Tag Archive: positive leadership

Enjoy Happiness

Sadness doesn’t make work easier.

Don’t let the other shoe steal your happiness. Sadness isn’t a virtue. Let yourself be happy.

For heaven’s sake, savor the win awhile.

Learn 7 practical ways to enjoy happiness.

Help for a Bad Mood

A bad mood suits this time of year. It’s the dead of winter in Central Pennsylvania.

Pursuing happiness leads to misery.* But ignoring it doesn’t help.

Your bad mood kills productivity, destroys retention, and dilutes engagement.

Unhappy leaders lead unhappy teams.

A bad mood spreads faster than the flu.

PERMA – 5 Elements to Thrive

Positive psychology isn’t happy talk. Positive psychology concerns itself with things that cause people to flourish. I couldn’t list the 5 elements necessary to thrive during a coaching conversation yesterday (PERMA). I decided… Continue reading

3 Ways to Confront Unrealistic Optimism

Positive thinking doesn’t cure cancer or prevent wars. Unrealistic optimism might cause wars and increase the likelihood you’ll get cancer.

You do stupid things when you underestimate the possibility of failure.

3 ways to be a realistic optimist…

Yes is Better Than No

The law of the hole states, “When you find yourself in a hole stop digging.”

No is a hole. Yes is a door.

5 ways to live into yes…

HOW TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE THOUGHTS

It’s natural to obsess over one bad thing and forget many good things.
Life is better than it seems for negative people.
How to escape the small box that negative thoughts creates.