"How do you soar like an eagle, when you are surrounded by turkeys?" I know it is a common quote, I was not able to find credit anyone for this as the original owner. Thanks to a listener who connected with me (Stuart Walter) on LinkedIn for this episode. Their comment, "An interesting thing which I’m coming up against at the moment is dealing with negativity within the workforce, and how from one person it spreads.  Any insights into that would be welcome 😊" Well here you go, from a mindset perspective, I will take this one off Lewis's hands. I am focusing on the word 'Spreads', emotions and energy spreads, both good and bad. And generally, it is the ones at the top that set the energy for the workplace. If it is not the owner, allowing positive to flow down, it is the generally the workers on the ground that allow the negative to flow up. Consider a toilet... you have the water source, the cistern, to hold the water, what is in the bowl and the plumbing underneath. Energy, in this case water, flows down. Where ever their is a blockage (shit) the toxic water flows back up. Both are as powerful as the other. As CEO is is very hard all the time to keep the energy up, especially over the last 3 years of Covid. Everyone looks to you for direction, focus and positivity, and you are the one probably feeling it more as you have soo much on the line. How has your positivity or negativity influenced your business over the last 3 years? Take time to have a think. A CEO last week, was saying over the Covid period, he allocated $ to his Management Team to distribute to those who had gone above and beyond their job. A week later, he was astounded that none of the money had been distributed as everyone was just 'doing their job' and that was all. I asked the CEO, 'would you have given yourself the money as a bonus for contributing more than expected, according your your business values?' He took a moment and said no. Over the last 3 years CEO's have taken close to 40% of my availability, and this is also corporate teams and workshops I have run. And when we push the 'flush button' on the energy flow to remove the shit, the CEO and teams are once again in a positive flow. OK time now to listen to this episode, and again, a huge thanks to a confidential listener, for this question. To connect, head to www.ceosecretweapon.info to download 'The Dear Diary Process' eBook. I know that is the perfect tool to help in the flushing from negative to positive. and while you are there, connect and drop us a question and comment. And thank you all, during the week we cracked the 1000 plays on our podcast. until next time, this is Stuart saying thanks on behalf of Lewis the great! Take care, Stuart