Day 3: Positive Self-evaluation, seeing what's going well isn't running from reality

No, positive psychology practitioners don't live in a land of unicorns. They start from a biological fact: our brain is wired to spot danger, not to see what's working.

You want to survive? Scan for threats. You want to progress? Scan for resources too.

As a leader, if your radar is aimed solely at what's wrong, you risk becoming an anxious micro-manager, making decisions in cost-killer mode, eroding your team's motivation, and burning out from only ever seeing what's left to do.

PSC 3, the capacity for positive self-evaluation, lets you counterbalance this natural tendency. It doesn't ask you to deny problems. It invites you to lean on what's working, even partially, in order to build, adjust and bounce back.

🎧 Teaser… in today's audio, you'll discover that 80% of our thoughts are negative… and how to take back control. You'll also hear this key line from Tal Ben Shahar: "If you don't learn to fail, you fail to learn."

And what if you spoke to yourself the way you'd speak to a colleague who's still learning? With high standards, yes. But also with recognition of the effort, the journey, the potential.

Today's micro-action:
👉 Revisit a recent situation where you were hard on yourself.
✍️ Write down what you managed to achieve despite everything.
💬 End with a word of encouragement that you deserve to hear.

Tomorrow: PSC 4, Mindfulness, or how to stop running on autopilot.
See you tomorrow,
Krumma

PS: you know where to find me