Your brain is wired to look for what is going wrong, to spot problems, to see the negative,

to anticipate failure, to be on the lookout, to remember more of the pain than the progress.

It's called the negativity bias. And if you don't untrain it, you actually are unknowingly building a negative life, even if you're

working really hard to be positive. We all know that negative people are a drain to be around,

but most of us don't realize just how negative we are. And so in this episode, we're going to talk about what is

negativity bias? How can you train for positivity bias? And how do you know if you're the problem?

We're also going to touch on what to do about the negative people around you, because let's be

honest, negativity is contagious. We've got to make sure we don't

catch it. Welcome to the Confidence podcast, your go-to space for high-performance coaching,

designed for ambitious, high-achieving individuals who want more out of life. You deserve the

confidence that rises to meet your dreams. This podcast will help

you activate it fully. I'm your host, Trish Blackwell. Let's get started. Hey guys, this is Trish

Blackwell. You're listening to the Confidence Podcast. I am delighted that you are here today,

whether this is your first episode that you're listening with us, or you've listened to 700 plus episodes with me.

It is my absolute privilege to be a voice of positivity, a voice of encouragement, a voice of

actionable skills and tools that you can implement into your life every single week.

If you don't know, we drop new

episodes every Tuesday and it is always my goal to make them super impactful, super quick,

to the point so that you can get on and not just be, I don't want to be another podcast that

you listen to and get the feel good vibes. I know, and I hear the feedback that after people listen to a show, they feel

fired up. That's like, that's my thing. I can fire people up. I was always like that in sports.

I can get a team going. I can get a group going. I don't care about that. I mean, I'm happy

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