[Ailist] negative & positive

[Lynn Johnson]

I have a little piece I do on 'problems and goals' where we list
problems, make them very specific and then turn them into goals. The
notion is that negative feelings can be transformed into
solution-focused efforts by expressing and then transforming them.
Problem: I am angry and the people in my department because they devalue
my ideas.
Goal: I want to find a way to be heard in meetings.
(How will that help?) Describe the results of the goal until there is
positive energy around accomplishing that goal. Now the 'negative
emotions' have been used to create a wonderful and life-giving goal.

Lynn