What is it?

New job, new school, new college, new university, new home, new hobby, new relationship or any new opportunity, did you experience the POP? The Plunge of Positivity!

Taken from the valley of death model in change management within business, I changed it to the Plunge of Positivity (The POP Model)

When you realise it is normal to feel these emotions, it allows you to put steps in place to stop the plunge or reduce the severity of the plunge!

Steps you can put in place include:

• Get a mentor: Someone you respect, so you can learn from them, share ideas with & allow them to be your sounding board when your confidence is starting to fall.

• Read: Read about the topics connected to what you are worrying about e.g If it is a new job, read more about the new role, as well as books on mindset for when times like this arise. It will help with personal growth & when times like this happen again.

• Ask for feedback: Feedback allows us to grow, see it as a positive that someone is wanting to help you excel. Don’t fear it!

• Sign up to a short/long course: Knowledge is power, so learn more about the area you are struggling with.

• Reflect: Reflecting each day on what you’ve done, how it’s gone, who you’ve impacted and using a journal capturing the reflections will help clear your mind and see things, you otherwise may have missed. You may also reflect that you have had a better day than you thought. Put a figure out of 10 with regards to how the overall day went!

• Exercise: Do some form of exercise that you like to release feel good hormones.

• Stillness: Spend at least 10 minutes each day in silence, allowing thoughts to pass without judgement. Be still.