Ever had somebody provide you with unhealthy information? How about excellent news? What is the distinction or is there a distinction?

Excellent news – stuff or data that makes us completely happy, content material, reassured, safe and validated.

Dangerous information – the alternative.

So, it could seem that there’s a distinction between good and unhealthy information – learn on.

Have you ever ever gotten unhealthy news however in the long run issues turned out effectively or higher than you anticipated? Have you ever ever obtained excellent news and over time what you thought was excellent news ended up being not so good?

From private expertise I can let you know that I’ve skilled all 4 –

Excellent news that was good.

Dangerous information that was unhealthy.

Excellent news that I believed was good however ended up being unhealthy.

Dangerous information that I believed was unhealthy and ended up being good.

Confused but? Nicely I do know that over time I used to be typically confused concerning the distinction between these two obvious reverse messages. However then I discovered that typically unhealthy information for one individual might be perceived as excellent news for another person and that excellent news to 1 individual over time might be perceived as unhealthy.

Confused? Let me clarify.

In the long run it is simply information and what makes it unhealthy or good and even impartial isn’t the information itself however how we understand it, choose it, consider it or react due to it.

How can somebody understand unhealthy information nearly as good you may ask? Or the alternative, how might somebody understand excellent news as unhealthy?

Briefly – every of us has a singular historical past, experiences, beliefs and values and consequently none of us ever see the identical factor or circumstance in the identical means.

Somebody who’s a worrier, unfavourable, pessimistic or impatient may see a delay as unhealthy when one other one that understands the idea of there are issues we will management and there are issues we won’t management so why get all upset about one thing you may’t management or if you happen to can management it get busy.

In the long run every little thing that occurs – simply occurs and what we do is interpret all of it primarily based on our expectations, targets, wants or mindsets and all of those are distinctive for every of us.

Let me provide you with a few private examples. And if you’ll contemplate the reason despite the fact that it’s possible you’ll not have had precisely the identical circumstances, if you’ll give it some thought I will be you may relate.

Previous to staring my talking and coaching profession I used to be a nationwide gross sales supervisor for a world group. Lengthy story however the brief facet is I had a problem with my boss, the president and consequently he fired me. Dangerous information, proper? Nicely that was all I wanted to resolve it was time to start a profession that has lasted over 40 years and has allowed me to see the world (25 nations so far) and work with some great shoppers and audiences. So in the long run this unhealthy information was actually excellent news.

This is one other fast one.

Years in the past I proposed to my spouse and she or he mentioned sure. Excellent news proper? (No judgments right here please). Nicely over time after doing my greatest for greater than fifteen years I made a decision that it was time to finish it and why? Nicely, with out the grotesque particulars, the connection was step by step eroding my vanity, confidence and optimistic mindset and I made a decision that I did not like who I used to be turning into in that relationship. We parted, amicably – however we parted. Excellent news as I used to be ready – over time – to regain all I had misplaced – emotionally and spiritually.

All of us have our tales and all of us can create lists of excellent information and unhealthy information we have now obtained however in the long run it is all simply information.

Throughout a few of my company applications I share this easy idea – cease asking your staff for excellent news or unhealthy information – simply ask them for the information and then you definitely resolve which it’s. As a result of their definition might be fully completely different than yours.

And vice versa – as an govt or supervisor do not broadcast – I’ve some good or unhealthy information – simply inform your staff you’ve got received some information and let every of them interpret it as they see match primarily based on their private viewpoints, attitudes, mindsets, expertise, expectations and the way it may impression them personally.