The Joy in Business Innovative Ideas to Find Positivity (and Profit) in Your Daily Work Life

Successfully cope with day-to-day problems—and find joy along the way

The Business of Joy provides you with an abundance of practical and immediately applicable life-changing ideas and inspirational, thought-provoking, and entertaining stories and quotes—in an instant. Each chapter is designed to be read and absorbed in approximately 60 seconds, offering you “Golden Nuggets” and “Joy Gems” that will help make positive, lasting change. 

Inside, you get an abundance of time-tested formulas that can instantly be used to solve common and uncommon day-to-day issues. This, in and of itself, will help to better yourself today, with work and life moving at the lightning speed of thought.

• Find unique coping mechanisms when facing adversity
• Benefit from tangible, motivational, and self-management tools to forge ahead
• Keep perspective regardless of circumstance
• Build a sturdy foundation for positive culture and change

With the simple information in The Business of Joy, you’ll find all the guidance you need to find positivity in your daily life.

JOY BALDRIDGE has over two decades of experience working with the world's top leaders and organizations to help them increase productivity and decrease stress. By delivering over 1,500 presentations, Joy has become known for providing relevant and relatable solutions that can be instantly applied to create a highly positive corporate culture and work environment.

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Foreword

Preface

Gratitude

Part 1

1. The Purple Break

2. AFA – All the Way!

Always Flexible and Adaptable

3. Salt the Hay – Find a Way

4. Say Good-Bye to Your WAFs

Worry, Anxiety and Fear

5. Prevent, Acknowledge and Release (PAR)

6. Now is Perfect

The Critical Time is NOW!

7. 4–4–6 Breathing

8. The Ogive Curve

Managing the Ups and Downs of Your Day

9. The House of MAD, GLAD, SAD and SCARED

10. Pay Your R.E.N.T Every Day

Rest, Exercise, Nutrition and Thoughts

11. More on Flooding

12. R.E.N.T Assessment

13. What’s the “One Thing”?

Part 2

14. The Velvet Hammer

15. Language of the Lands

16. Speaking the Language of the Lands

17. Listening = Integrity and The Listening Quiz

18. The Plus, Plus, Dash.

19. The Words Matter Movement

20. The Happiness Alphabet

21. Presentation is EVERYTHING!

22. Because of You

23. Meditation

24. Bankruptcy, Cancer and Heart Attack

25. Bee Stinger Out

26. What’s Your ‘One Thing?’

Part 3

27. Abduction

28. Lost and Lonely

29. Confusion is the Step Before Clarity During Change

30. America’s Got Talent

31. Crazy Calls—The White House Story (Part 1)

32. Follow the Hunch – See Where it Leads

33. Carpe Diem! Seize the Day by Seizing Opportunity

34. The 25 Best Sales Interview Questions and Answers

35. Interviewing Essentials

36. The Critical Time is NOW! (But First Coffee)

37. Clutter Free!

38. What’s Your “One Thing”?

Part 4

39. Take Action! Embody the CCC Corporate Culture Code

40. The White House Story (Part 2)

41. It Will Never Be Yesterday

42. Persistence of Perception

43. The 3 Magic Secrets to Living a Happy Life

44. What’s Your “One Thing”?

Final thoughts and Parting gifts!

The Joy Glossary

Index

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