Don't Sip the Haterade: How to Be More Positive

Are you a negative person?

Stop Hating! - Do you ever get tired of being so negative all the time? If you answered yes, just think how the people around you must feel. Make a commitment to enter 2016 Patti Labelle-style with a new attitude! Here's how. By Kellee Terrell (Photo: 68/George Doyle/Ocean/Corbis)

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Stop Hating! - Do you ever get tired of being so negative all the time? If you answered yes, just think how the people around you must feel. Make a commitment to enter 2016 Patti Labelle-style with a new attitude! Here's how. By Kellee Terrell (Photo: 68/George Doyle/Ocean/Corbis)

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Stop Hating!

Ask Yourself Why - There has to be a reason why you always have something to say or why you feel the need to push others away from you. You might be hating so much because you are jealous and insecure because you lack what others have. Or maybe you grew up in a home where there was a lot of negativity. Get to the root of who you are if you want to make changes for the better. That's first. (Photo: Steve Prezant/Corbis)

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Ask Yourself Why

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Start Seeing the Beauty in People

Stop Looking to Discredit People - One aspect of being a hater is discrediting others’ success and discrediting what people are saying. The next time you’re around people, listen to what you are saying. Are you quick to question someone’s story or hone in on the negative things they are saying? It’s OK to call someone on BS, but are you taking it too far? (Photo: Zave Smith/Image Source/Corbis)

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Stop Looking to Discredit People

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Start Listening to Others

Stop Gossiping So Much - Stop hanging around haters or don’t be that person who spends their time gossiping about other people. Instead of throwing shade all day, every day, focus your energy on you and what you need to accomplish in life. (Photo: George Shelley/Corbis)

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Stop Gossiping So Much

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Start Letting People Just Live

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Stop Living Your Life Through Other People

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Start Appreciating the Things Around You

It’s OK Not to Like Stuff - We do live in a hating culture, but that doesn’t mean that having strong opinions or having legitimate criticisms always means you are a hater. Remember: It’s OK to not like someone or things. Just make sure your life is filled with more of what you like and less of what you hate. (Photo: Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Blend Images/Corbis)

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It’s OK Not to Like Stuff