June 2013
Amanda Gore - Endorphin Injection!
When the Going Gets Tough...the Tough Get Grateful!
Gratitude is the great re-framer!
No matter what happens to us, the sooner we find something for which to be grateful the sooner the healing starts!
Of course, at a major crisis time, it’s not always easy to focus on gratitude. For example, the death of a loved one is not one where our grief helps us to think about gratitude. When you think of it, grieving is a necessary process and a very self-centered one. We are grieving for what we have lost, whatever it is. And that is appropriate and necessary as I said. It’s when it becomes the default emotional state that we stop moving forward in life.
People who are resilient usually have the capacity to allow time to grieve and then focus on what they have learned, or how things have changed positively or at least acknowledge there are some good things that have emerged.
Read more... (http://www.amandagore.com/when-the-going-gets-tough-the-tough-get-grateful/)
Connection - Why it is critical to business
Emotional intelligence is all about being connected. Connection is the key to all life let alone business, because it creates feelings. And feelings are at the core of ALL successful businesses, whether it is sales, customer service, leadership, teams or anything else!
Why is connection important?
Research shows us that people who are disconnected from themselves (head and heart disconnected, not knowing yourself or feeling) and others (heart to heart disconnect, perceived as distant, insincere or unauthentic) will die earlier of ALL causes.
Being connected not only helps you live longer and healthier but it improves business. Customers come back when they feel a special connection with your team; if your business has a strong community connection and profile, you will have people supporting you over your competitors.
Your employees will work far more effectively and with initiative, loyalty and enthusiasm when they feel they know the real you, that you are authentic with them. It makes you trustworthy and reliable.
Read more... (http://www.amandagore.com/connection-why-it-is-critical-to-business/)
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Corporate Joy - Why Joy is the new Competitive Advantage!
Have you ever been in a workplace where there is one ‘energy sucker’? Someone who is pessimistic, frustrated, angry or cynical or doesn’t pull their weight? When they leave what happens? It’s as if the sun comes out! People laugh, are productive again and teams collaborate well. Performance soars.
Or think about a job you left. Did you leave the job, or the boss?
Customers who rave about your company don’t rave about your company, they rave how your people made them feel.Read more... (http://www.amandagore.com/corporate-joy-why-joy-is-the-next-competitive-advantage/)
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15 Ways to Create JoySpots at Work
Why create JOY SPOTS:
- Because JOY is the next competitive advantage!
- Because happiness precedes success and all performance, creativity, innovation and team connection is improved when people feel happy at work!
- Because happiness is what everyone thinks they want, but it’s only the beginning of joy!
- Because the latest research in neuroscience, epigenetics, emotional intelligence and positive psychology intersect at a point I call “the joy spot”- the sweet spot for performance.
- Because joyful, silly states increase the number of dendrites in the brain. This makes you smarter! Neurons connect via dendrites, so the more dendrites, the more neurons are working!
- Because stress makes you stupid, fat and sick! We know stress either causes or contributes to all illness. The main stress hormones, adrenalin and cortisol, literally ‘eat’ brain cells and put on abdominal fat. Stress narrows our focus and diminishes performance.
- Joyful workplaces are buzzing with people bursting with energy, vitality and enthusiasm! They love what they do and feel they are important at work, and do important work!
- They make great collaborative teams and are productive, resourceful and creative.
Read more... (http://www.amandagore.com/15-ways-to-create-joy-spots-at-work/)
ZOOTIES! And thanks for reading and being on my list!
Amanda
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Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
Click here to see my new video on Emotional Intelligence and Leadership (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpksAWfWlSo)
This video is a collaboration between Simon Banks of VisualFunk http://www.visualfunk.com.au and George Kalaf of gWizz productions http://www.gWizz.com.au
They did an amazing job don't you think!?
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