Upbeat Winners: Please Email Me

If you were someone who won a copy of Rajesh Setty’s new book Upbeat, please send me a note at phil.gerbyshak @ b5media.com with your address. If you sent it already, I lost it. I tried to contact you, but I failed and it bounced back.

Thanks again to Raj for sharing your book!

Helen, who commented on Justin’s suggestion (in addition to another entry later in the contest): “It’s the GRATITUDE ATTITUDE — I LIKE IT Justin !!!”

Angela Marasco, who shared 3 tips: “I have three top ways of staying upbeat! 1. I have a “no negativity” office policy! Only positive thoughts and attitudes are brought through the door. Now…understanding that everyone can feel a bit negative at times, those negative thoughts must be channeled into a solution and voiced as a positive. This is sort of like the old interview question, “what are your weaknesses”! Everyone knows that you never voice a true negative…you take a negative and turn it into a positive! 2. Rid yourself of negativity and stay upbeat through proper diet and stress relieving exercise! This is considered a daily ritual. It’s amazing how much more positive you are when your body feels physically healthy. 3. Start to feel negative…take a moment…turn on some good music…and dance like nobody’s watching! This works for me every time!”

Scott C Griffin who offered this great tip, and a tale to help us remember it:: “One thing I do is to write it out – get it OUT of your system. It is more like self-therapy than anything else but you can then let it go and get on with your life. I also keep a poster that I made with some words of wisdom. The ‘words of wisdom’ came from my mother-in-law to my wife – a passing of a Native-American tradition for centuries. This is what my MIL passed on to the family – I read these words to make me think and re-focus …

Cherokee Wisdom

An elder Cherokee was teaching his grand-children about life. He said to them, “A fight is going on inside me, a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other wolf represents joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, security, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generos-ity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too.” The children thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?” The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.””

Jeannette shared this tip: “I bought a puppy. She is my inspiration, she is always happy to see me, she always wags her tail. She doesn’t know there is a recession and it’s my responsibility to give her the best life I can! My drive comes from that, my positivity comes from that – I am invincible making sure she is well looked after. Know that what you do is for yourself and your loved ones! (Even though I have wet patches on the carpet sometimes!)” There were 15 more GREAT tips on how to remain upbeat as well. I’d encourage you to read them all, and go buy yourself a copy of Upbeat Now for yourself and a co-worker today!