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Do You Need A Play Mindset? with Stella Grizont 0

Mar 22, 2018

Stella Grizont is a graduate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Master’s of Applied Positive Psychology programme and is an executive coach who has worked with over 14,000 people in 21 countries. Stella has also delivered workshops to organizations including Google, Johnson and Johnson, Young & Rubicam to inspire their employees to develop a positive work culture. Her unique approach to loving your work has been featured on MSNBC, ABC news and the Today Show.

In today’s episode Stella explains the power of playful mindset to help us avoid getting stuck in the common mind traps most of us struggle with at work.

Connect with Stella Grizont:

Website: www.woopaah.com

You’ll Learn:

[05:06] – Stella explains how the playful mindset can help approach uncertain situations with curiosity rather than fear at work.
[10:38] – Stella shares how complaining can become a common mind trap, because it triggers our negativity bias over and over again.
[11:56] – Stella talks about how comparing yourself to others is another mindtrap in which people often become stuck.
[13:56] – Stella outlines her “Vision Generator” exercise, and how it can help you to generate your vision and clarify how you want to be to avoid comparisons with others.
[14:34] – Stella explains how criticism – especially of ourselves – gets many of stuck when it comes to our work and what we can do to be more supportive of ourselves.
[19:29] – Stella shares what she wishes she known when she first graduated from the Masters of Positive Psychology program.
[21:24] – Lightning round with Stella Grizont.

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www.workhappinessmethod.com/vision

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Are You Curious Enough? with Diana Whitney. 0

Mar 15, 2018

Dr. Diana Whitney is the founder and president of Positive Change, a global consultancy that helps executives and their teams design and facilitate high engagement, appreciative inquiry processes in support of business goals, strategies and innovation. Diana is also the co-founder of the Taos Institute, an education think-tank with over 500 international associates, teaching and doing research into constructive, relational processes in business, education families and communities. Diana is also the author of 18 books and dozens of articles and chapters including the Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change. She has more than 30 years of experience in helping make change happen, and teaching people how to make change happen around the world.

In today’s episode, Diana shares how she uses appreciative inquiry approaches to help organizations have a curious mindset and discover what gives life to their people to help systems create changes that work. Diana shares several case studies and what her research has found enables appreciative inquiry approaches to improve relationships and bottom-line business outcomes.

Connect with Diana Whitney:

Website: positivechange.org

You’ll Learn:

[02:22] - Diana talks about how to introduce appreciative inquiry to clients that you work with.
[04.24] - Diana gives an example of how this could be approach could be applied in an organization.
[07:40] - Diana talks about the fear surrounding things that aren’t working well in an organization if they aren't openly discussed.
[09:42] - Diana explains how successful organisations "nurture out" their staff into roles that are most suitable to them.
[10:46] - Diana discusses the key skill of flipping or reframing the narrative, to shift the organisation and the thinking of people from what the problems are, known as deficit, into more life affirming, positive possibilities.
[14:45] - Diana shares the the incredible case study of Hunter Douglas Window Fashions.
[19:18] - Diana talks about why appreciative inquiry delivers these kind of outcomes.
[22:00] - Lightning round with Diana Whitney

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Are Your Positive Interventions Synergistic? with Reuben Rusk 0

Mar 9, 2018

Reuben Rusk is the founder of Mind Quip, a social enterprise in Christ Church New Zealand whose vision is to create a happier and more productive workforce. Reuben is a lifelong learner and a big picture thinker who's passionate about teaching people to improve their lives and their wellbeing by distilling large amounts of research into down to earth training about what matters most. An experienced presenter and recognized expert in well being and resilience, Reuben’s research has been published in the Journal of Positive Psychology, the psychology of wellbeing, and the Journal of Happiness studies.

In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about the five domains Rueben’s research has found lie at the heart of more than 18,000 peer-reviewed positive psychology intervention articles and how these can be combined to create a synergistic and holistic approach to create wellbeing behavior changes that work.

Connect with Reuben Rusk:

Website: mindquip.com

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You’ll Learn:

[02:00] - Reuben identified more than 18,000 documents, and here talks about what he found that can help us to improve our well being?
[03:47] - Reuben discusses the five clusters of terms that he identified.
[07:09] - Reuben talks about how the synergistic change model might help to shape our wellbeing.
[08:59] - Reuben explains how the synergistic change model provides a framework to think through some important complexities.
[11:41] - Reuben talks about how he helps people understand how to navigate emotional and social complexities.
[12:50] - Reuben discusses the concept of relapse.
[14:45] - Reuben explains how to think synergistically across those five domains of emotions, attention and awareness, comprehension and coping, goals and habits and social relationships, when trying to make a positive intervention.
[15:58] - Reuben talks about the environmental factors that can affect positive interventions.
[18:38] - Reuben discusses how the simpler option is not necessarily easier, and how simplifying complex systems can do more harm than good.
[21:37] - Lightning Round with Reuben Rusk

Your Resources:

mindquip.com

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Is There An Easier Way To Build Self-Control? with David Desteno 0

Mar 1, 2018

David Desteno is a Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University where he directs the social immersions group. David’s research examines the mechanisms of the mind that shape vice and virtue, and his work continually reveals that human moral behaviour is much more variable than most would predict. He’s regularly featured in the media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Harvard Business Review to name just a few. David is the author of several books including Emotional Success, The Truth about Trust, and the co-author of the Wall Street Journal’s spotlight psychology best seller, Out of Character.

In today’s episode David shares his research on self-control and why harnessing social emotions – like gratitude, compassion and pride – can be an effective and energizing way to improve our levels of grit.

Connect with David Desteno:

Website: www.davedesteno.com

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You’ll Learn:

[01:56] - David talks about the ability to be future oriented and persevere to our future goals is an important part of life.
[03:27] - David explains how the human mind tends to discount the value of the future.
[05:01] - David lists gratitude, compassion and pride, as the social emotions that help with control and grit?
[06:58] - David discusses how being self interested and aggressive is not an effective recipe for success, in the long term.
[07:42] - David explains that what is adaptive for helping other people is adaptive for ourselves as well.
[09:03] - David talks about how people who practise gratitude, compassion and pride, will demonstrate greater perseverence and less procrastination. He also discusses how the practise of meditation and mindfulnes can improve these qualities.
[10:21] - David talks about making a habit of taking pride in steps along the way, not just when you reach your ultimate goal.
[14:02] - David explains how pride can lead to perseverance.
[15:47] - David gives examples of things that we can do to create a sense of authentic pride for ourselves.
[17:21] - David details the intersection between the social emotions and our ability to maintain a growth mindset as we go about our jobs.
[18:42] - David talks about our biases on who we choose to show compassion to, and how.
[20:00] - David gives some practical tips on how to cultivate more compassion to improve relationships at work.
[21:32] - David lists some other emotions that play into our social relationships, impact the choices we make, and our levels of self-control and grit.
[22:24] - Lightning round with David Desteno.

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