Optimism and humour - bedfellows with business productivity
Monday, 05 November 2007
I asked my friend Mike Hutcheson once who he thought was the epitomy of good humour. Without hesitation, he said Peter Ustinov and Santa! With the traditional season of goodwill approaching, good humour can be used to optimum in your pre-Christmas marketing!
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Simple humour has great rewards
Thursday, 03 May 2007
They laughed when I said I could find no record of Cinderella having blisters.
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Optimists better all round
Monday, 05 March 2007
The author of Authentic Happiness and Learned Optimism, Dr Martin Seligman, has described characteristics that epitomise his picture of an optimist.
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What made you sing over Christmas?
Monday, 22 January 2007
I have to admit I had to think for a minute! You see I got a Christmas card that said, "You are my weirdest friend … that’s why you’re my favourite!"
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Stop burnout
Monday, 06 November 2006
A friend working in the health sector told me two out of eight people per shift were regularly absent or changing rosters, in the department where she was full-time for 15 years.
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Light humour lifts bottom line
Monday, 04 September 2006
I once sat in front of the advertising genius, Simon Reynolds, and heard him say, “There’s advantage in every disadvantage.”
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Announcing an engagement
Monday, 03 July 2006
I regret I am not newly betrothed. However, I do have engaging moments! (It’s interesting where words and phrases can take us.)
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Identifying strengths
Wednesday, 03 May 2006
Why are lawyers so unhappy?
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Staying attuned to the moment
Monday, 06 March 2006
There is a Zen saying: “To her lover a beautiful woman is a delight; to a monk a distraction; to a mosquito a good meal”.
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What makes people great?
Friday, 20 January 2006
The Australian-born marketing guru, Bob Pritchard, said, “In Aussie you’re as good as the best thing you ever did. In the USA, however, you are only as great as you were that morning.”
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Optimism prompts
Monday, 07 November 2005
We all have within us an executive who balances the counsels of daring with the counsels of doom, says US Professor of psychology promoting positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr Martin Seligman, in his book, Learned Optimism.
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Benefits flow when work is fun
Monday, 05 September 2005
Like many things in life, making work fun is work!
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Some pursue happiness…others create it
Friday, 01 July 2005
You too can get more smileage from your work, and indeed your life, by using the positive power of humour.
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Inundated with fun and hilarity
Monday, 02 May 2005
The mother of US doctor-comedian Patch Adams lost a leg about a year ago, as the result of poor circulation.
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