Celebrate the good stuff

Do you celebrate the good stuff at work and at home enough?

Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton’s book, How Full is Your Bucket?  was first published in 2004. It provides research and a delightful reminder that we all want to be seen, heard and acknowledged.

Rath and Clifton argue that providing brief and positive interactions in work and home relationships can result in benefits such as increased productivity and well-being. Some of their research-based conclusions with millions of workers include the main reason employees leave their job is because they do not feel appreciated.

Most people (9 out of 10) report they are more productive when they are around positive people.

Five positive interactions are required for each negative interaction to create and maintain a positive working environment.

If you feel like you need to do more to celebrate, we invite you to get the ball rolling by taking 25 minutes* to celebrate every two weeks**.

• Find out how people want to receive recognition.
• Give attention and acknowledgment unexpectedly.
• Focus on what is going well.

*Why 25 mins? We love the ‘pomodoro’ technique which suggests focusing on one thing for 25 minutes before moving on to something else.

**If once every two weeks isn’t enough, celebrate as much as you like!

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