[Ailist] Re: "staying positive"

[Rob Voyle]

Hi Howard

I would go with what is life-giving.
When things are truly life-giving, they are life-giving for me, for you and the 
world.  It is not sustainable to have what is life-giving at the expense of what is 
life-giving for another.

Rob
  
Robert J. Voyle, Psy.D.
Director, Clergy Leadership Institute
For Coaching and Training in Appreciative Inquiry
Author: Core Elements of the Appreciative Way 
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On 19 Nov 2008 at 23:15, Howard Ditkoff wrote:

> Personally, I find the word "positive" very vague. What is positive?
> Many malicious people feel that whatever is their agenda is
> positive. One of the main things in AI that could be improved is
> changing the wording from "positive" to something less
> manipulable.
> 
> Best,
> Howard
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