Book Titles

Perhaps no human need is more neglected in the workplace than to feel valued.

Expressing appreciation requires more conscious intention, but feeling appreciated is as important to us as food.

The single most important factor in whether or not employees choose to stay in a job, Gallup has found, is the quality of their relationship with their direct superiors.

The more we can observe our feelings, the more we can choose how to respond to them.

Resilience, the ability to recover quickly from an emotional setback, depends less on what occurs in any given circumstance than on the story we tell ourselves about what’s happened to us.

Consciously cultivating a more realistically optimistic perspective refuels our emotional reservoir.

Our core need at the mental level is self-expression, the freedom to put our unique skills and talents to effective use in the world.

We live in a world of infinite distractions and endless demands. Many of us juggle several tasks at a time and struggle to focus on any one of them for very long.

Lack of absorbed focus takes a toll on the depth and quality of whatever we do, and it’s also an inefficient way to work, extending the time it takes to finish any given task.

The need for significance at work is a manifestation of our inborn hunger for meaning in our lives.