Sweet job Tips: The Power of Optimism with your Executive Job Search

Executive Job Search Tip: Optimism 

Alan Loy McGinnis, author and therapist, shares the following twelve characteristics of an optimist in his book The Power of Optimism:

1. Optimists are seldom surprised by trouble.

2. Optimists do not look for partial solutions.

3. Optimists believe they have control over their futures and are not just victims of circumstances.

4. Optimists interrupt their negative trains of thought.

5. Optimists heighten their powers of appreciation.

6. Optimists use their imaginations to rehearse success.

7. Optimists are cheerful even when they cannot be happy.

8. Optimists believe they have an almost unlimited capacity for stretching.

9. Optimists build lots of love into their lives.

10. Optimists like to swap good news.

11. Optimists accept what cannot be changed.

12. Optimists usually allow for regular physical and mental renewal.

McGinnis tells us that studies show optimists excel in school, have better health, make more money, establish long and happy marriages, stay connected to their children, and perhaps even live longer. 

I look forward to helping you land that next

 great job you are looking for in 2014! 

Take care,
Eleanor 

Your Executive Job Search Expert  TM 

PS

 "The Power of Optimism" is from Chapter 2,  page 34, The NEW Rules of Job Search.

 

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