[Ailist] Barbara Frederickson video re her new book on Positivity on YouTube

[Sue Derby]

In preparing for an upcoming public workshop on employee engagement, I was excited to come across a video of Barbara Frederickson talking about the focus of her new book "Positivity" on YouTube. One of her sound bytes stuck with me all day today. She said: "The message in my book is timely, because we are facing enormous challenges in this country, and President Obama has urged us to choose hope over fear, and my research underscores why this is such a vital choice for us,  I have been able to show that fear closes down our minds and our hearts, whereas  positive emotions literally open our minds and hearts.  We're going to need that openness if we are going to face the challenges with clear eyes and come up with the creative solutions that allow us to come through this difficulty even stronger than before."

You can connect to the video at  www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds_9Df6dK7c    January 26th, 2009

Interestingly another video link was sent to me today - fun to watch, quite brilliant, funny, good message: 'Magic of Free Parking': http://www.karmatube.org/?id=1445 Notice the link to Appreciative Inquiry on the site.

Enjoy!

Sue Derby
Clockwork Communications
50 Forest Ave, Hamilton L8N 1X1
905-527-2181
sue at thesumoexperience.com
www.thesumoexperience.com

Upcoming SuMo Public Workshops in Toronto:
Engaging Employees in Turbulent Times - April 2, 2009
AI Foundations with Jane Magruder Watkins - June 9-12, 2009