Find The Joy In Business: Innovative Ideas To Find Positivity (and Profit) In Your Daily Work Life Sketched By Joy J.D. Baldridge Shown In Document

found some good metaphors and acronyms to help make the advice actionable One of the most enjoyable aspects of being a recruiter is curating individualized experiences for prospective students, especially for those who travel from out of state to visit Lexington and the University of Kentucky.
In the past, I have received postcards from various cities, gift cards to my favorite donut shops, notebooks, and even offers to join the family for a meal, However, this gift was extra special,

“There are no problems in life, Only situations with an abundance of possible solutions, ”

On March,, I had to send an email tofamilies letting them know that the annual University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts Open House event was cancelled because of.
. . you know why. Little did I know, there was a family traveling from New York just for this event and still wanted to meet with me, Since this family was already on their way to Kentucky and wanted to see UK, I made sure to make it worth their time, Although Lexington was oddly silent and empty at the time, we ended up having an amazing conversation and walk around campus, This particular visit ended with Joy Baldridge giving me a copy of her book!

Fast forward two years and here I am finally wrapping up the book.


Have you ever cracked open a book and read the firstpages in one sitting! Its rare that I can keep my eyes open for that long.
This book was different! With each word I read, it was as if Joy was having a conversation with me while sharing inspirational, thoughtprovoking, and entertaining stories, What I loved most about this book is that it wasnt designed to be read from start to finish, Joy encourages the reader to “flip and point, " Each chapter is designed to be read and absorbed quickly, offering “Golden Nuggets” and “Joy Gems” that will help make positive, lasting change,

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you till it seems you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
” Harriet Beecher Stowe

The most ironic part of this story are the following two words flexibility and adaptability, Throughout the book, Joy shares stories on how to incorporate these two characteristics into everyday life, Looking back on it, although I wasnt able to offer a unique Open House event for Joy and her daughter, I was flexible and adaptable, which allowed me to meet Joy and have an amazing visit despite what the nextyears were about to bring.


“It will never be yesterday, so why do you keep talking about it, You cant start the next chapter of your life if you keep rereading the last one, ” There are four primary emotions: sad, mad, glad and afraid, We can conceptualize them as houses that we inhabit temporarily, with one of them being our primary place of residence, To move from one of the negative houses into the House of Glad, we need to “pay our RENT” an acronym that stands for Rest, Exercise, Nutrition and Thoughts.


My other takeaways from this Blinkist:
People usually reside at the House of Fear, that represents Worries, Fear, Anxieties of their daily lives, their future, To get out of this House, it is to be in PAR:

PPreparation Any worries that can be resolved by better preparation of life
AAcknowledgement Worries that cant be predicted, we can only honestly acknowledge their existence, accept it
RRelease Say goodbye to anxiety A good reading that offers good tips repeated to how you can improve your health and life quality I live tweeted this books ideas, tools, techniques and lingo to can help boost happiness and success.
“There are four primary emotions: sad, mad, glad and afraid, We can conceptualize them as houses that we inhabit temporarily, with one of them being our primary place of residence, To move from one of the negative houses into the House of Glad, we need to “pay our RENT” an acronym that stands for Rest, Exercise, Nutrition and Thoughts.
A wide variety of simple tools, tricks and techniques can help us to approach these four areas of life in a healthy way, They include breathing exercises, working out in small doses, avoiding sugar and repeating affirmations to ourselves, By using softening words when giving feedback

and understanding the different languages of different personality types, we can also improve our communication with others,  
Actionable advice: 
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take Purple Breaks or do theexercise in times of stress,

You can also sprinkle these ideas and this language into your daytoday interactions, For instance, to remind people that youre Always Flexible and Adaptable, you might include the AFA acronym in response to an email asking you to reschedule a meeting, ” Successfully cope with daytoday problemsand find joy along the way

The Business of Joy provides you with an abundance of practical and immediately applicable lifechanging ideas and inspirational, thoughtprovoking, and entertaining stories and quotesin an instant.
Each chapter is designed to be read and absorbed in approximatelyseconds, offering you "Golden Nuggets" and "Joy Gems" that will help make positive, lasting change,

Inside, you get an abundance of timetested formulas that can instantly be used to solve common and uncommon daytoday issues, This, in and of itself, will help to better yourself today, with work and life moving at the lightning speed of thought,

Find unique coping mechanisms when facing adversity Benefit from tangible, motivational, and selfmanagement tools to forge ahead Keep perspective regardless of circumstance Build a sturdy foundation for positive culture and change With the simple information in The Business of Joy, you'll find all the guidance you need to find positivity in your daily life.
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