Derek Cole argues that dwelling on negative news and social media commentary you can't control makes you miserable. He suggests focusing instead on what you can control and adopting a positive mindset, noting that most people aren't even paying attention to the negativity anyway.
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Hey, what's up guys? Sorry for the bad lighting. I'm in the car waiting. But as I read through some of the comments on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram these last few days because of the holiday, it's just a lot of negativity. And I've been really pushing being positive and, you know, going forward instead of wishing the way things were. And that kind of goes back to being negative. A lot of you are talking negative and jumping on the bandwagon of the news, whatever is negative in the world. It's things you can't control. So I'm not saying my approach is any better than anybody else's. I'm just saying when you start thinking positive and seeing the bright side of things and focusing on things you can control, things start to change. Many of you know me personally, and you know that I'm not that negative. You know, I come with it with the glass half full versus half empty. Again, not saying that's a better approach, but I think a lot of you will be a lot happier if you look at the positive side of things and stop being so negative, because no one really cares, no one's really listening. So be positive. I mean, there's nothing you can do about it in those situations, but you can control what happens to you in your life.