback from Ankit which made me feel better. A week has passed since I received the feedback and that is what I came across while I am reading the book: Sell of Be Sold by Grant Cardone:

I started to observe myself deeply and I realized that it is not the first time I am facing this situation where I am surrounded by negative people. But I have been Optimistic.

So, now onwards I will be OPTIMISTIC and Will Not Allow Any Negativity around myself.

Note to self:

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