Hi, Scott:)

Nice article and you have given us five solid suggestions.

I particularly like the comment in your third point about how "Cynics get their power when no one challenges them".   I am currently reading a fascinating book titled "Intelligent Disobediance" by Ira Chaleff which touches on this repeatedly.

Many of the reasons that cynics are not challenged are the same as those for people not resisting illegal or bad decisions in organizations, and the ways to change people's behavior would apply here as well.

I enjoyed this post a lot.

John