Positivity in the work environment
There's rarely been a large emphasis on positivity in the workplace by employers. Due to new research, it's become clear that that mentality can be severly harmful to your company. With positivity comes hope, efficacy, resilience, and optimism, the resources that comprise the new "HERO" idea from Psychological Capital. These resources are necessary to have a hard-working, efficient, loyal workforce. Without positivity, your company's missing out on so much of what it could have.
As an employee, positivity is just as important. Do you want to work a job you hate? Do you want to spend most of life in a bad mood? If not, then positivity is a must. When you're negative, everything around you will become negative, especially with the stress of work. But if you meet all that stress positively, it won't be a problem. You'll be able to make your job into something you enjoy, not something you begrudgingly take part in. Same goes for anything really. As a student, in my workplace (school) I know that when I come in in a bad mood the day moves slower and I get nothing done. When I'm feeling positive I can make it through the day with the bad parts just flying by, I actually enjoy what I'm doing, and I get way more finished. So unless you want to waste a large portion of your life being angry and inefficient, positivity in the workplace in extraordinarily important.
As an employee, positivity is just as important. Do you want to work a job you hate? Do you want to spend most of life in a bad mood? If not, then positivity is a must. When you're negative, everything around you will become negative, especially with the stress of work. But if you meet all that stress positively, it won't be a problem. You'll be able to make your job into something you enjoy, not something you begrudgingly take part in. Same goes for anything really. As a student, in my workplace (school) I know that when I come in in a bad mood the day moves slower and I get nothing done. When I'm feeling positive I can make it through the day with the bad parts just flying by, I actually enjoy what I'm doing, and I get way more finished. So unless you want to waste a large portion of your life being angry and inefficient, positivity in the workplace in extraordinarily important.