As accountants, we are bred to focus on problems and errors. We search for anomolies, for results that are not in line with our expectations. That skill serves us well.
The risk is allowing that attitude to take over other parts of our lives. If our future focus is to look for things to go wrong, IN YOUR LIFE, then you might end up being right.
Take tomorrow morning as an example. Check your attitude at the door when you leave for work. Are you expecting your day to go well, are you searching for success?
Do you feel the same way about your colleagues?
If you want to limit someone's potential, by all means search for all the things they do wrong. Search for their weaknesses.
If you want to push someone's potential, by all means search for all the things they do fabulously. Praise them for their positive actions and their strengths.
What can go right?! What do I do right?! What do those around me do right?!
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Good point - but when I was an accountant, I didn't focus on looking for things that are wrong. I tried to make bad stuff go away, and say that everything is immaterial. I suppose that outlook is why incidents like Worldcom and Enron happenned. On the bright side, personal life is healthy.
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