Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential AND HOW YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOURS

The Saboteurs get stronger and more active with increased stress.

“If an alien who didn’t understand our language witnessed this interaction between Kathy and Karl, would he rate it as a positive energy exchange, a negative energy exchange, or neutral?” The

I decided I would never take on a new client if I didn’t dare risk being fired by them.

The Sage perspective is about accepting what is, rather than denying, rejecting, or resenting what is. The Sage perspective accepts every outcome and circumstance as a gift and opportunity. (I emphasize every to take away a loophole through which the Saboteurs could sneak in.)

Empathizing is about feeling and showing appreciation, compassion, and forgiveness. Empathy has two targets: yourself and others. Both are important. Deeper empathy for yourself typically makes it possible to have deeper empathy for others. For

Play the Flash Forward power game as often as you can to get guidance from your internal compass. For example, if you are a manager, ask yourself, How would I wish I had performed this role at the end of my career, looking back?

Ironically, deciding to just let a negative situation go rather than actively turn it into a gift is a gift in itself: you’re strengthening the Sage muscle that allows you to let go of regret, guilt, or shame.

“Vision lives in the PQ Brain. If you stay in the vision conversation long enough, you activate the PQ Brain in both yourself and your client. That brain is more creative in figuring out a plan and overcoming obstacles.” Another person added, “If you began planning while you were still operating with the Survivor Brain, you would get bogged down be

Fredrickson set out to confirm that Losada’s mathematically-derived tipping point, which was originally identified for teams, also held true for individuals.