Positive or Negative?

When you walk into a room today, what kind of energy will you bring?

If you have children, no doubt you have experienced this. Recently, one of my daughters came to the dinner table and it was like there was a dark cloud hanging over her. She was clearly in a bad mood. While she did not say or do anything inappropriate, her demeanor and body language spoke volumes.

We tried to ignore it but inevitably my daughter’s dark mood affected everyone else and the usual light table conversation settled into silence.

At this point my step-son started talking. He was pumped about his soccer game that night. He talked about it and the latest series that he was watching on Netflix. He was upbeat and brought a very positive vibe to the table. It was not long before the normal table conversation resumed. Even my daughter returned to her usual self.

It is no different when you sit at the table for a meeting today. The energy that you bring to the room, either positive or negative is infectious.

If someone sits down with you in that meeting and he or she are in a negative place, even if they don’t say a word, their energy will affect everyone else.

Think about the energy that you bring to a room on a normal day. Are you helping to lift people up, or are you pulling them down?

God knows that we have a lot going on in our lives and are entitled to feel down every once and awhile.

But most days, we can decide the kind of energy that we bring into a room.

What kind of energy will you be bringing today?