Fill Up Someone's Bucket!

Some great reminders from the book, "How Full is your Bucket"? by Tom Rath

• Each of us has an invisible bucket.  It is constantly emptied or filled, depending on our daily interactions with others.  When our bucket is full, we feel great.  We are productive.  We make a positive impact on our environment.  When it is empty, we feel down.  We are deflated.
• Each of us also has an invisible dipper.  When we do or say things that increase positive emotions in others, we are using that dipper to fill their buckets. Conversely, when we are negative, we are using that dipper to decrease others' positive emotions by dipping from their bucket.

We face a choice every moment of every day:  We can fill one another's buckets, or we can dip from them.  It's an important choice...one that profoundly influences our relationships, productivity, health, and happiness.