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About 8 years ago I was called into a meeting with my immediate boss. She ran an idea past me and asked what I thought. I gave my opinion, she thanked me and then I had to ask, "Why me?" To be brutally honest I expected a compliment - I was hard working, I was intelligent, I had an analytical mind. She told me I was the person on the team who most resented change and I was also the most articulate. A slap down and a compliment in one.
She deserved to be in her position, she had me in one.
I'm still working with my negativity in my private life, but I think I conquered it in a work situation now. I never realised how saying whatever came into my head would identify something I didn't even know about myself to people who didn't even know me that well.
Pleased to hear you are an optimist Griff. Take additional comfort in the fact there are people out there trying to emulate what you have naturally.
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