Daily Dose of Positivity: Assume positive intent always

We have a choice. We can assume negative intent from others, and be proven right when things go wrong. Or, we can assume positive intent and occasionally be let down, but build more positive and productive connections along the way.   

Is there an area in your life where you are increasingly assuming negative intent? Do you have a sense of what it is costing you and how you might assume positive intent instead? 

“When you assume negative intent, you're angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient goes up because you are no longer almost random in your response.” – Indra Nooyi 

"If we take man as he really is, we make him worse, but if we overestimate him …. If we seem to be idealists and are overestimating, overrating man, and looking at him that high, here above, you know what happens ? We promote him to what he really can be."