I ask this because there is lots of cynicism in the department I work in. It is uncommon for people to achieve exceptional career success against an onslaught of negative energy at their workplaces. Employees could sometimes have an inflated sense of entitlement, but collective negative energy rarely forms for no reason. And, incidentally, what has kept you hopeful as an individual while your colleagues are suffocating in the smog of negative energy? Does the negative energy only afflict your department or the entire organisation?

Source: Daily Nation March 29, 2019 11:03 UTC