Here are some ideas to perk up your
attitude.
Asking people to list three things they are grateful for in life or
three events that have gone well during the past week can
significantly increase their level of happiness for about a month.
People become much happier after the smallest acts of kindness.
Adding plants to an office results in a fifteen percent boost in the
number of creative ideas and helps produce more original solutions
to problems.
Lightly touching someone on their upper arm makes them far more
likely to agree to a request. In one study, the touch produced a
twenty percent increase in the number of people who accepted an
invitation to dance in a nightclub and a ten percent increase in
those who would give their telephone number to a stranger on the
street.
Praising a child’s effort rather than their ability encourages them
to try.
Visualizing taking steps required to achieve a goal is more
effective than dreaming about the goal.