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How to Combat Negative Thinking
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Your own stronghold
In the military, a stronghold is a place the losing side will retreat to when things get bad. It’s a well-stocked area that has been tightly secured in case of attack.
A mental stronghold is a practice that creates a stockpile of mental reserves you can always fall back on in challenging circumstances (for example, gratitude).
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Combat negative thinking
- When passing though difficult times, think about 3 good things that happened in your day, to encourage you brain to process positivity.
- Create a power lead: if someone asks how you are doing, answer with an uplifting thing.
- Invest in mindfulness. This is a powerful tool against negativity.
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Accept that you have to put in place remote work systems, even if more than half of your employees ultimately revert to office-based work.
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Build a socially-connected culture
Intentionally design for the same interactions that would otherwise happen if people were in the office.
- Culture is what naturally happens when a group of people gets together for any period.
- A great culture happens with intentional design and influence. It's the reason you should make your company's mission, vision, values, operating principles, standards, and agreements visible.
- Culture is experienced through emotions, including how your employees feel about the company, you, other leaders, and peers. That feeling is developed through human interaction at the water cooler, kitchen, or hallway conversations.
Your leadership presence
Your people need to feel your presence as a leader as they will have fewer opportunities to see you face to face when they work remotely.
- Regularly show up in a variety of forms that can include weekly video meetings, periodic company-wide emails, or presence in public channels.
- Err on the side of more communication rather than less.
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Recognize the impact of loneliness
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Work out exactly why you are lonely
- someone either not having enough basic social contact or,
- despite being surrounded by people, not feeling understood, listened to or cared for.
Speak to someone
- Talk to friends and family.
- Join a club or socialize through hobbies or interests. It is a good way to meet new people and increase social interactions.
- Do voluntary work. It forges connections as well as makes you feel worthwhile.
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Not backed up by science
While popular, researchers say there is a serious lack of evidence to back up mindfulness apps, even though they are increasingly perceived as proven treatments for mental health.
Seeking scientific validation
A handful of studies have been published on the efficacy of mindfulness apps, thanks in part to Headspace, one of the most popular apps in the field. In hopes of getting its app scientifically validated, the organization has partnered on more than 60 studies with 35 academic institutions. In the meantime, in lieu of research proving that apps work, marketers tend to draw misleading, but attractive claims.
The paradox of mindfulness apps
Mindfulness disrupts unhelpful habits. If you get distracted easily or have addictions, mindfulness helps curb these habits. But, in contrast, apps become popular and profitable by getting users lightly addicted to repetitive use. So, can an app really treat addiction, or is it inherently part of the problem? As of now, we don’t know the answer to that question.