Feb 28 2012: Fear not Joshua and Teresa, after 5 kids (all happy and healthy) and 26 years my wife is still my best friend and truely the other half of me. Our advice is to talk about everything big and small. Hold on loosely but allways hold on. Sometimes it does get hard but the truth will allways set you free. I agree with everthing Jenna said. It is the small things and putting others feelings first.
Feb 24 2012: I am a R&D PM and most of my days are spent going from meeting to meeting driving the project forward. If I ask everyone to state 3 positives at the beginning of the meeting I would get a response from a few. I would also get dirty looks from a few and I would be ignored by the remainder. Some would even resent me for the question. I feel it is my job to make the meeting a positive experience. The negatives are reported in a positive light. The widget is broken but we are doing a, b, c to fix it and we learned d by it breaking. I can only control my thoughts and I can project positivity. The negative, unmoviatived, and just plain tired people are always going to be in the meetings and they have a right to be there and have thier feelings. I agree with the intent but the method seems a little unmanageable. Life is good.
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