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How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life
Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton
Rating: 4.0/5 Stars
Rank: 263
How did you feel after your last interaction with another person? Did that
person-your spouse, best friend, coworker, or even a stranger -fill your
bucket" by making you feel more positive? Or did that person "dip from
your bucket," leaving you more negative than before? The number one New
York Times and number one Business Week bestseller, How Full Is Your
Bucket? reveals how even the briefest interactions affect your
relationships, productivity, health, and longevity.
Organized around a
simple metaphor of a dipper and a bucket, and grounded in 50 years of
research, this book will show you how to greatly increase the positive
moments in your work and your life-while reducing the negative.
Filled
with discoveries, powerful strategies, and engaging stories, How Full Is
Your Bucket? is sure to inspire lasting changes and has all the makings of
a timeless classic.
About the AuthorTom Rath is co-author of the #1 New York Times and #1 BusinessWeek
bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket? a book that draws on decades of
research to explore the differences between leading an enthusiastic life
and a miserable one. His book is receiving acclaim worldwide, and appears
regularly on the major bestseller lists. At Gallup, Tom is the Global
Practice Leader for the organizations hottest innovation, the
Clifton StrengthsFinder, which has helped more than 1 million people
around the world discover their top five strengths.
Tom earned his
bachelors degree in psychology from the University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor. He is currently pursuing a graduate degree at Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore, MD. He lives in Washington, D.C. Donald
O.Clifton, Ph.D. (1924-2003), was cited by the American Psychological
Association as the Father of Strengths Psychology and the Grandfather of
Positive Psychology.
He was a chairman of Gallup, Inc., and he invented
the Clifton StrengthsFinder, an assessment that has helped more than 1
million people around the world discover their talents.
He coauthored
several books, including the bestseller Now, Discover Your Strengths.
Editorials
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Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton
![]() | | | O, The Oprah Magazine , October, 2004 | | "This positive give-and-take leads to solid marriages, higher worker
satisfaction and productivity, and a happier world." |
![]() | | | Entrepreneur magazine, September 2004 | | "50 years of research . . . reveal how positive reinforcement can
powerfully boost productivity, satisfaction, and stability in all kinds of
organizations." |
![]() | | | Ladies Home Journal, November, 2004 | | "Kindness really is contagious." |
Customer Reviews
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How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life
Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton
![]() | | | It's all about the survey! | | August 12, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars | | Books like this that come with a free survey are the best way to learn. I
felt so much more in touch with what I was reading knowing where I stand.
Another title I've read that comes with a survey is "The Emotional
Intelligence Quickbook" |
![]() | | | Catching FIRE in High Schools | | (Denver) November 12, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars | | My Dad gave me this book. I read it and was so moved by it's positive and
practical wisdom. My boyfriend Geoff (goes to a different High School)
read it and passed it on. Since then all of my friends (and Geoff's)... read full review |
![]() | | | Easy Read, Very Clear | | (Colorado, USA) March 23, 2005 - 4.0/5 stars | | A well written case for how to treat people in daily interaction. How you
can add to them, or remove from them.
Sure wish managers were
required to read this. It's a good layout for being a positive human being
in general.
Worth the read. |
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