How Full is Your Bucket?: Positive Strategies for Work and Life

Everyone has an invisible bucket representing their emotional state. When it is full, we feel positive and optimistic; when it is empty, we feel depleted and discouraged.

The authors outline five specific strategies to increase positive emotions in yourself and others: Go to product viewer dialog for this item.

Every interaction allows us to use an invisible "dipper" to either fill someone else's bucket through kindness or "dip" from it through negativity. Crucially, filling another's bucket also fills our own, while dipping from theirs empties ours. Key Takeaways & Strategies