Clearing a Path for Grateful Leadership
The Gratitude Connection: Clearing a Path for Grateful Leadership By Donald Officer You are an expert. But are your judgments verifiable, […]
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Serious Stuff Blocking Gratitude’s Flow
Summary The Intention Coach – our very own “Grateful Psychologist” Donald Officer – has chosen an important area we could stand to all improve upon, by powerfully linking […]
What Shape Captures Your Life?
By Donald Officer …the goggles through which you viewed life in April may no longer be helpful to you in May…. ~ Brian Little Summary: For May […]
The Gratitude Project – Part 4 – The Gratitude Connection: Cultivating Gratitude in Yourself and the Many Others in Your Life
The Gratitude Connection: Cultivating Gratitude in Yourself and the Many Others in Your Life Our survival depends on a radical change; if the gratitude movement grows strong […]
The Gratitude Connection: Cultivating Gratitude in Yourself and the Many Others in Your Life
For March 2021, we continue to gleam nuggets of wisdom from “The “Gratitude Project”. A theme of “behavior changes are difficult – but worthwhile in moving to greater gratitude in our lives”. Changing to a more grateful attitude takes discipline and work. We are often “set in our ways” and old habits are difficult to break — even in pursuit of a better way. Still, the 5 C’s & greater focus on the being more grateful can help break barriers, so that gratitude becomes a greater part of our natural character.
The Gratitude Connection: Where Gratitude Comes From and What It Can Do
By Donald Officer Article Summary: For January 2021, part 2 of the Gratitude Project review shares a need for us to “rewire ourselves for gratitude”. This is a […]
Gratitude: So Easy to Feel, So Hard to Explain – The Gratitude Project Series Part 1
By Donald Officer “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others” Marcus Tullius Cicero, (106BCE – 43 BCE) Summary – The […]
Gratitude: Are we in this together?
By Donald Officer “The Arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”– Martin Luther King, Jr. Summary by Harry Waldron:Rutger Bregman is a young […]
The Surprising Connection Between Gratitude and Solitude
The Gratitude Connection The Surprising Connection Between Gratitude and Solitude By Donald Officer Overview by Harry Waldron – In our fast-paced world, there is a need to […]
Grateful Leadership: Your Grateful Future
By Donald Officer “It’s crucial to understand how gratitude or appreciation creates value and meaning – that it all comes from inside each individual.” – Dan Sullivan, Strategic […]
Is it Time For a Gratitude Checkup?
By Donald Officer “Work on ensuring that your gratitude is always experienced by people as authentic and that you don’t slip into being seen as obsequious or insincere […]
Where does Grateful Leadership start?
The Gratitude Connection By Donald Officer The critical point is not to stereotype the situation even if it looks like something familiar. ~ Edgar Schein, Helping: How to […]
How Grateful Leadership Can Promote Transformative Change
The Gratitude Connection How Grateful Leadership Can Promote Transformative Change By Donald Officer Leadership is not a title; it is about impact, influence and inspiration. Healthy cultures […]
Unstuff Yourself!
Unstuff Yourself! The Gratitude Connection By Don Officer “Live less out of habit and more out of intent. – Amy Rubin Flett” Inattention to what […]
A New Old Way to Get Right Things Done Right!
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Finding Your Sweet Spot
What is the meaning of my life? Is the point just to live longer, or should I seek a higher purpose? – Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles, Ikigai: […]
Aging With Gratitude
By Donald Officer Arriving there is what you are destined for, But don’t hurry the journey at all. Ithaka, C.P. Cavafy Aging isn’t the kind of topic we […]
Beyond the Work Ethic
By Donald Officer Ninety percent of adults spend half their waking lives doing things they would rather not be doing at places they would rather not be. – […]
Joy Unbounded
The Gratitude Connection By Donald Officer “Your joy is your sorrow unmasked” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet When I learned that Menlo Innovations CEO Richard Sheridan had published […]
Mastering the Linguistics of Love
By Donald Officer As crucial as it is to feel grateful toward your loved one, though, this alone is not enough to create a mutually satisfying relationship. You […]
How to Talk Intelligently
By Don Officer Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. – Arthur Ward Don’t feel bad if you […]
Friend of a Friend
By Don Officer We tend to act as if our closest friends are our biggest assets. While that may be true for social support or trusted information, it’s […]
Are you Short-Circuiting Your Potential for Gratitude?
By Donald Officer Do not wait for someone else to write and sing your song. Only you know the melody of your life, so sing it with […]
Who said logic makes sense?
By Donald Officer Whatever our official job descriptions, we are all part-time motivators. Given that motivation is so central to our lives, what do we really know about […]
Power – Paradox or Predicament?
By Donald Officer Outside of falling in love, there may be no more widely considered pattern to social life than the rise to power, the abuse of power, […]
The High Cost of Ingratitude
By Donald Officer Everywhere, people are awaiting a messiah. and the air is laden with the promises of large and small prophets…we all share the same fate: […]
Much to be Thankful For
“What is autism? A lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius?” – Steve Silberman, Neurotribes Steve Silberman wrote Neurotribes: […]
Sharing a Grateful Future
Two kinds of gratitude: the sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.” – Edwin Arlington Robinson, Poet. Research […]
The Power of Meaning and Grateful Leadership
If we do not bridge the chasm between living a meaningful life and living a modern life, our drift will continue at a major cost. – Emily Esfahani […]
The Upside of Stress
By Donald R. Officer Seeing the upside of stress is not about deciding whether stress is either all good or all bad. It’s about how choosing to see […]
When Choice Becomes a Tyrannical Monster
by Donald R. Officer When people have no choice, life is almost unbearable. As the number of available choices increases, as it has in our consumer culture, the […]
Grateful Attachment
by Donald R. Officer Before we crawl or speak we offer deep and real gratitude to those who love us. The bonds of early attachment last a lifetime. […]
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