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Get Them Excited! 4 Best Practices for Enrolling Others

You will often hear me saying, “People follow people, not just great ideas.” If you need to get others on board with your vision, you must tap into your ability to connect, influence, and inspire your audience.

In order to inspire, leaders must be self-confident and optimistic. They must “lead positive.”When you “lead positive,” you offer a compelling vision of the future that taps into the human desire for a higher sense of purpose. By thinking, speaking, and acting out of the positive side o...

Dealing with Frustrating People the ABT Way

We don’t always get to choose the people we work with. And even when we do, those chosen few can turn out to be much more difficult than we expected. But looking to the positive side of the ledger, situations where you have to deal with frustrating people are ripe for practicing your Asset-Based Thinking (ABT) skills!

Through ABT, you can learn to minimize the effect of others’ negative behavior on you. By focusing the spotlight of your attention on their assets, you open yourself to what they...

Make Stress Your Pathway to Resilience and Optimism

Stress bombards us from all directions. It comes at us in a never-ending array of shapes and sizes. Whether it comes from life-shattering adversity or the constant pressure brought on by today’s frenetic 24/7 pace – there is no escaping the experience of stress.

The key to making certain that stress is an ally that works for you (and not an enemy that works against you) is Asset-Based Thinking. In this Introduction, readers are shown how stressful experiences – from major to minor in scale – c...