Have been monitoring my language and thought pattern for the last few weeks:

1st experiment:

Whenever I said something negative I tried to think of at least 2 positives. This works, for a while. You tend to realise that almost everything has a positive element. However it can get quite childish unless you are disciplined and express your positivity in as much detail as you express your cynicism.

2nd experiment:

This one is more work related: about a given course of action, even if my gut feeling was that something wasn't going to work i phrased the issue as 'if I was to do it anyway, how would I do it?' Or 'What would have to be true for this to work?' Sometimes even just asking these questions aloud can make a huge difference to the whole team's mindset.

Thoughts?