Describe
the glass as half full, not half empty. Try a change of vocabulary to
shift from negative to positive
Negative Positive
It’ll
never work Let's look at our
alternatives
It’s how
I am: I was born that way I can try a different approach
They make
me behave like that I control my own feelings
It’s
against the rules I'll invent a new
rulebook
I’m
forced to I will choose
It’s just
not me What shall I try next?
In the
real world… I make my world real by...
Another
mistake How interesting ..
If
only…. Let's try ...
Never It's all
experimental
In the final analysis, life's all experimental
isn't it? On their deathbed, who ever wished that they had played
safe? Mostly people regret what they didn't try, not what they did. Do
you want to look back and regret the opportunities you missed?
For what research confirms employees would tell bosses
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with
"MWS research on bosses"
in the subject
and nothing in the body