Fuel Success and Performance with the "Happiness Advantage"

"If you observe the people around you, you'll find most individuals follow a formula that has been subtly or not so subtly taught to them by their schools, their company, their parents, or society. That is: If you work hard, you will become successful, and once you become successful, then you'll be happy." Shawn Achor in The Happiness Advantage

For years we've all been lead to believe that by working harder, we'll achieve the success that will bring us the happiness we so desire. We push ourselves and our employees to do more, be more productive... achieve, achieve, achieve. The problem with this is that it doesn't work. We've now created a society of people who are burned out and unhealthy from stress.

Shawn Achor's book, "The Happiness Advantage" gives some powerful insight into happiness and how studies have shown that positive and happy attitudes fuel success. His book provides business owners with seven practical and actionable principles that have been tried and tested to improve performance and maximize potential.

The Power of a Unique Positioning Statement

There's a lot of competition in the small business world. Knowing what sets you apart from your competition is what will help "position" you in the marketplace. There's power in identifying and incorporating a unique positioning statement into your marketing materials. It helps bring greater awareness and identification to your company. So how do you identify your company's unique positioning statement?

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Mastermind Groups Help Build Strong Businesses

Often times the tasks of running a business as a sole proprietor can become daunting. It's easy to get caught up working "in" your business that you don't have time to work "on" your business. Daily tasks become mundane and you may even start to lose your passion. The best way to spark that fire of entrepreneurship is with a Mastermind Group. The article link below will show you how and why a Mastermind Group helps build a strong business.

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Confrontation

When’s the last time you had to confront a spouse, child, employee or employer? Was it fun? Most of the time it’s not. Why? What was so difficult?

Confrontation is usually misunderstood. It’s not meant to make someone feel bad nor is it a tool to punish someone. Confrontation is a warning sign or flag that can be used to restore a cracked or broken relationship. As a leader, it’s your job to act as a leader and do the right thing.

John Maxwell is one of my favorite authors. Below are some points from him on making confrontation a little easier to deal with:

• Do you want a leader, head of household to be wimpy or take a stand. There’s security in knowing someone’s in charge.
• As the word gets out to others in the organization, people will know that the problem has to be addressed and a healing will start to take place.
• There may have been a misunderstanding. By addressing the issue, everything is out in the open. Seeing the big picture can bring mutual respect towards each other.
• How do you gain respect? By having respect for others. Make sure respect is used in the confrontation and the respect by the person you are addressing and your peers will increase.
  

King Abdulla II said this about confrontation, “Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.”

Go out and give your people some renewed hope for a better future.

Wayne Bailey is a Distributor with SendOutCards. He has recognized tremendous growth in his personal and business relationships by implementing the strategies he talks about in his articles. You can visit: www.sendoutcards.com/waynebailey.