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    The Positive Dog: A Story About the Power of Positivity
    The Positive Dog: A Story About the Power of Positivity
    The Positive Dog: A Story About the Power of Positivity
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    The Positive Dog: A Story About the Power of Positivity

    By Jon Gordon

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    Discover the benefits of being positive.

    We all have two dogs inside of us. One dog is positive, happy, optimistic, and hopeful. The other dog is negative, mad, sad, pessimistic, and fearful. These two dogs often fight inside us, but guess who wins the fight? The one you feed the most. So begins the story about a negative mutt named Matt and a big dog named Bubba who teaches him how to feed himself with positivity each day and in the process Matt transforms his own life and the shelter they call home.

    The Positive Dog is an inspiring, heartwarming story that not only reveals the strategies and benefits of being positive but also an essential truth for humans: Being positive doesn't just make you better. It makes everyone around you better.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateApr 3, 2012
    ISBN9781118234860

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    The Positive Dog - Jon Gordon

    Contents

    Introduction

    Matt and Bubba

    The Benefits of Being Positive

    Simple as a Smile

    Feed with Laughter

    Take a Thank-You Walk

    Build Your Gratitude Muscle

    A Day of Gratitude

    Tell Yourself Positive Stories

    Get to instead of Have to

    Blessed instead of Stressed

    Turn Complaints into Solutions

    Fear or Faith

    Challenges or Opportunities

    An Opportunity

    The Positive Dog Grows

    Positive Energy is Contagious

    Positive Boomerang

    Feeding Others

    Love

    Encouragement

    No Ordinary Day

    Negativity Serves a Purpose

    What Would Bubba Do?

    A Special Day

    Two Positive Dogs are Better than One

    Feed the Positive Dog

    The Positive Pledge

    Resources

    Feed Your Team with Positivity

    About the Illustrator

    Other Books by Jon Gordon

    Wiley End User License Agreement

    Copyright © 2012 by Jon Gordon. All rights reserved.

    Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.

    Published simultaneously in Canada.

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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

    Gordon, Jon, 1971-

    The positive dog : a story about the power of positivity / Jon Gordon. —1

    p. cm.

    ISBN 978-0-470-88855-1 (hardback); ISBN 978-1-118-22109-9 (ebk);

    ISBN 978-1-118-23486-0 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-25948-1 (ebk)

    1. Motivation (Psychology) 2. Positive psychology. I. Title.

    BF503.G667 2012

    158.1—dc23

    2012005817

    For Dharma, my positive dog

    Introduction

    I’m not a naturally positive person. People think I am because of the books I write, but the truth is I have to work really hard at being positive. I’m a student first and a teacher second, and the student in me tries to learn and practice everything I teach. In fact, many years ago in my quest to be more positive I read all of the research in the emerging field of positive psychology and ultimately wrote a book to help people cultivate more positivity and energy in just 10 minutes a day.

    Long before books such as The Happiness Advantage, Happiness Project, Stumbling on Happiness, and Positivity, I created a positive energy plan that I implemented in my own life and shared with others. Robert Emmons, the leading researcher on the impact of gratitude and a major contributor to the field of positive psychology, wrote this about my book, The 10 Minute Energy Solution: Drawing on the latest scientific research, Gordon convincingly makes the case for an evidence based approach for energetic living. Just reading the book increased my energy.

    However, for several reasons, including the title, the book didn’t reach as many people as I hoped. I remember being at a book fair to sign copies and sitting next to me was John Grogan who was signing copies of his book Marley and Me. I had 10 people in line. He had hundreds of people in a line that stretched outside the building. At the time I smiled and thought, One day I’m going to write a story about a dog that becomes more positive. So this book has been many years in

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