“When people feel good, they work at their best.”

A thought by Daniel Goleman; Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee, (2013-07-23) from their book, Primal Leadership, With a New Preface by the Authors: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence (Kindle Locations 379-380). Harvard Business Review Press. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

And a lot of people today are not working at their best.

They continue, “Feeling good lubricates mental efficiency, making people better at understanding information and using decision rules in complex judgments, as well as more flexible in their thinking. Upbeat moods, research verifies, make people view others— or events— in a more positive light. That in turn helps people feel more optimistic about their ability to achieve a goal, enhances creativity and decision-making skills, and predisposes people to be helpful.”

That is true with your friends and the people in your family. How does your family feel when they head out to school or to work? Do they feel good or are they depressed? Do you know?

We spend so much time in striving to have others meet our needs but we don’t look out for the others that are around us. But what if we reach out to reach out to those close to us and strive to be sensitive to what they are going through.

I am retired from being a fulltime paid Pastor but I am not retired from being a fulltime minister. One of the reasons why I am now driving my wife to her job is to somehow be what she needs to start her day, to lift her up and encourage her. She has now over 90 people who she is responsible for. That can be such a heavy load. And my desire is to help her carry that load not to add to it.

So many times we feel it is so important that our kids do their homework but ignore the emotional aspect of what they are going through. We make sure they have their homework and something to eat but we let them go out the door without a word of encouragement or a smile. “When people feel good they work at their best.” And by the way helping others feel good also goes a long way at helping you feel good.

So how do you feel today?

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