<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5b47f39f-c21e-4c0f-987c-70200fcb52d5/F5FF4080-E0FF-4E42-84D1-020381BFD9BB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/assuming-positive-intent-the-ultimate-productivity-driver.html" href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/assuming-positive-intent-the-ultimate-productivity-driver.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.lifehack.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/assuming-positive-intent-the-ultimate-productivity-driver.html">Most people appreciate the dividends such a mindset produces in the realm of <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink0"><FONT color="#3366cc"><SPAN class="kLink">relationships</SPAN></FONT><SPAN id="preLoadWrap0"><DIV id="preLoadLayer0"><IMG src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" /></DIV></SPAN></A>.  How relationships can flourish when you don’t assume intentions that may or may not be there.  And how their partner can become an easier person to be around as a result of such a shift.  <STRONG>Less appreciated in the GTD world however is the productivity aspect of this “assume positive intent” perspective.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/assuming-positive-intent-the-ultimate-productivity-driver.html">The leap happens when we realize two things:  1) the self serving benefit from giving others the benefit of the doubt, and 2) the logic inherent in the assumption that others either have many things going on in their lives paving the way for misunderstandings.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F5FF4080-E0FF-4E42-84D1-020381BFD9BB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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