Appreciation Strategies for Cleveland Executives Association

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Jack Canfield, Co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and The Success Principles says this about The Upside of Down Times: Discovering the Power of Gratitude: “I highly recommend this book if you want to be happier, healthier and wealthier. I read this book in one sitting and began implementing some of the ideas the next day. The ideas are easy to implement but powerful in their results.” In her latest book, gratitude expert, speaker, and author Lisa Ryan, helps expand the perception of gratitude and appreciation in life, in business and beyond. Ryan’s insightful research as well as her passion, humor and enthusiasm for the power of gratitude helps the reader elevate their level of gratefulness to experience positive results in the areas of personal perspective, physical health, relationships with others and business/finances. For example, clinical studies show that just five minutes practicing gratitude can significantly boost a person’s immune system for up to six hours while stabilizing their heart rate. Appreciation offers positive physical effects. The Upside of Down Times is a guide to the practice of appreciation, as well as an understanding of the science supporting gratefulness. Ryan provides anecdotes from her life as well as the lives of many others in her research that the reader will be able to relate to and learn from. Gratitude activities are provided at the end of each chapter to get the reader actively participating in the material learned. As Ryan guides her readers through a variety of practical exercises, she influences them to open their mind and their heart to the positive power of thankfulness. She focuses attention on the research conducted in the field of gratitude and positive psychology and effectively joins the science and the art of gratitude. The author’s goal in this uplifting book is not just to encourage a consistent gratitude practice, but also to help create a gratitude movement in a society that she feels needs to move from feelings of entitlement and dissatisfaction with life to a more grateful existence. Ryan understands that a gratitude practice transforms lives, and she uses documented research to support her stories. The Upside of Down Times is an exemplary guide to gratitude whether the reader is just beginning their practice or has had a long-term commitment to the habit of appreciation.

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