There is a thin line between a positive attitude and denial. I am seeing the difference right now in several people. If someone has a "positive attitude", I'm all for it. But too often the positive attitude crosses over into denial. As in: if we just pretend everything is fine, everything will be fine. Granted I'm not an optimist, nor am I a pessimist. (Even though I may call myself one just for fun.) I guess that makes me a realist?
Question: Is the water glass half empty or half full?
My answer: It's a glass of water, get over it already.
If you don't acknowledge the problems, how the hell are you ever going to fix them? Especially if you are in a position of leadership and you tell people they are doing everything perfectly, you are doing them a dis-service. How can they improve or grow or expand or learn? You are telling them everything is perfect as is. Sooner or later, reality is going to hit them with a bump and they will be shocked or worse embarassed. (Okay, all this is contingent on IF the people involved want to fix/improve/grow. If they don't then the point is moot, isn't it?)
Now here is my HUGE "but".....BUT this only applies to someone who is in that position of guideance, leadership or direction. Nothing more annoying than someone who feels it necessary to correct everyone at liberty. Appropriate behavior is a foreign term to them anyway.
"Cheerleaders" have their time and place (yay, go team!), but it shouldn't be a blanket approach. And just because you say everything is fine, doesn't magically MAKE everything fine.
(Cranky me sez: It's no "Secret", it's not enough to imagine yourself a better person, you actually have to BE a better person.)
Rah Rah Sis Boom Bah...
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