10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy

July 5th is generally considered “National Workaholics Day.”  This year, it may be less so since it falls on a Sunday, but it’s a good reminder of the importance of balancing our work and home life. That has become even more challenging, as many of us work from home due to COVID-19.

Are the lines between work and home blurred?  Are you starting early and working late or know someone who does?  A workaholic feels the need to be busy at all times which may cause problems. Here are five signs to watch for:

  1. Workaholics have anxiety
  2. Work is Priority #1
  3. No social life
  4. Won’t admit the problem
  5. They’re unhappy

A balance between work and home unlocks the door to life’s successes.

Ken Blanchard, Co-author of The One Minute Manager® and Leading at a Higher Level wrote, “To run a successful organization, you must learn to manage people’s energy, including your own. Every morning you have a choice. Are you going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker? Positive thinking will energize you.”

I really appreciate Jon Gordon’s approach and have even subscribed to his Daily Positive e-mail, which is always encouraging at this time. 

Many years ago, he wrote The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy.  National Workaholics Day is a great time to reflect on Gordon’s advice.

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Everlasting Optimism: 9 Principles for Success, Happiness and Powerful Relationships

In 2018, my One Word for the year was Optimism, so I picked up Lenny Ravich’s Everlasting Optimism: 9 Principles for Success, Happiness and Powerful Relationships.  With March’s focus on National Optimism Month, it’s a perfect fit!

Ravich originally wrote the first part of this book at the age of 64 in 2001 and entitled it A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Enlightenment.  In 2018, at the age of 81, he rewrote, added, edited, and renewed the contents to create Everlasting Optimism. Lenny believes that “A message from the heart reaches the heart, but a message from the brain reaches the butt.”

George Carlin, his all-time favorite comedian said, “People who see life as anything more than pure entertainment are missing the point.”

81 year-old Lenny says, “Now is the best moment of my life because there is no other moment. I only live now. This is the only time that exists.”

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