A Biographical Discourse on the Behavioural Negatives

Abstract

Often, we come across people with a negative mindset, characterised by an inclination to find negatives in others' actions or achievements in life, but not in their own. Such people look for negatives only, even while there are plenty of positives, and project them, either to dissuade or to bring contempt to others with whom they engage. This tends to belittle those who fall victim to it. Unfortunately, either we do not distinguish such people early enough, or we sometimes retain calm and try to engage with them minimally. The impact of these negatives is disgust, despair, or dissuasion. Behavioural negatives, as it is called, aim at demoralising, discouraging, shaming and dissuading others in their pursuits. Such people who display negativity may be called negative-minded people. They are negative because they are pessimistic about success, humorously contemptuous, belittle others and picture them in a poor light. Such people basically suffer from inferiority and try to displace their frustration by superimposing it on others. They drag in hindrances to demotivate others and glorify their own attainments. Opposite to this are the creative people. Creative people believe in achievement. They know the value of effort and see success as an outcome of hard labour and determination. They are positive and spare no time in measuring others. They never stop themselves anywhere, but continue to set new goals once a goal is achieved. They are aware that failure is a companion of success and not all are bound to succeed now or always. The negative people beat their own drums on occasions of triumph, which may have been part of chance, or favourable timing, and not necessarily ability or zeal. A study of such negatives is seldom possible without a narrative of the lived experiences. A biographical discourse, aimed at uncovering the variety of experiences in a variety of contexts, reveals how the negativity implanted in their minds and character is conquering other people's private lives and making them vulnerable. Here, an attempt is made to explore negativity as a behavioural trait through certain narratives of life experiences.