Joy Journal
Every Friday, you can receive the Joy Journal, which will give you information, inspiration and tips that you can use in your pursuit for joy.
Pay Attention to Your Reactions…or Over-Reactions
The Sneaky Side of Negativity

Do you use a negative expletive? “Oh, [blank]!”
Do you criticize the sender? “What the [blank] are they thinking?!”
Or do you take it in stride and seek more information? “Hmm, I wonder what may be behind this? Let me ask.”
Your reaction is yours, but I highlight it as an area of caution. If you regularly react immediately and skeptically, you might be fueling your negativity bias. Our brains can gather 11 million bits of information per second, but we can only process 40 of those bits at a time. If you choose to focus on the bits that are negative, you can greatly impact your happiness.
And these reactions create a chain-reaction for negativity. You continue to focus on the negative, whether criticality is really warranted or needed.
So, this is just a friendly PSA to notice your reactions and see if they might be getting the better of your positivity.
Past Journals
Are YOU the author of your destiny?
Not always simple to answer
A “Movement Snack”
I wish I had come up with this one
Can’t employees just do what they were hired to do?
How to “put people first”
Use “OOO” when you’re “ITO” (In The Office)
Increase productivity with the click of a button
When Matters More Than Where
Re-thinking “flexibility”
Do you want to hear something funny?
Final journal about a quote
Letting Go Doesn’t Mean You’re Incapable
Climbing vs. Carrying
