Spirited Leaders has a colour code:

Green = Good

Red = Bad

Blue = New

Orange = Creative

Gray = Neutral or Undetermined

We use a Minus10-to-Plus10 Scale to describe a spectrum of feelings:

 Sheer Bliss: Plus10

Enthusiasm Zone: Plus7 to Plus9

Enjoyment Zone: Plus4 to Plus7

Acceptance Zone: Plus1 to Plus4

We believe people only do three things: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things:

Good work habits, work enjoyment, and work enthusiasm...all are positively charged.

Related to this there are specific positive and negative emotions, emotions are coloured.

We know words are also positively and negatively charged. As examples:

CAN    CAN'T

YES    NO

AND    BUT

CERTAINLY    PERHAPS

GO    STOP

ENCOURAGE    CRITICIZE

When we go to work, we have a number of choices to make about how we feel, think, and act.

Some of those choices are positively charged.

Some of those choices are negatively charged.

When choices are to be made...we recommend, changing for the better.

Do you observe 'fight or flight'?

If so, how do these reactions present themselves?

Do you observe Resistance?

• fight?
• verbal resistance?
• body language resistance: physical resistance, facial resistance, frowns or stiff upper lips?
• battles of egos?

Do you observe Withdrawal?

• flight?
• acquiescence?
• humiliation?
• crushed egos?

Do you observe Compliance?

• Affected Compliance: a win-lose where the other person accepts your position and you apparently win. If you observe well then you will observe the other person losing.
• 'Unaffected' Compliance: apparently a win-'no change' where you win and you observe a person who has emotions under control. On balance, having emotions under control is a good thing. However, it should not be misconstrued as a good thing that is sustainable. 

We have a colour code at Spirited Leaders:

Green = Good

Red = Bad

Blue = New

Orange = Creative

Gray = Neutral or Undetermined

When you get angry or aggressive at work, you will not observe the green in other people.

If you don't care whether or not you see green, you will not see much green. And, this applies to both your people and your bottom line.

Thought Tweet #610 We ought to avoid the "Negative Society"

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

We can choose to avoid or choose to limit our exposure to negative situations, experiences, and people.

Bad news does not have to make good news.

Criticism has no right to reign.

Nero should not have fiddled while Rome burned.