The Cult of Positive Attitude and Always Saying Yes
4th May 2013
A day doesn’t go by where some boss doesn’t shut down discussion of something he wants to do by saying, “You need to have a positive attitude. You need to work on saying yes instead of no all the time.” It’s important to note that this is not an argument on the merits of his idea or the criticism of it, it’s an attack on the attitude of his critics, and really it is no different than if he had covered his ears and screamed “la la la la la, I can’t hear you!”
Yeah, I really hate those guys.
May 4th, 2013 at 21:36
I remember telling a boss who pulled the “glass half empty” line on me that you don’t hire a plumber to tell you how many good pipes you have. You wouldn’t want the fire department to show up at a house fire and say, “Gee, this side doesn’t seem to be on fire – just live in it and forget about the other half!”