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Be positive

Be positive

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Be positive

- [Narrator] The power of positivity can be a bit of a game-changer for anyone facing a large and complex workload. Sometimes, it can also make boring or mundane work more enjoyable. During my time as a software tester, I often found that having a more positive attitude to my work sometimes made it easier, more engaging and helped me to engage with people about it. Even the boring work. If I found myself being more positive about it, I'd usually find that it would pass quicker, or that I would be thinking about different ways to perform that work. Maybe I could automate that process? Maybe I could ask for a tool to be created by the devs so that I didn't have to sit here and create 50 users in the system? Also, from a management perspective, I found that if I came into the office in a bad mood with a grumpy face, it was way more difficult to motivate my team. If I couldn't be bothered, why should they? Being…

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