Hi Mattpd,
I agree with you that we could consciously work to make this forum a more postive place. It would be great to have more progress threads about what people are achieving.
However your choice of the words 'Rules' really pushes my buttons. (And yes it's my responsibility to deal with
).
I'd have responded much more favourably if you'd said
'I'd love it if this forum could be a much more positive place. I've got some ideas about how to do that... What are your ideas... Wouldn't it be great if... What can we all agree on?'
We might have ended up with a group consensus that was very similar to your original idea, but then we would have all owned it, rather than feeling it was imposed upon us.
I will post something postive and make a conscious effort to support achievement- but at the same time I don't want people to feel that they can't come here with problems. I've seen people really improve on this board over time and the ones that don't want to change drop away anyway after a bit of straight talking. I like to give everyone who joins a fair chance and not dismiss them as 'lowlevel' straight away.
I've always enjoyed the 30 day challenges that people post as that shows learning and growth and persistence towards a goal. I might think about doing one myself.