7 Actions You Can Take Today For A Net Positive Future

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Yesterday I saw a homemade Whatsapp video of coronavirus carnage in China. There was nothing about when it was or which stage of the contagion. Just one horrible picture after another. Nothing constructive; only one person spreading fear through video.

I’m annoyed, rather than frightened, but I have a small support network at home. I have my partner and my dog. The same video could cause someone who is locked inside and isolated to be terrified.

Beyond the horrible thought of someone being alone and frightened is the impact that stress and anxiety have on the body, including the immune system. Look again to an over-capacitated health service with limited resources and medical staff who are at high risk of infection, pushing themselves to exhaustion to look after us.

We need to avoid these situations and think of the impact our messaging has on others right now. We could do even more to create opportunities to enable significant change.

Net Positive is a new way of doing business which puts back more into society, the environment and the global economy than it takes out. (www.forumforthefuture.org)