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<\/a><\/p>\nSome days you realize that you have to stay positive; you are expected to keep yourself and maybe a team going.\u00a0 Negativity may seem to be all around placing barriers in the path.\u00a0 As the leader, remaining positive means identifying the potential trouble sources so you can stay clear.\u00a0 The climb can be a struggle.\u00a0 When you reach the top, look back at the view; see the beauty of where you have been.<\/span><\/p>\n This week started with a large amount of negativity in my work world.\u00a0 At the end of Monday, I just wanted to run.\u00a0 Things became overwhelming; my emotions and reactions were handled poorly.\u00a0 I was left with a\u00a0defeated attitude.\u00a0 I reached out for help and\u00a0was very quickly reminded by a good friend, of my own words, a few weeks ago.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen things get overwhelming and impossible; it is time to cut out the negativity in your life.\u00a0 It is wasting your energy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Whether you are the leader in your job, your family or\u00a0your own life; do not get stuck on the negative.\u00a0 It will drain your energy. Take a look back and see the beauty.\u00a0 It is the climb that got you where you are today.\u00a0 You are learning during that climb and the struggles.\u00a0 See the negative barriers and move around them.\u00a0 You cannot change a major boulder in your path but you can recognize it and move around it.\u00a0 Don’t just stand and look at it…move.<\/span><\/p>\n We all have bad days, over react, and make mistakes.\u00a0 This is a part of learning.\u00a0 Don\u2019t beat yourself up; pick yourself up.\u00a0 Move around the negative barriers and see the beauty on the other side.\u00a0 It\u2019s there; open your eyes and see the beauty!<\/span><\/p>\n Kathi Ackerman, MSW, LGSW, LADC<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some days you realize that you have to stay positive; you are expected to keep yourself and maybe a team going.\u00a0 Negativity may seem to be all around placing barriers in the path.\u00a0 As the leader, remaining positive means identifying the potential trouble sources so you can stay clear.\u00a0 The climb can be a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}