The Happiness Advantage

I’m currently half way through The Happiness Advantage:  The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor.  This book has really made me think about what makes me happy and how to continue to be happy personally and professionally.  I think we could all use some happiness after the Joomla stress.  

Some tips that I want to share with everyone include…

• It takes 3 positive comments, experiences, or expressions in order to overcome one negative.

• Change your mind set about how you mentally define tasks in order to change your performance on those tasks.  View things as an opportunity instead of a waste of your time.

• Doubt undercuts your performance before it even begins.

• The more you believe in yourself and in your abilities the more likely you will succeed.

• The more you believe in others and their potential the more likely they will succeed.

• Our brains follow patterns so train your brain to think positively and find the silver lining in every scenario.  Instead of thing it is hot outside, think how pretty the blue sky is.

My First Post

Hello my fellow MLIS aspirants,

This is indeed my first blog post ever and I feel as if I am so behind in this class already.  I am determined to catch up so don't worry.  Due to unforeseen circumstances I managed to spend my entire weekend driving between Georgia and Ohio.  There is absolutely no internet signal in the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia.  I returned home around 3AM Tuesday morning and managed to get 4 hours of sleep before returning to work; then proceeded to type like a crazy person in order to complete the discussion posts last night.  I’m ready to catch up on sleep and I still haven’t unpacked anything yet.

I am determined to complete Assignment 1 by tonight so if there are any night owls out there feel free to keep watch and comment as you can.  I just want everyone to think about the level of horror I felt when I logged into Blazeview from a Starbucks on the road and saw 250+ unread discussion posts.  Panic mode set in, but the coffee helped (I think).  I felt that our first discussion session went great and I am looking forward to being a moderator for a future thread.  I wish everyone the best and thank you for reading my first blog post ever. – More to come!  -- At least for the next three weeks anyway.  J