How do you act positive in Performance management meetings when you feel rubbish?

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Mine is on Friday. I find it so hard not to drag myself down. We have to talk about our performance against our targets and I'm so negative! Help. Any suggestions?

'Why would a mate say about your work?'

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Who's your PM with? My old HoD knew I was quite self critical, so she always ended up telling me I'd done more than I thought.

If you haven't met targets but there are specific reasons why, can you discuss this?