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Five Strategies for Increasing Positive Emotions
Five Strategies for Increasing Positive Emotions
"To increase positive emotions in your life and others' lives, you must make a habit of filling buckets.
- Prevent Bucket Dipping.
Just as we have to start eliminating debt before we can truly save, we must start to eliminate bucket dipping before we can truly begin to fill buckets.
- Shine a Light on What Is Right
Each interaction we have gives us the chance to shine a light on what's right - and fill a bucket.
- Make Best Friends
People with best friends at work have better safety records, receive higher customer satisfaction scores, and increase work-place productivity
- Give Unexpectedly
In your interactions, look for opportunities to give small gifts to others out of the blue - maybe a funny little trinket, a hug, or an offer to grab a cup of coffee. Even a smile can be an unexpected and cherished gift.
- Reverse the Golden Rule
Do unto others as they would have you do unto them (Rath & Clifton, 2004, p. 86)."
Reference: Rath, T.; & Clifton, D.O., (2004). How full is your bucket?: positive strategies for work and life. New York: Gallup Press.
What are you doing to increase positive interactions?
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Created: 2008-04-03, Updated: 2009-01-09
