When it comes to the negative things that happen around you. It helps when you are building something positive around yourself. It would help your case when the positive things start to come to you. The thing is some of the time you have to let the negative go...
And that can be done when you are stopping your attachment to the negative and then focusing more on the positive. Some of the time that would be pretty difficult on the grand scheme of things. It would help if you can be of the right approach on that note.
Another thing is having a good reputation and a clout is alwaysa good thing. Some of the time that would mean that you would build on good things and it would build up a strong exposure for your own life. It can be pretty difficult on that note of the handling things better. I personally think that building things positively may not happen that easy.
I realized that being positive requires good feedback and also the gratitude some people need to have it in order to be better as well. It all requires some level of efforts to be done on your part. That would be a good start as well.