{"id":364,"date":"2008-06-13T08:14:51","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T22:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2012-07-31T12:59:55","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T02:59:55","slug":"choosing-your-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2008\/06\/choosing-your-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing your environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the factors influencing your happiness and success is the environment you find yourself in &#8211; and you do have control over it.<\/p>\n<p>I recently read a <a title=\"Donna-Marie's blog post on environment\" href=\"http:\/\/smallbusinessdiva.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/21\/what-environment-and-friends-do-you-choose\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog post by Donna-Marie<\/a>\u00a0which reminded me of the impact people have on your life. I honestly believe that if you surround yourself with positive people, you will have a more positive attitude and are likely to find solutions and opportunities. Which of course means that if you spend lots of time with negative, no-hope people, it is much harder to reach your potential and feel happy.<\/p>\n<p>This can impact many of your choices, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>make sure you employ staff who are positive and creative rather than complainers<\/li>\n<li>only attend seminars and networking events where you feel a positive environment &#8211; if group members are not supportive or encouraging, you probably won&#8217;t benefit much from spending time with them<\/li>\n<li>if choosing between two suppliers, pick the one who has a can-do attitude or enthusiasm over the one who makes the project sound like hard work or an interruption to their schedule<\/li>\n<li>only use a coach or mentor who believes in success and finding solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Who you associate with can even impact on your writing style &#8211; positive people use words like &#8220;can&#8221;, &#8220;will&#8221;, &#8220;value&#8221; and &#8220;ideas&#8221; which inspire you and make your writing positive, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you ever experienced an obvious change by changing who is around you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I once knew some people who couldn&#8217;t\u00a0 help themselves from lying and adjusting perceptions to maintain their view of reality. Their behaviour made me uncomfortable and I didn&#8217;t like being unable to trust them, so I made a conscious decision to not associate with them. There was actually a great sense of relief when they were no longer part of my life, and I have taken care since to choose who I spend time with whenever possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the factors influencing your happiness and success is the environment you find yourself in &#8211; and you do have control over it. I recently read a blog post by Donna-Marie\u00a0which reminded me of the impact people have on your life. 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