Click on the Title to read Gary Tomlinson's book report on "How Full is Your Bucket." This book stresses the importance of negative or positive interactions and how they affect our daily work. Even people who are generally positive feel 'refreshed' from receiving praise. Negativity not only affects work productivity but also our health.
The theory is that each person has a bucket and a dipper. When we give a drop of praise to another person, we give ourself a drop. When we take a drop from someone else, we lose a drop in our own bucket.
There are some factors to consider when giving praise. Here are some suggestions:
1. Make it personal: It needs to be individualized, specific, and deserved.
2. Prevent bucket dipping. Stop negativity when you see it.
3. Shine a light on what's right. If you give two drops a day, those people will give drops too.
4. Make best friends.
5. Give unexpectedly. A gift can be a hug, smile, secret, or offer to get coffee.
6. "Do unto others as they would have you do unto them."
Check out the Positive Impact Test below. How well do you score? What can you do more positively for those around you at work? for friends? family?
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