7 Hidden Daily Habits Secretly Sabotaging Your Success—Are You Guilty?
3. Amplifying negativity
Focusing on what’s going wrong rather than what’s going right can foster a cramped, self-limiting outlook. It’s all too easy to dwell on a rough meeting, a critical comment, or a small failure and let those thoughts dominate the day.
However, negative thinking can become a loop that reinforces itself, turning isolated issues into reasons to doubt overall abilities.
A simple way to shift this habit is by consciously balancing any critical thought with a positive one. For instance, if a presentation received some negative feedback, one might acknowledge the critique but also recognize one or two strengths in the same presentation.
