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Hi guys, so today I want to talk about how people can be pegged as being negative when the other person really just doesn't like what they're saying.

I'm sure mostly everyone listening right now has at one time been in a position where you've calmly expressed a concern or pointed out something

that feels off, but instead of feeling heard, you're just told that you're negative or that you

woke up on the wrong side of the bet. There's no denying that actual negativity exists. Yeah,

of course, like for me, I cannot stand when someone is just miserable.

What was me? The world sucks. Like just nothing is good. There's always a butt.

It's so draining. It just makes me tired. It makes me want to go crawl back into my

cushy bed and go to sleep. That's not the kind of negativity I'm talking about. I'm talking about

when you're simply being honest and logical, right? You're expressing yourself, something does not

sit right, and you need to get it off your chest. There's a huge difference between negativity

and reality. There's just such a problem with communication in the world today.

I mean, that's like the number one reason why people can't get along, right?

The communication.

So a lot of people, instead of making you feel heard and addressing what you're saying,

they would just rather criticize you. So yeah,

suddenly you're negative, you're being difficult. Oh, I thought you were a positive person.

And this happens in any kind of relationship, friendship, family dynamics, or even at work.

And even with people you don't know, I mean, I don't know how many times I've, for example,

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