WELCOME!

Filling Buckets

Hi, I'm Kristen.

One book changed everything.

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POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Before more bucket stuff...

Research Studies:

• A Study in Nuns
• Prisoners of War
• Divorce in the forecast

94%

"The Magic Ratio"
or the ratio of positive interactions to
negative interactions

5:1

The Premise:

• Everyone walks around with a metaphysical "bucket" and "dipper"
• We fill (or dip) from other people's buckets based on our positive or negative interactions with them
• Filling other buckets in turn fills our own
• People will full buckets are happier, healthier, and more productive (9 out 10)
• Thriving = Maintaining a full bucket

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Every spring semester

April

Things that fill my bucket:

• Quality time with hilarious people
• Perfectly selected fonts
• Cold Cokes with crunchy ice
• Uninterrupted reading time
• Stationery and paper products
• A long lazy meal with great friends
• Hot towels, fresh socks, and new pens

Things that dip from my bucket:

• Migraines
• Incessant negativity about silly things
• Social media
• Interrupted reading time
• The local news
• People who don't care for others
• Rainy/cold weather in April

What about you?

Strategies for Increasing Positivity

• Prevent bucket dipping
• Shine a light on what is right
• Make best friends
• Give unexpectedly
• Reverse the Golden Rule

"Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival, to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated."

-Steven Covey

You don't have to guess.

2 Minute Drill

Go fill a bucket.

To Summarize:

• Be a filler not a dipper.
• You need to understand your own bucket levels and then communicate them to others.
• Filling other buckets in turn fills your own.
• Thriving = filling up YOUR way

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