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How Full Is Your Bucket Summary

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In chapter 4 and 5 of How Full is Your Bucket, it is about how to inspire people around you by filling their buckets through positivity. It also talks about how people are affected through negative and positive interactions in business and in the outside world other than business. And by filling other people’s buckets by being positive to them, they will be more successful, and improve group performance. Being negative can have many side effects, and one positive or negative situation can change your whole life. With these capabilities in school and out, programs will run more smoothly and be more satisfying. This book taught me many skills about leadership, but most importantly, it showed me how to focus on the positive rather than the negative …show more content…

He was able to not dwell on the past by not only focused on the positive, but found out about as much about the disease and what he can do to make it better again. With the inspiration of his friends and family his confident and spirit was stronger than ever. Throughout this story I realized to focus on the positive, because when you are negative and focus on aspects of the disease that you can’t even fix it will easily dampen your spirits. In this story I agreed that the author focused on the positive and to approach his challenges head-on. Even when the author first heard about the problem of course he was shocked and nervous. I think the author did the right thing by staying positive by focusing on what could be done, even in scary times, having that kind of true caring and confident attitude had an extraordinary influence. The lesson learned from this meaningful story is to always focus on the positive even when confronting a major challenge. I definitely disagree with some of the author’s friends admitting how frightened and worried they were for him at the time. And the drop in his bucket during tough times he remembers the words his friends say. I disagree with the fact that his friends will mention his problem and state what they were afraid about. I disagree with this because if I was in a situation like …show more content…

When I went up to bat a man was on third and will hopefully score putting pressure on me. It was an outside pitch so I hit it to right field, however the outfielder caught it ending the inning. My assistant coach applauded me, focusing on the positive, he explained that I did a good job hitting the ball to right field since it was an outside pitch. He then told me good job, but next time to step inward so you can pull it more. After coach talked to me I felt better about the situation and even got a tip for the next time the pitcher throws me an outside ball. However, when my other coach came in the dugout he focused on the negative, yelling angrily about what I did wrong with not one bit of positive feedback or tips. After that coach talked to me I felt discouraged again. My teammates saw me angry and upset trying to make me laugh, however, after the scenario with coach, that is all I can think about. Looking at my team around me I saw hope in the team drown away. Our team ended up losing the game, going out realizing one little negative emotion can affect the whole team, and can cost a whole game. The point of my story is to realize what a positive and negative emotion can do, and what little thing can cause it. You should always focus on the positive even if you are the angriest you have ever been, find a way to control yourself, put

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