Is it always true that two negatives make a positive?

Yes indeed, two negatives make a positive, and we will explain why, with examples! Let’s talk about signs. “+” is the positive sign, “−” is the negative sign. When a number has no sign it usually means that it is positive. And we can put () around the numbers to avoid confusion.

How to help a negative person become more positive?

Listen to concerns. Having concerns isn’t negativity. But don’t make promises you can’t keep. Negativity will escalate until concerns are heard. Blind optimism isn’t positive leadership.

Pivot from negative to positive. Say,“I see what we can’t do. What could we try?”

Use the Bob the Builder method. The question,“Can we fix it?” helps shift thinking. ( How to See the Bad and Pursue the Good)

Begin meetings with affirmations and celebrations. Where are we winning? When I see you at your best…You’re really good at…

Practice positive leadership. Be positive if you expect positivity from others. Define positive leadership. Seek feedback on the positivity or negativity of your leadership. Adopt behaviors that energize people.

Explore the value of positive energy. How important is energizing people to you? How might we make energizing people more important?

Give feedback on the impact of negativity.

Does a negative divided by a negative make a positive?

A negative number divided by a negative number always yields a positive number. For instance, -4 / -2 = 2. In other words, there are two -2s in -4. Likewise, two negative numbers multiplied together always yield a positive number. For example, -2 x -2 = 4.

Why does negative times negative give a positive result?

THE PRECISE LOGICAL ARGUMENT AS TO WHY NEGATIVE TIMES NEGATIVE SHOULD BE POSITIVE. Once we agree that 2 × ( − 3) = − 6 (via repeated addition) and ( − 3) × 2 = − 6 (via a belief in commutativity), that negative times negative is positive is a forced logical consequence of these next two basic beliefs of arithmetic: a × 0 = 0 and a