Well, Repetition doesn't spoil the prayer, so yet again, here's an article on Impact of News
Consuming Negative News Can Make You Less Effective at Work
Consuming Negative News Can Make You Less Effective at Work
Its a Harvard Business Review article, so backed by research, so definitely added validation points.:
Up until now most people have reacted with skepticism and curiosity, some to the extent of saying, why are you punishing yourself ? (to the no TV). The other day I met someone, and in conversation, was actually asked how, under the circumstances, I spend my spare time. End of conversation she said she's going to try going off the paper too. I loved the agility of thought.
Up until now most people have reacted with skepticism and curiosity, some to the extent of saying, why are you punishing yourself ? (to the no TV). The other day I met someone, and in conversation, was actually asked how, under the circumstances, I spend my spare time. End of conversation she said she's going to try going off the paper too. I loved the agility of thought.
It's been two months since I stopped the subscription and trust me, I haven't missed the paper, and what's more, I haven't missed any really significant news either. In fact the times I browse online news when I have an msn or yahoo home page open, makes me glad all over.
It's about a choice. Living out even the details of your life by choice...... you'll see how many habit or conditioned based things actually go out the window. Including thinking fallacies.
Anyways, to get to the article itself. here's a short excerpt, full article can be read here:
'We’ve known for some time now that hearing negative news broadcasts can have an immediate effect on your stress level, but new research we just conducted in partnership with Huffington shows how significant these negative effects can be on our workdays. Just a few minutes spent consuming negative news in the morning can affect the entire emotional trajectory of your day.
There is an equally compelling body of research that links optimism to higher performance. In a study in the 1980s, for example, Seligman followed insurance salespeople and found that optimistic salespeople outsold their pessimistic counterparts by 37%. In our previous HBR article, Positive Intelligence, we described how a group of hospitals in Louisiana trained 11,000 doctors, nurses and staff to make eye contact and smile at people who walk down the hospital hallways within 10 feet of them. Just six months later, they observed a significant increase in the number of patients visiting the hospital, an increased likelihood of referring that hospital based on the quality of care received, and elevated engagement levels for the employees.
A one-second free behavioral change taught people a different social script: we are connected and your positive behavior can have a real impact on others.
A one-second free behavioral change taught people a different social script: we are connected and your positive behavior can have a real impact on others.
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