Thank you for joining my gratitude project. Today’s tip: Keep a Gratitude Journal. There is nothing like writing something down to help it stick in your mind. You can use a real journal or notebook, or just save a word doc with your daily gratitude thoughts. When you look back over them, you’ll see how much you have to be thankful for. Even if you don’t look, the fact it’s there will help you remember all that brings you happiness.…
If you want to be happier, practice gratitude. Plus, I’m offering prizes! Gratitude is a super-power. People who give thanks daily, even for a small fraction of time, simply feel better. My Gratitude Project is a gift to my social media followers designed to amplify your happiness. Every day from Thanksgiving to Christmas 2019, I’ll post tips and inspiration on FaceBook and Instagram to help you express gratitude in different ways. To join in, like my Facebook page or follow…
Two years ago, I sold my company and launched my career as a business coach. To celebrate my work anniversary, I’m relaunching my coaching website! It’s clearer and more informative. I have added pages about What Coaching Is, What Coaching Isn’t, and Does Coaching Work? Updated pages on the services I provide explain how I help people address common career dilemmas and answer common work questions. I hope you will celebrate with me by taking a minute to visit my…
We all handle fear in our particular way. Some ways are healthier than others. Some of us love to be scared. Some of us not so much. As I’ve written before, emotions are filed away in our brains as if there were a file drawer for each emotion. Everything you have ever been afraid of gets filed in the fear drawer, or neural network as a psychologist would call it. If you have unresolved fears from the past, those old…
Positive feedback leads to better results and happier employees. Gallup, the polling agency that has been focusing on employee engagement, is just out with new numbers and a white paper on “Why Employees are Fed Up with Feedback.” Their polling reveals how negative feedback demotivates managers and employees alike in overwhelming numbers. As Gallup reports, only 14% of managers feel good about their ability to give feedback. And a whopping 89.1% of employees who get negative feedback report feeling not…