There’s a person in my office that has such a cheerful (but not annoying! how?!) positive attitude that I requested a one-on-one with them to try to figure out HOW. And WHY. And HOW. How do you remain so positive and cheerful at work?!
We had our meeting, and I haven’t gotten to the bottom of it yet, but I’m determined to figure it out, so I can be more like that at work. (I think a big part of it for me is going to be NOT taking everything so seriously.)
In the meantime, while I work on positivity, I can at least emulate her style. Ha. I love these earrings she has and asked for them for my birthday and my parents got them for me.
I can’t wait to wear them to the office and see if she notices! This all sounds creepy but she’ll think it’s flattering!
Isn’t there a saying about imitation being the most sincere form of flattery?
I’m curious – did you tell her you were trying to be more positive like she is? And if so, how did she react? did she give you any pointers?
Yes, there is! That is actually the tag I put on this post when I put it on Facebook!
I did! She was flattered and self deprecating about it. We didn’t get around to pointers because we spent a lot of time talking about how she ended up at our company (which I wanted to hear) then we got sidetracked sharing podcasts and books we like, and side-tracked by me talking about the path I am on at work. It was a good mentoring session, but I still need those pointers!
Wow – she sounds like a great colleague to have!
I love that you are so self aware and very open to making things work better for you. Not a lot of people are.
Also, those glitter earrings are the BOMB! Might end up being your new power earrings…?
Aww, thanks. I really try. There is a lot more I could work on!
Thanks! I think so! Definitely wearing them tomorrow for a client meeting!
Those earrings are super fun! Did you ask her where she got them so you could ask for them for your birthday?
I’m impressed that you took the initiative to chat with her to learn about her positivity! I would be way too intimidated to ask someone for mentoring on something like that (something personality related vs. work related – though I guess it is kind of work related, the more I think about it). I hope you get some good pointers – and share them with the group, because goodness knows I could use some tips on how to be positive about work!
I did! And then I found them on Amazon!!!
Aww, thanks! People always are flattered when you ask them for tips on something they are good at, work or personality or whatever related! I will share pointers with you guys! I just saw her this am but we had to catch up on our vacations first! Ha! And kind of related, I saw this article today but didn’t find it SUPER useful: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/20/success/fix-bad-attitude-at-work/index.html
Those are so cute! I bet she’ll be flattered. One of my work friends “copied” my sweatshirt and watch (and maybe one more thing), and then one day, we wore them both on the same day! We took a picture because we were also wearing blue jeans and sneakers and had blue cellphone cases. (We’re real friends now.)
Oh yes! I remember that!!! I loved seeing that pic. It is flattering to get the same thing as someone else because you like it. You know, all those books we read as young women imply that you need to be unique and the only one wearing something, but… it’s so fun to match! Ha!