Title: Develop Immunity to Negativity

Speaker: Jeanine Joy

Length: 60 minutes plus a follow-up series

Audience Participation: Yes

Outline:

Emotion is contagious, but you can develop immunity to other’s negative emotions

When someone around you is having a bad day it can make your day bad, too. Negative co-workers often make employees wish they were anywhere else. Positive co-workers can make work fun. Is there a way to vaccinate yourself against other people’s drama and negative emotions so they don’t ruin your day? The answer is yes. It takes time and requires you to develop some skills, but after the ability to walk, there are few skills that are more valuable to the quality of your life than having control over your mood and being able to feel good even when others don’t.

Don’t worry—you’ll still care about other people—you just won’t join them in their misery.

Participants will learn:

1. How the mind actually perceives reality and what impacts personal perception.2. Where emotion comes from and how to change your emotion (not suppress it).3. Why being happy when others aren’t is good for you and for them.4. Skills you can use to build your happiness skills that give you more control over whether

other’s moods impact your mood and tools you can use to recover quickly if something takes your mood lower than you want it to be.

Happiness 1st Institute, a Thrive More Now Company