How Full Is Your Bucket?: Positive Strategies for Work and Life
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- Donald O. Clifton, Tom Rath
- Gallup Press
- 2004
How did you feel after your last interaction with another person? Did that person -- your spouse, best friend, coworker, or even a stranger -- "fill your bucket" by making you feel more positive? Or did that person "dip from your bucket," leaving you more negative than before?
The #1 New York Times and #1 BusinessWeek bestseller, How Full Is Your Bucket? reveals how even the briefest interactions affect your relationships, productivity, health, and longevity.
Organized around a simple metaphor of a dipper and a bucket, and grounded in 50 years of research, this book will show you how to greatly increase the positive moments in your work and your life -- while reducing the negative.
Filled with discoveries, powerful strategies, and engaging stories, How Full Is Your Bucket? is sure to inspire lasting changes and has all the makings of a timeless classic.
About the Authors
Tom Rath is a Global Practice Leader at The Gallup Organization. He has led in the creation of assessments, books, and professional development programs, including the science, technology, and language underpinning the best-selling book Now, Discover Your Strengths. Tom holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and is pursuing a graduate degree at Johns Hopkins.
Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. was cited as the Father of Strengths Psychology in a Presidential Commendation from the American Psychological Association. He was a chairman of Gallup, Inc., and he invented the Clifton StrengthsFinder, an assessment that has helped more than 1 million people around the world discover their talents. He coauthored several books, including the bestseller, Now, Discover Your Strengths.
In this Book
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How Full Is Your Bucket?—Positive Strategies for Work and Life
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Introduction
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Negativity Kills
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Positivity, Negativity, and Productivity
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Every Moment Matters
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Tom’s Story: An Overflowing Bucket
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Making it Personal
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Five Strategies for Increasing Positive Emotions
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Epilogue
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Notes
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Suggested Reading
