Yessenia Riquelme

How full is your bucket?

1) Summarize the Introduction pages especially page 5 (or 15???) depending on your book, in a
couple of paragraphs.
Don Clifton while teaching at the University of Nebraska noticed a problem in the field of
psychology. He noticed that psychology was being base on the study of what was wrong with
people. He wondered if it was more important to study what was right with people.
Over 50 years Don Clifton and his colleagues investigated the positive impact of psychology. He
concluded that many people change their mood base on the encounters with others. These
encounters could be positive or negative but rarely neutral.
In 2002 his work was recognized by the American Psychology Association, which named him the
grandfather of positive psychology. Later that year he discovered he had cancer. Because of his
cancer, he asked his grandchild to help him write a book. This book which was going to be the
last book he wrote was based on the metaphor of a Dipper and a Bucket. Both worked hard on
the book, even when Don Clifton was undergoing chemotherapy. Don Clifton died at the age of
79 just weeks before he had finish the first draft of his book.

2) For chapters 4 & 5 write a paragraph summary of the content.

Being positive or negative is in our nature, others argue for nurture. The most common theory
right now is that both nature and nurture make a significant and possibly equal contribution.
The story starts with Don Clifton’s grandchild named Tom. Since an early age, Tom’s family filled
his bucket with eulogies. As he grew older Tom realized that not all the families pointed out the
positive things about their kids, instead many of them pointed out the negative things. Over the
years Tom got kidney cancer and lost vision in one of his eyes. He overcame these obstacles
because during all his life his bucket was fill by family members and friends.

Most people weren’t raised like tom but there are different ways to praise them and fill their
bucket. In the work area you can praise your worker by investigating what they prefer. Some of
them would like to be praise in front of everybody, others in private but if you want to do a
recognition, it has to have meaning to the individual only by this way they can filled their bucket.

3) For chapter 6, list the strategies and write on how you would apply the information into your
own life. Give examples and demonstrate the knowledge from the text.

Prevent Bucket Dipping: how I interact with others will determine how they will act with me. I
will be kind and pleasant and my coworkers will reciprocate.

Shine a Light on What is Right: It’s about how we spend most of our time focusing on the power
of what is right. If you spend more time giving attention to it, it’s what will you get in return.
For example, If I start complimenting people, they will fill their buckets and they will do the
same with others because they would want others to feel the way they’re feeling

Make Best Friends

Having friends in the job will make your life easier and will increase your productivity. I always try to
make friend whenever I work because having friends makes a pleasant work environment for me and
others. One way to make friends is by supporting them in their endeavors. Be the person who recognize
the hard work of others.

Give Unexpectedly
I like to give gifts to my family, this makes me happy. I always try to anticipate what they need or like.
When my family is happy so am I!
It is not necessary to buy stuff but a please and thank you can be enough.

Reverse the Golden Rule

When a person tries to do a recognition for another individual it is better to investigate first what that
person prefers. I am a shy person, so I prefer to be recognize by only a couple of individuals at a time.
Some examples of recognition can be compliments and recognizing the value of their work.

2) In each of the first 3 chapters, there are pictures of a bucket with a statement within it. There are
11 of these. Write down the statement. Read through the content around the statement. Decide on a
new statement to substitute the statement the author made in the bucket. You do not need to give a
statistic. Be Creative!! You then need to write several sentences on why you chose the new
statement using the material within the chapter.

1. “Relentless negativity resulted in a 38% POW death rate- the highest in U.S. military history”
The hopelessness can end in suicide:
 North Korean made them feel loneliness.
 They broke loyalty, this means they encourage the U.S. military to break relationship and
turn the men against each other.
 They made the soldiers talk about the bad things they did as well as good things but failed to
do.
 They kept all the letters with emotional support and instead of that they gave them those
telling a relative die, or bills to pay.

2. “The #1 reason people leave their jobs: they do not feel appreciated”
Employees will quit if they do not feel appreciated:
 Employees didn’t receive the amount of praise they deserved.
 They didn’t like the work areas because there was gossip.
 The management of the company was awful
 They didn’t like the bosses

3. “Bad bosses could increase the risk of stroke by 33%”

Having bosses that you do not like make you feel sick
 People who work with bosses that they do not like are more vulnerable to get a heart
disease
 Many people prefer to call in sick instead to come work
 There are bosses who likes to diminish you because they like to feel power over you.

4. “The cost of disengagement: $250-$300 billion per year”

The bad performance of the workers causes great monetary losses to the country.
 Workplace injury, illness, turnover, and absences cost around $1 trillion per year.
  The bad performance of workers most of the time is because they do not like what they are
doing or the company.
 Lack of passion.
 Negative workers bring down other workers.

5. “A study found that negative employees can scare off every customer they speak with- for good”
If you do not like your job you will not do well:
 In costumer service, if you do not like to help the person and you are in a bad mood you will
scare off the client.
 Depending how you treat you can attract more client or make them hate the company.
 Having a bad attitude with clients make a bad reputation for the company.
 Negative employees not only scare off 1 client but the impact of is more than you think.

6. “65% of Americans received no recognition in the workplace last year”

It is rarely the recognition in the work area:
 Most of the company do the employee of the month thing and that does not work for
everyone.
 There is no individual recognition.
 Managers does not see the employees as a person but things.
 The company does not want to spend money in gifts for their employees

7. “9 out of 10 people say they are more productive when they are around positive people”
Work goes better with positive people around:
 Compliments from your coworker make you feel appreciated.
 Know the names of your employees or coworkers.
 Positive environment makes you work better.
 Good communication makes good relations with co-workers.

8. “We experience approximately 20,000 individual moment everyday”

Small moments can have a huge effect in your life
 Every moment lasts a few seconds.
 The moments are always negative or positive, rarely are neutral
 Critical moments can change your life, it can be a few words or an action
 Compliment a person will make their day.

9. “The magic ratio: 5 positive interactions for every 1 negative interaction”

The exact amount of positive and negative feedback will keep your bucket full
 The perfect balance to have a good life.
 The magic ratio applies in all the aspect of the daily living.
 Most people only see the negative things so for a balance life we must practice saying
positive things.

10. “Too much positive emotion? More than 13 positive emotions for every 1 negative interaction could
decrease productivity”
A lot of recognition make low productivity
  Too much positivity can result in a false optimism
 Makes people angry.
 The ratio 13:1 is not healthy.
 Makes people believe that they are doing an excellent job when they are not.
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11. “Extending longevity: Increasing positive emotions could lengthen life span by 10 years”
Be happy and you will live more
 The more optimistic, content and happy you are the longer you will live.
 Resentment, negative feelings, fears will make you to have diseased and you will live less.
 If a person starts listening positive things they will extend their life.

5) Write a couple of paragraphs on your own work ethic. Develop the work standards that you plan to
live by. Demonstrate that you read the content of this module. Personalize your paper by referring to
"I". Use the information you gained about yourself in this module. Make sure you cover all the above
topics listed.

Address each area listed below.

- Personal attitudes toward work

- The importance of reputation and integrity
- Your attitude toward tardiness and workplace practices.
- What does it mean to be a conscientious worker?
- What it means to be loyal to an organization?
- The rules you want to work by (including cultural diversity, equity issues, and sexual harassment).

My work ethics comes from my parents. They are based on them because when I was growing up I
remember how serious work was for them. They would always try to arrive half hour early. They would
always dress to look professional. I only realized how important these things were when I got my first
job. Every time I go work you can feel the positivity of the workers. They always say hello or ask about
your day, so I feel good when I’m working. I believe communication is key not only in the job but
everywhere. I like my job because I have good relationships with my coworkers and my bosses. They are
nice with me and I am nice with them, due to this I perform better, and they recognize my hard work by
giving compliments about it. I like to arrive at least 10 minutes early to get a report about my day.

I consider myself as a conscientious worker because when I must work I spend more time taking care of
the residents, checking that the place they are living is clean and organized, talking with them and
provide them company. Taking care of my equipment is keys because these instruments help us give
good care. For me to be loyal to the organization is to respect them, doing a good job, going to work
every time I must, not looking for another job because I feel that the company cares for me. Since I was
18 I been working with people of different cultures, I like people of different culture because I can learn
new thing from them and compare our customs, food even our language. As a woman I can say for own
experience that sexual harassment is the worst part in a work area because you do not feel comfortable
and most of the time you do not want to go to work and you simply want to quit your job, but all places
are different with different people.