Life Changing Mindset

How to maintain a positive mindset while being surrounded by negativity?

Sometimes i am surrounded by negative people who make it hard to maintain positive mindset - how can i keep a positive mindset whilst around such people ?
I'm talking about certain people that i have to meet every so often , so please don't tell me not to be around such people thanks .

Public Comments

1. No matter what they say, come back with something positive about something they just complained about. At the very least, you'll have fun making a game of it.

2. Check out Portal chamber 9. You must remain resolute and resourceful in an atmosphere of extreme pessimism.

But seriously, don't listen to their negativity. Keep being sickeningly positive about everything, even if they're dragging you down, and even if you don't believe something is positive, find something positive to talk about and focus on only that. You'll rub off on them sooner or later.

3. i run into this same problem too. they only look at the bad side of things about every little thing. i'm still trying to figure out exactly how to handle it myself. what i've been doing lately is trying to point out the good side to them every time they said the negative. and make it a point to always be more positive than normal when around them. (not in a way that will be annoying though).

4. simple: that you are the only positive one around these people.
your life is clearly more pleasant then the ones who surround you.
knowing this fact has surely got to make you feel more positive? :P

5. I just think that in 15 minutes, tomorrow, or next week this situation will not matter any more and I refuse to give it more weight than it is worth. Everyone has a "job" in a group...your job is obviously to be the positive one; a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. Don't play into it. Listen but don't add to the negativity. When you leave for the day or permanently, don't give it another thought. Look forward to being with people that are not negative and work toward that.