Consider Your Tone and Attitude

Did you take any positive actions today?

Did you even bother to do anything productive?

The above was found on an Instant Blog Subscriber's blog--as their opening lines for their latest entry.

I don't know about anybody else, but when I get nagged or hectored my reactions aren't positive.

In this case, the very first lines of the blog post turned me off from even reading any further, and they would have done so even if  I was very interested in the opportunity being presented.