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\"\"<\/a>Ever listen to Click and Clack, the Tappert brothers, on NPR? They talk about perhaps the most boring subject on the planet … car repair. <\/p>\n

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But you can’t listen to that program for more than 10 minutes without cracking a smile or just laughing out loud. <\/div>\n
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Why? Because THEY laugh out loud, and it’s completely infectious. I remembered them this weekend when I read this article in the NYTimes<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The jist is that we all infect each other with whatever emotionals we exhibit. We are social animals … we are touched by those around us … we ‘ape’ what we see. However you want to phrase it, the bottom line is that we do have an impact on those around us. <\/div>\n
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I call this an emotional gravity well. It is the pull toward positive or negative feelings, based on those feelings around you. If you are generally positive, you will create that particular species of gravity around you, and it will affect others. If you are generally negative, you will pass that negativity on to them as well. <\/div>\n
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Now, you can’t think of this in a bad way — like, oh no, now I have responsibility to my fellow man to walk around with a smile plastered to my face!! Everyone goes through ups and downs, and everybody knows that. <\/div>\n
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It’s simply important to realize that you yourself can be affected by others in general (so hang out with positive people). Likewise, you can create positivity around you by focusing on the good and not the bad. The bonus prize here is that this draws positive people toward your positive emotional gravity well, which will support your improved emotional health in the process!! <\/div>\n
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That’s what I call positive feedback!! <\/div>\n
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