They say that laughter is infectious, but if

that's true, then other emotional traits

must be infectious too, right?

After all, no one could prove that laughter

is the only emotionally contagious 'thing.'

This is something that all too many

business people forget about when it

comes to the workplace, and how their

own energy affects other people around

them, and the business as a whole.

You all know somebody in your

workplace whose very presence

around people is enough to cheer

the office up, and rally the team

to work harder.

These people spread a positive

message to everyone they come

in contact with.

Then there is the person who is the "black

cloud of despair" and people avoid them like

the plague because their negative energy

affects every single person they come in

contact with - they make every working day

feel longer and more difficult.

So it's worth remembering for entrepreneurs that when it comes to your business, your employees are going to take all their emotional and physiological cues from you.

For example, if you're slouching around the office with your shoulders slumped and mutter replies to people, it doesn't create the right "energy" for the workplace.

That doesn't mean you need to screech into work on rollerblades and cartwheel to your desk (although that would look AWESOME, and probably go straight to YouTube).

The point is this: your attitude and energy at work, every single day, will have a domino-effect on those people working with you.

If you want a shining example of how your own

personal energy can affect your entire business

have a look at the Virgin brand and Richard

Branson. Look at this crazy-ass boss!

Here's a guy who sold used records from a

market stall when he was a kid, then opened a

chain of record stores (remember vinyl,

folks?).

Then, Branson opened his own airline and rail

service, and now he'll be the first entrepreneur

to offer space tourism via the Virgin Galactic

brand.

But this isn't some boring old "suit" that barks

orders at people - this is a guy who skydives, travels

the world in hot air balloons, and tries to break

world records - putting his life in danger several

times while making those attempts.

But what does that mean for his business?

Well, if you ask people who work for

Virgin, you'll find happy people who

are treated well and who see their

"boss" as somebody who cares and

somebody who loves life.

The energy that Richard Branson creates by

pursuing his life and his goals with passion

drives every single employee in his

company forward in a way that other

businesses can only glow green with envy

over.

Your own personal energy and your

zest for life and for your work will

"flow" downwards to the other people

that work with and report to you.

What kind of energy do you think you

should be sending their way?

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