How Your Attitude Impacts Your Work

Good Cynicism vs. Bad Cynicism
The winner? Heroic Cynicism

"Police cynicism, how it arises and its purported effects are a standard topic now for police administration. Most of the literature condemns police cynicism as a precursor to:

Corruption
Alienation
Isolation
Low morale and performance
Bad mental and physical health
Failed relationships
Suicide


Medical research similarly suggests that cynicism has ill effects. Cynics are more likely to suffer and die from heart disease than their bubbly brethren. Whether this is due to their cynicism or the fact that cynics drink and smoke more then their sunny sisters has not been determined."

- What do you do when you find yourself hating your job?

- Do you believe that police work makes you a 'bad cynic'?

- Can you find evidence of good cynicism in yourself or your partner?