Gratitude
How Positivity Causes You to Flourish: The 2 Minute Positivity Test
“Positivity presents an opportunity to step up to the next level of existence: to broaden your mind and build your best future.” ~Barbara Fredrickson Tweet
Read MoreThe 7-Steps to Changing Anything in Your Life
“There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction” ~~Winston Churchill Tweet
Read More2 Minute Coaching Tool to Increase Optimism and Success
“The most successful people, the ones with the competitive edge, don’t look to happiness as some distant reward for their achievements; they are the ones who capitalize on the positive and reap the rewards at every turn.”~Shawn Achor Tweet
Read MoreJournal for Success–5 Important Steps to Get Started and Reduce Overwhelm
“The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.” ~David Hare [Tweet ““The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.” “] Tweet
Read MoreA Simple Formula to Generate Positivity in Your Life and Workplace
My first assignment for them was to keep their What Went Well log, a tool developed by the positive psychologist Martin Seligman, and something that I have written about on the Appreciative Leaders and Organizations Blog before. You can read about the WWW exercise here, but in a nutshell, it helps you focus on the positives in your life–the positives that our brains don’t see when we are swamped by negativity.
Read MoreServe a Healthy Helping of Thanks with your Turkey This Year!
Giving Thanks by Dr. Lynn K. Jones Life CoachYou might not like your family sweet potato recipe, but there is nothing not to like about gratitude. “Gratitude is the “forgotten factor” in happiness research” says Emmons. Expressing gratitude in your daily life might even have a protective effect on staving off certain forms of psychological disorders. Emmons’ research suggests that by making a habit of focusing on and appreciating the positive aspects of life you cultivate higher levels of psychological well-being and, it turns out, a lower risk of certain forms of psychopathology.–by Dr. Lynn K. Jones, Life Coach
Read MoreDo YOU Wish You Were Better at Focusing on the Positive?
“A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.” ~Mahatma Gandhi
You are not alone! My clients are constantly telling me that, even though they know it is a good idea, focusing on the positive is hard to do. When you think about it, the fact that we seem to hone in on any negative or perceived criticism makes sense. It is what we have been taught to do. We instinctively look for problems and then go to work figuring out how to fix them or make improvements.
Read MoreWhy You SHOULD Take a Vacation
Are you taking a vacation this summer? No, I just have too much going on at work; I can’t afford it right now: I wish I was, but I just can’t swing it. Those are comments that I hear a lot from my clients. The perils of NOT taking a vacation have been well documented. Dealing with stress and burnout top the list. If I told you that I had a way for you to jumpstart your business, that you would discover ways to break the grind that you are in, and that you will come up with new creative business solutions, would you be interested? If you are like my clients, you would be willing to listen at least. And you probably have already figured out that taking a vacation is the secret.
Read MoreThe Formula for Happiness: Gratitude Plays a Part
The pursuit of happiness is nothing new to people, everything we do is done mindfully hoping to make our lives exuberantly happy in the long run.
Read MoreAppreciation and Happiness Begin With “Thank You”
A simple “Thank You” makes you happier, healthier and makes your organization run better, too. Being appreciative and cultivating gratitude is something that you should be working on year-round not just during the holidays. Make a commitment that being appreciative and cultivating gratitude will be an ongoing activity for you and your organization.
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