Day 3 – Positive Self-Evaluation: seeing what’s going well isn’t denying reality

No, positive psychology practitioners don’t live in a fantasy world. They start from a biological fact: our brain is wired to detect danger, not to see what’s working.

You want to survive? Scan for threats. You want to grow? Also scan for resources.

As a leader, if your radar focuses only on what’s going wrong, you risk:
– becoming an anxious micro-manager
– making decisions in cost-killer mode
– eroding your team’s motivation
– burning out because you only see what’s left to do

PSC 3 – Positive Self-Evaluation helps you counterbalance this natural tendency. It doesn’t ask you to deny problems. It invites you to lean on what’s working, even partially, 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 phrase 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 in training? With high standards, yes. But also with recognition of effort, progress, and potential.

Micro-action of the day:
👉 Recall a recent situation where you were hard on yourself.
✍️ Write down what you accomplished despite everything.
💬 End with an encouraging sentence you deserve to hear.

Tomorrow: PSC 4 – Self-care, or how to stop operating on autopilot.


See you tomorrow,
Krumma

PS: You know where to find me.