Blog 8 August 18, 2015
We just came back from a huge Shaklee Conference in
Cleveland, Ohio and we had the pleasure of hearing Shawn Achor speak. He’s the author of the international
bestseller, The Happiness Advantage. Shawn’s has become the world’s leading
expert on the connection between happiness and success.
Now here’s the thing after hearing him speak you came
away feeling happy and energized. Too
often we allow negative energy to control our lives. We are the ones
responsible on whether we start the day with a positive attitude or negative.
We spend sometimes too much time blaming others.
With over 4000 people in the auditorium he had us turn
around and pick someone to partner with. The exercise was for both people to
have direct eye contact with each other and one person show no emotion and the
other person smiles.
Try that! Do you know how hard it was for me to stay
neutral when someone was smiling at me. Needless to say I started laughing.
But here’s the point if we chose to be happy and greet
people with a happy positive attitude, can you imagine the positive energy! Can
you imagine the amount of work that would get done in a day with that energy.
My goal for the rest of the week was to greet everyone
getting into the elevator at our hotel with a happy “Good Morning”. The
reaction was actually kind of funny. But I felt GREAT!
So here’s your assignment go out and greet the next
person you see with a “Good Morning” or “Good Afternoon”. Be Happy! You deserve
it! We all do!
