Positive Outcomes

One of my favourite Bing Crosby’s recordings was “Accentuate The Positive”.   The first verse went something like this:

Man, they said we better, accentuate the positive  
Eliminate the negative  
Latch on to the affirmative  
Don’t mess with Mister In-Between

If the above is not a formula for success, I don’t know what is.

Stating the positive outcome you desire instead of telling someone what you don’t want them to do is the way to go.

As a baseball coach, I often tell my pitchers, “Throw strikes, ” instead of, “Don’t walk this hitter. ”   To my batters, I would say, “Hit the ball hard” as opposed to “Don’t get out”.

This approach usually works and puts the ones you interact with in a positive frame of mine.