Find and rally around the positive. Since your brain is actively pulling you and others into fear mode, looking for the positive elements of a situation and saying them out loud can help balance what’s naturally imbalanced. Neurobiologists find that because of our brain’s mirror neurons, even introducing one positive person to a group can raise the overall happiness of the team. When hiring, keep in mind that not everyone you hire has to be positive all the time, but it’s nice to have at least one person on the team to balance things, especially if others tend toward the negative.
