They’re lucky you’re even wearing shoes today. Negative Ned Says… “What I wear is how I express myself. Don’t go trying to suppress my self-expression! I don’t happen to go along with your television-magazine-Hollywood-image of what I should look like. Yeah, as...
Real World Example: It was a normal day at the airport, or so I thought. I was flying out of the San Diego airport on my way to Salt Lake City. I was on my way to the gate when I heard music. Loud music. As I looked to see where it was coming from, I saw Southwest...
What are you, a therapist? Negative Ned Says… “Do I look like a therapist? Why do these customers think I care about their problems? Their rotten marriage or their sick kid has nothing to do with me or my job. And frankly, I don’t want to hear about it. I wish...
Keep it real. If you feel grumpy, let it show. Negative Ned Says… “You think I ought to be all excited about this work? To me, it’s just a paycheck. Isn’t it enough that I do my job? I don’t have to act like I like it, do I? I’m not going to jump up and down...
Being positive will suck the life right out of you. Negative Ned Says… “It’s really easy to nip in the bud a positive attitude if I watch the news right after I wake up in the morning. There’s always a world crisis, a murder, bad weather, or a depressing...
