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Southern Star column on our negativity bias

You’ve done a job you’re happy with you’re with and everyone says you did great. Well, almost everyone. There was one one semi-critical comment. Which will you remember – the multitude of compliments or the one minor criticism? In this week's Southern Star, my mental health column explores our built-in negativity bias and why, to quote psychologist Roy Baumeister, "bad is stronger than good, as a general principle".