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Secrets for a happier practice with Judy Kay Mausolf

by | Aug 7, 2015 | Hints for Happiness

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Quotes & Notes:Secrets for a happier practice with Judy Kay Mausolf

  • There is lots of research out there to support that happier people are more productive, more successful, they are actually smarter, more creative, and they are healthier.
  • When I work with teams, probably the most important thing that I work with is shifting their mindset on ownership of the culture (the happiness culture): that each one of them is a part of that culture and they own that.p

We have to understand that happiness is our choice.

  • Someone does not create our happiness for us. Situations, circumstances, or people don’t have that power over us.
  • If someone comes in and they are in a bad mood and we let them bring our energy to their level, that’s who’s going to control it, that’s who has the power.
  • If we have a few happy people that are willing to stay, they can actually help motivate happiness in the practice.

I always carry three things that I am happy about in my pocket. For me, it’s my health, my family, and my career.

  • There are positive celebration patterns that help us feel happy very quickly, which is why I wrote the book Ta-Dah, Get Happy in 5 Seconds or Less. Take a moment to breathe, to regroup to run to the lunchroom, crank on some music, dance, and sing, those are positive celebration patterns.
  • Probably the biggest positive celebration pattern is the victory pose. When runners run across the finish line and throw their arms up in the air. And they don’t do it because someone says “Hey when you run across the finish line, throw your arms in the air for it will look great for the photo.” They don’t do it for that. They do it out of celebration for a victory of making it across the finish line.
  • I start out my day with “Good things are happening today.”

If you would like to learn more from Judy Kay Mausolf, check out her two books, Ta-Dah, Get Happy in 5 Seconds or Less and Rise and Shine. You can also go to http://www.practicesolutionsinc.net/ or email her at [email protected], or even call her at (612) 701-4922.

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Dr. Dike Drummond on “An Epidemic Called Burnout”

by | Oct 1, 2013 | Hints for Happiness

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Dr. Dike Drummond on "An Epidemic Called Burnout" - Podcast

  • “I had been a victim of career ending burnout.”
  • “When things are going well it’s great, but when things are not going well it’s probably really difficult to find somebody that you can talk to and confide in if what you’ve got is not necessarily what you want.”
  • “It’s one thing to be brave and it’s another thing to know what to do.”
  • “If you want it, right it down and we’ll go ahead and start bending your life and your practice in that direction.”
  • “The old square peg in a round hold…So what I see is that it’s not that people are ignoring anything, they know it’s there. They just think it’s a problem with them and they need to drive themselves even farther into the square hole even if they don’t fit.”
  • [On burnout] “It’s an epidemic.”
  • “If I need to convince them, they’re not ready.”
  • “When you are over-stressed, these things that you don’t want in your life will be magnified – they’ll be very, very clear in your awareness.”
  • “Three components that you need in order to trigger a new habit:  You have to have the ability, you have to have the motivation and you have to have a trigger.”
  • Quote that inspire Dr. Dike – “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind – Dr. Seuss.”

Learn more about Dr. Dike at http://www.thehappymd.com/

Connect on Twitter ~ @TheHappyMD

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