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Episode 308: Spread Positivity · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast
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  Speaker 1: by Joe wattis we wish to entertain, instruct and motivate.
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  Speaker 1: If nothing else, hopefully we can entertain and inspire you
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  Speaker 1: to live a more positive life three hundred and sixty five.
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  Speaker 3: Three men find themselves at a beachside resort in the Caribbean,
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  Speaker 3: and they soon begin to discuss their lives and how
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  Speaker 3: they came to be there. The first man says, I
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  Speaker 3: used to run a successful business in the Midwest. One day, unfortunately,
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  Speaker 3: there was a huge fire and my entire warehouse burned
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  Speaker 3: to the ground. I collected the insurance on it and
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  Speaker 3: decided to move here. The other two nods slightly sympathetically.
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  Speaker 3: The second man says, similar story here. I used to
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  Speaker 3: run a jewelry store back in la but unfortunately, one
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  Speaker 3: night there was a massive break in. I collected the
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  Speaker 3: insurance that I had on the jewelry and I moved
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  Speaker 3: down here to settle. They look at the third guy.
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  Speaker 3: He says, I used to run a small fishing business
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  Speaker 3: on the East Coast. Last year, unfortunately, the entire thing
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  Speaker 3: was ruined by a hurricane. I collected my insurance and
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  Speaker 3: moved here. The first two guys look at each other
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  Speaker 3: for a minute. Finally one of them says, how do
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  Speaker 3: you start a hurricane? Hey? There, and thanks for tuning in.
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  Speaker 3: Today we're getting into something pretty real. How moods, vibes,
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  Speaker 3: and energy good or bad can spread like wildflow wildfire. Ever,
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  Speaker 3: notice how one person's bad day can bring down a
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  Speaker 3: whole room, or how being around someone upbeat can totally
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  Speaker 3: lift your spirits. That's what we're talking about today, Why
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  Speaker 3: positivity and negativity are both super contagious, and how we
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  Speaker 3: can be more aware of the energy we are putting
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  Speaker 3: out there. But first, before we go into this topic,
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  Speaker 3: we have our trivia question of the day. Are you
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  Speaker 3: ready for it? Here? It is, according to a two
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  Speaker 3: thousand and eight study, how many degrees of separation does
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  Speaker 3: it take for your mood to influence someone else's? We
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  Speaker 3: will have the answer when we come back.
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  Speaker 3: Do you know the answer to this week's trivia question?
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  Speaker 3: The question was, according to a two thousand and eight study,
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  Speaker 3: how many degrees of separation does it take for your
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  Speaker 3: mood to win? For wins someone else's The answer three degrees.
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  Speaker 3: That means your mood can impact not just your friends,
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  Speaker 3: but your friends as friends and even they're friends. This
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  Speaker 3: comes from a famous study by researchers Nicholas Christakis and
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  Speaker 3: James Fowler, who found that emotions like happiness or sadness
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  Speaker 3: can ripple through social networks up to three degrees away.
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  Speaker 3: So if you're having a great day and spreading good vibes,
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  Speaker 3: you might actually be boosting the mood of someone you've
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  Speaker 3: never even met. Kind of wild right, just goes to
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  Speaker 3: show how connected we all really are, now, you know. So,
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  Speaker 3: how do we even start being more aware of the
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  Speaker 3: energy we're putting out there? It begins with checking in
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  Speaker 3: with ourselves regularly, ask yourself, how am I feeling right now?
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  Speaker 3: What kind of energy am I carrying into this space?
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes just hitting pause for a second can help us
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  Speaker 3: notice we're walking around with a storm cloud over our head,
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  Speaker 3: or if we're shining a little light. It's also about
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  Speaker 3: tuning in too, how people react around us. Do they
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  Speaker 3: seem tense or do they relax when we're around. Our tone,
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  Speaker 3: our body language, even our silence, those things all send
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  Speaker 3: a signal. Being mindful doesn't mean forcing fake positivity. It
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  Speaker 3: means being intentional, choosing to respond instead of react, choosing kindness,
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  Speaker 3: when it's easy to snap, choosing presence over autopilot. It's
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  Speaker 3: not about being perfect, it's about being aware. Negativity is contagious.
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  Speaker 3: Fear is contagious, but so is happiness. So is optimism,
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  Speaker 3: so is love. Surround yourself with people who bring out
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  Speaker 3: the best in you, and strive to be a reflection
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  Speaker 3: of what you want to receive.
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  Speaker 1: stay positive today and every day three hundred and sixty
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