{"id":7084,"date":"2016-12-01T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=7084"},"modified":"2022-08-25T23:34:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T23:34:12","slug":"review-of-positive-versus-negative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/review-of-positive-versus-negative\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Positive versus Negative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/review-of-positive-v-negative-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/review-of-positive-v-negative-blog-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"review of positive v negative\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/review-of-positive-v-negative-blog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/review-of-positive-v-negative-blog-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>In many different fields having negative people call attention to certain facts or factors can be helpful.\u00a0 At the same time being negative means focusing on problems, speaking in a way that limits or lacks confidence, and being a naysayer.<\/p>\n<p>Being positive can mean having the proverbial rose-colored glasses.\u00a0 Being positive also means believing in possibilities, knowing there is a way to make it work, being charismatic, enjoying<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=513sCbD5VGU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> life<\/a> and being perceived as more credible.<\/p>\n<p>What are the specific pros and cons of being negative versus being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/tips-to-thinking-positively\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">positive<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><u>Negative:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Pros &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See the problems more readily<\/li>\n<li>Identify considerations quickly<\/li>\n<li>Easy to be negative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cons &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Depressing<\/li>\n<li>Drags others down<\/li>\n<li>Easy to get stuck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Positive:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Pros &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improves brain function<\/li>\n<li>Feels empowering and Supports being proactive<\/li>\n<li>Engaging and motivating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cons &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May miss seeing the challenges<\/li>\n<li>May gloss over challenges<\/li>\n<li>A-typical<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What are the take-always from these lists?\u00a0 There is a time and a place for recognizing barriers and considerations.\u00a0 Then move forward to being positive because it increases your brain capacity for finding solutions and resources, proactively strategize, and define actions.<\/p>\n<p>Given the clear value of a primarily positive approach with time for recognizing negatives, what skills or processes are most effective?\u00a0 Chances are you already guessed it&#8230; coaching of course!\u00a0 Coaching as a skill developed through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coach training<\/a> and also coaching is a process that works whether applying your coaching skills personally or working with someone who has completed coaching certification.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, coaching uses a positive, proactive approach and the process includes identifying potential barriers or challenges, and then planning how to move forward intentionally.\u00a0 When engaging a coach be sure to ask about their coaching certification and membership in the <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Coach Federation<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many different fields having negative people call attention to certain facts or factors can be helpful.\u00a0 At the same time being negative means focusing &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,40],"tags":[464,116,119,465,48,85,45,50,86,118,466,102,463,462,115,134,117,79,107],"class_list":["post-7084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-business-coach-certification","tag-business-coach-training","tag-career-coach-certification","tag-career-coach-training","tag-coach","tag-coach-training","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-certification","tag-executive-coach-certification","tag-executive-coach-training","tag-goal-setting","tag-health-coach-certification","tag-health-coach-training","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-life-coach-training","tag-life-coaching-certification","tag-skills","tag-strategy","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7084"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10020,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084\/revisions\/10020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}