This time of the year we are often faced with people who walk around looking like they have the worries of the world on their shoulders. They may be feeling this way because of the seasonal change, it could be the thought of the cost of Christmas, increasing energy costs or they could be a born worrier, with a half empty glass!
You like I may find these people energy sappers who can change the mood of the room or a meeting. So how can we change this?
We need to accept that for this type of person when something triggers them into worrying they see it as a massive picture of things that have gone wrong in the past or the catastrophes that could happen in the future, they cannot see beyond this. They may also hear those voices in their head saying, this cannot possibly work, and it hasn’t in the past… so much self doubt means they cannot see a positive outcome.
When faced with them we need to help them change the picture they see by asking some simple coaching questions that take the negative into a positive:
Hope this helps you to change their picture and their glass from ‘half empty’ to ‘half full.'