Accentuate the Positive

I can't remember where this phrase made its first impression on my mind - I think it may have been from Chuck Palahniuk's Invisible Monsters - but now it's stuck there and seems to be applicable to lots of everyday business situations. Selling your product? Accentuate the positive. Trying to motivate the rest of your team? Accentuate the positive. Trying to get the most out of your own performance review? You guessed it.