How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton
Publisher: Gallup Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  87 reviews
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Edition: 1
Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 1595620036
Dewey Decimal Number: 158.1
EAN: 9781595620033
Publication Date: August 10, 2004
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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.
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 Over flowing buckets July 24, 2004
Martin Schray (West Chicago, IL United States)
109 out of 127 found this review helpful
How Full is Your Bucket? is a quick, but worthwhile read. The books subtitle really says it all, positive strategies for Work and Life. The basic premise of the book is that each of us has as an invisible bucket. It is emptied or filled by what others say and do to us. Likewise we empty or fill the invisible buckets of others.
The book goes on to give some examples of filling or emptying of buckets. Next the book goes on to list some practical strategies for filling buckets. They are as follows:
1. Prevent bucket dipping - ask yourself whether you are adding to or taking from another bucket.
2. Shine a light on what is right - don't focus on the negative, spend time, energy and attention of what is right.
3. Make best friends - great relationships lead to increased satisfaction
4. Give unexpectedly - the gifts can be material, trust or respect, but given unexpectedly increases their bucket filling power
5. Reverse the Golden rule - "Do unto others as they would have you do unto them".
The book gives some unexpected gifts. In the back cover is a free id to allow you to use the "Clifton" strengthfinder - so you can discover your strengths. Also there is five strategies wallet card and oh wait a minute I don't want to ruin the unexpected gift factor. This is a great book. Buy some for friends and family.
Change your life, and everyone elses July 21, 2004
Keep it positive (California)
30 out of 36 found this review helpful
I read this book the day I received it. In a sentence, I can tell you that the biggest statement that the book relayed is that if you fill someone elses bucket with positive energy, words and praise, it fills yours. In a few sentences... I will say that the authors vision and recommended actions, as well as reading examples in the book, really hit home. I was able to realize that by speaking in negative terms about things in life, whether they pertained to me, someone else, or life, really dipped from my own bucket of positivity. Positive actions reinforce one's ability to adjust and heal from within. Good words are contageous. Caring discussion with another spreads not only between you and who you are speaking with, but the energy from positivity spreads from individual to individual, a domino effect.
A must read. Buy this book!
Simple Strategies for Great Results January 2, 2006
C. Middleton (Australia)
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
The American philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once commented that the most powerful and influential tenets and ideas are the simple ones. This internationally acclaimed little book certainly proves Mr. Emerson was correct. "How Full is your Bucket?" proposes a straightforward theory that has now become world famous, and that is the theory of the dipper and bucket. In other words giving positive reinforcement to someone makes him or her stronger, filling their bucket, as opposed to spreading negativity, taking away from their bucket, creates more negativity. How often do you give someone at home or work an honest compliment or unexpected gift? Alternatively, how often do you point out the bad things about a spouse or work mate? According to many years of psychological analysis, these simple actions can make the difference between a happy marriage or a crumbling one, a productive work environment or a failing one. It is that simple.
Imagine rising out of bed to greet the new day ready to conquer the world. You walk into work and Nadine Negative says, "Gee, Bret, didn't you wear that shirt yesterday?"
You look down at your shirt and think, "Did I?" Then realize that you haven't worn it in at least a week.
"No Nadine, I wore it last week."
"I don't know." Shaking her head. "It must be your favourite shirt because you seem to have it on quite a bit. I'd think about a new wardrobe, Bret."
Nadine slithers away, and for some reason, you do not feel like conquering the world but hiding from it. You collapse on the chair in your cubical and blankly stare at the computer screen.
In chapter three of this text, "Every Moment Counts", proposes that even the seeming insignificant negative comments will empty your bucket, and if the ratio falls to the negative above 13 to 1, life will become untenable. On the other hand, if Nadine decided to comment on how good you looked that day, that she liked your shirt, filling your bucket, you would become energized and ready to tackle the world. Again, it is that simple.
As head of a small team, I know from experience what a negative person or covert cutting comment can do to the group's morale and overall productivity. I'm always vigilant for any type of negativity, and this little book has simply reinforced the impact of emptying someone's bucket - it can be devastating if left unhandled, as it will spread like a cancer.
This book will take perhaps thirty minutes of your time to read but could possibly change your outlook and modus operandi with your dealings at work, home and relationships.
Quantitative Proof That Positive Thinking Really Works! November 8, 2004
Zev Saftlas (Brooklyn, NY United States)
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
Finally! A book that quantifiably proves the power of positive thinking, in quantifiable, measurable psychological studies.
I really love this book. Wow, What a simple concept. When you're feeling high your invisible bucket is full, when your feeling low--your bucket is empty....and when you interact with others you are either filling your bucket and theirs OR you are emptying your bucket and theirs. Its amazing how simple and true this idea is.
After reading this book, I started rating my interactions with each person I dealt with throughout the day. I put a number on the amount of drops each person gave me (or took away from me) It was an amazing experience. Finally I understood why I felt so down after just saying hello to an extremely negative person. I would go into such a bad mood out of the blue.
Let me give you an example. The other day when working through an issue with someone who was having difficulty with his system; I starting helping him, but things weren't going fast enough for him, so he started to use all kinds of swear words because his program wasn't working.
I started to feel uncomfortable and my mind filled up with thoughts of negativity. Why? Because his negative energy! He was emptying my bucket! Yes, swearing is a form of negative energy. And when it's said in anger it very destructive too!
On the other hand, the other day when I met someone on the street whom I did not see in awhile...when she greeted me with a nice big friendly 'hello! How are you?' and began telling me how her day went, her positive energy literally filed my bucket. I felt really happy and motivated after talking to her. She was full of positive energy and her bucket was so overflowing that--she couldn't help but put me in a good mood. (By the way, come to think of it, I never heard her complain about anything--even when things weren't going very well for her. She is one of those extremely positive type of people. She must be filling buckets all day long!)
Another bucket filling example. When I was asked to provide feedback (work performance) on someone people I had to worked with on various projects, I put down some real positive stuff for a guy that really deserved it. He is also one of those happy, great attitude type kind of people. Anyways as a kind gesture I emailed him what I wrote.
A few days later, I met him in the hallway and he told me that he appreciated the kind words I wrote on behalf of him so much that he printed it out and brought it home to show his wife! I was amazed. I thought I was giving him a pat on the back--but he took it as if I was giving him a badge of honor! I felt so good that I went home and told my wife, who was so impressed by me that and she started filling my bucket!
Yes, this book may be short, but don't confuse the amount of pages with value. By applying the principles contained in this book you will dramatically increase the quality of your life. On this book you can say less is more!
Zev Saftlas, author of Motivation That Works and founder of
www.EmpoweringMessages.com
Full of Positivity December 31, 2005
Alicia E. Flores (Houston, TX)
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is a quick and marvelous read. It's very positive and uplifting, with plenty of good suggestions to live a more postive life at work and home. The suggestions are pretty simple to apply to your daily life and well recommended. I've already started to fill other buckets and in turn it has helped fill my own. I did enjoy taking their online test, Clifton StrengthsFinder, it help me see the strengths in myself more. I would highly recommend this to others who are looking for a good motivational book for their place of business and home life.
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