A USA TODAY BESTSELLERLearn 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.
ANTHONY IANNARINO has twenty years’ experience selling and leading sales forces in the staffing industry. He is the writer and publisher of thesalesblog.com and helps organizations transform outdated, legacy sales approaches with contemporary, value-creating techniques that buyers appreciate and that grow revenue.
Preface ixDisclaimer xiiiAcknowledgments xvChapter 1 Why You Are Negative 1Chapter 2 Talking Yourself into a Negative State 19Chapter 3 Empathy and How to Lie to Yourself 37Chapter 4 How to Stop Complaining 57Chapter 5 The Awesome Power of Gratitude 77Chapter 6 Reframing Negative Events 97Chapter 7 How to Live Happily with Political Divisiveness 113Chapter 8 Wanting and the Perils of Social Media 131Chapter 9 How to Change Your State 149Chapter 10 Minding Mindfulness 165Chapter 11 How to Forget Your Problems and Concerns 177Chapter 12 The Negativity Fast 189Endnotes 205Recommended Resources 219About the Author 223Index 225