POSITIVITY 
You are generous with praise, quick to smile, and always on the lookout for the pos- itive in the situation. Some call you lighthearted. Others just wish that their glass were as full as yours seems to be. But either way, people want to be around you. Their world looks better around you because your enthusiasm is cpntagious. Lacking your energy and optimism, some find their world drab with repetition or, worse, heavy with pressure. You seem to find a way to lighten their spirit. You inject drama into every project. You celebrate every achievement. You find ways to make everything more exciting and more vital. Some cynics may reject your energy, but you are rarely dragged down. Your Positivity won't allow it. Somehow you can't quite escape your conviction that it is good to be alive, that work can be fun, and that no matter what the setbacks, one must never lose one's sense of humor. 

Positivity sounds like this: 
Gerry L., flight attendant: "There are so many people on an airplane that I have made it a point over the years of singling out one or two on a flight and making it something special for them. Certainly, I will be courteous to everybody and extend to them the kind of professionalism that I would like given to me, but over and above that I try to make one person or family or small group of people feel particularly spe- cial, with jokes and conversation and little games that I play." 
Andy B., Internet marketing executive: "I am one of those people who loves creating buzz. I read magazines all the time, and if I find something fun-some new store, new: lip gloss, whatever-I will charge around telling everyone about it. 'Gh, you just have to try this store. It is so-o.o cool. Look at these pictures. Check them out,' I a,m so passionate when I talk about something that people just have to do what I say. It's not that I am a great sal~sperson. I'm not. In fact, I hate asking for the close, I hate bothering people. It's just that my passion about what I say makes people think, 'Gosh, it must be true.' " 
Sunny G., communications manager: "I think the world is plagued with enough negative people. We need more positive people, people who like to zero in on what is right with the world, Negative people just make me feel heavy. In my last job there was a guy who came into my office every momingjust to unload on me. I would pur- poselydodge him. I'd see him coming, and I'd run to the bathroom or go some other place. He made me feel as if the world was a miserable place, and I hated that."