A USA TODAY BESTSELLER
Learn to transform your perspective and lead with positivity
In The Negativity Fast: Proven Techniques to Increase Positivity, Reduce Fear, and Boost Success, sales leader and strategist Anthony Iannarino delivers an exciting and effective new take on creating and sustaining powerful sales processes. You’ll learn to lead with positivity as you harness negative emotions to make lasting changes for the better and explore the power of gratitude to transform your mental outlook.
Discover how to reframe the negative events of your life into the ways they made you stronger and prepared you for future setbacks. The author also offers:
- Concrete advice on perspective-taking and strategies for avoiding being triggered by people with different beliefs
- A thirteen-week Negativity Fast, in which you’ll eliminate sources of negativity for 90 days and introduce positivity into your mental diet
- Discussions of the necessity for optimism in a difficult world
An inspiring and exciting take on leadership, The Negativity Fast walks you through how to cultivate a positive attitude and perspective you can pass on to the people who follow you.
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Disclaimer xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Chapter 1 Why You Are Negative 1
Chapter 2 Talking Yourself into a Negative State 19
Chapter 3 Empathy and How to Lie to Yourself 37
Chapter 4 How to Stop Complaining 57
Chapter 5 The Awesome Power of Gratitude 77
Chapter 6 Reframing Negative Events 97
Chapter 7 How to Live Happily with Political Divisiveness 113
Chapter 8 Wanting and the Perils of Social Media 131
Chapter 9 How to Change Your State 149
Chapter 10 Minding Mindfulness 165
Chapter 11 How to Forget Your Problems and Concerns 177
Chapter 12 The Negativity Fast 189
Endnotes 205
Recommended Resources 219
About the Author 223
Index 225
