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Harvard Study: Happiness = Positive Relationships

Michael Lee Stallard

” written by my friend Joshua Wolf Shenk (it was the Atlantic’s cover story in June 2009). To learn more, I encourage you to read the fascinating article entitled “ What Makes Us Happy? connection culture connection connection cultures'

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Developing Positive Leadership Habits

Persuasive Powerhouse

Exchanging the negative habits for the positive ones Unlike these task habits, you may have behavioral habits that require your awareness and action in order to help you to become the best leader that you can be. The next step is to actively work to replace those negative behavioral habits with some positive ones.

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The Positive Runs Out

The Recovering Engineer

During the training class, I made the point that only positive reinforcements encourage people to give high-level, maximum effort. If you stop giving encouragement, praise, and other positive input to people; eventually the positive runs out.&# Me: “Yes, that’s exactly my point.&# Photo credit: [link] / CC BY 2.0

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Leadership and Maintaining a Positive Outlook

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Leadership and Maintaining a Positive Outlook Conversations are at the core of good leadership and how/what a leader communicates reveals the personality of the leader. But I learned a couple of things: Effective leaders maintain a positive outlook. Once a problem (i.e.

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Building your position

Lead on Purpose

I’ll do a full review when I finish, but for now I want to share Abraham’s fifteen ways to build your position into a strong brand. “These points are personality building blocks that will help you position yourself, your company, and/or your product as a preeminent persona in your marketplace.&#

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Great Leaders Say “Yes!”

thoughtLEADERS, LLC

A simple change from “no” to “yes, and…” will reframe your conversations in a positive light and open up new possibilities. Back in 2008-2009, when we were all struggling with the great recession of our age, I was also struggling with my company culture. Making a small shift in how you communicate with others can yield big results.

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The Trouble with Positive Thinking

CO2

Acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich explores the darker side of positive thinking. Being sunny and positive will not make it happen and you can relax into the idea that tomorrow will be a new day. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).