Gratitude

Quotes of the Week

Images courtesy of Photography by Chaiwat/FreeDigitalPhotos.net A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance. ~Stanislaw Lem, Polish writer Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. ~Zig Ziglar, American...

In honor of my mom – Susan Levin Woods

On Nov. 5, 2010 I finally cut my hair. My journey began in the summer of 2007 when my mom got sick with cancer and I decided to grow my hair for donation. After numerous chemo treatments that summer, my mom was affected like many others and lost all her hair.  It was a devastating and stark reminder that she was fighting a life threatening illness.  Fortunately she was...

Quotes of the Week

“People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.” ~Norman Vincent Peale “History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.” ~Bertie Charles Forbes “There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge...

How to Boost Your Optimism

In last week’s blog, we took a look at Optimism in a great book by Adam Jackson called The Flipside. Here are a number of ways you can easily boost your Optimism. 1. Act “as if” you are optimistic. By looking for benefits, opportunities and even trying after failure, we will experience the same results as optimists and then start to feel optimistic (The Flipside, Jackson). 2.Express Gratitude. Gratitude...

Quotes of the Week

“If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.” ~David Viscott “A goal is a dream that has an ending.” ~Duke Ellington “A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view.” ~Wilma Askinas “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~Marcel Proust “Anything that is of value in...

Top 10 Reasons Why Gratitude Makes You a Better Employee

1. Increases your job satisfaction and promotes loyalty to your employer (Podsakoff, Mackenzie, Paine, and Bacharach, 2000).The next time an aspect of your work causes negative feelings, write down what you love about your job and remember why you are grateful for this position. 2. Raises your productivity. Research found you are a more energetic and optimistic employee as a direct result of your gratitude (Emmons and McCullough, 2003). ...

In gratitude of friendship

Let me share a story that brought home the importance of friendship and how truly rare good friends are.  My father has been suffering from a radiation ulcer for months and none of the many treatments or surgery seemed to work.  He was growing frustrated and certainly wasn’t his energetic and positive self. What made the situation worse is that my sister and I live miles away and my...