Yes You! Yes Now! Leadership Basics #7: Accentuate the Positive (Yes You! Yes Now! Series)

Leadership Basics: Accentuate the Positive. Research has shown that the hurt from loss impacts people more than the pleasure from gain. The leading idea is that it’s based on a survival instinct. But with bad feelings dominating our thinking, it would be easy for negative thoughts to slow progress towards team goals. A yes-you yes-now leader must compensate by making extra effort to accentuate the positive. The true story pits a student versus faculty at MIT -- and the student leads the way!