The Power of Positivity

The OSAT Renaissance Project Ep. #4
November 14, 2014
The Power of Positivity

Good Morning and Welcome to The OSAT Renaissance Project - a Daily Boost of energy and excitement to help lead OSAT higher to the absolute benefit to our customer!

I have read from many sources that the first contact you have each day has more influence over you than the next five experiences. Because of this you are told to make sure you start your day off with a positive experience.

Take 10 – 15 minutes to read  positive passages from a book

Take a walk first thing in the morning and take a mental list of all the positive things you have in your life

Get up and exercise – doing something positive for your body and mind.

I wondered about this advice so I have been keeping track to see if it is accurate, if it is indeed really true

IT IS!

I was amazed, once I focused my attention on this, how much that very first experience of the day effects the rest of your day. The days I woke up and said to myself, “Oh man, I am tired and I do not feel like getting up and going into work” I didn’t have the same drive or energy as other days. The days my wife and I fussed a little bit in the morning discussing things that have to be done, have to be paid, have to be picked up – they were much harder to get started.

I have a habit each morning of getting up and letting the dog out as I walk down the driveway to pick up the paper. I used to do this moaning about the cracking joints, the weather, or anything else that seemed wrong.

Now, while the actual action of this routine has not changed I now make sure that I take in the atmosphere of the morning. I look at the trees and especially look up at the sky. This puts me into a positive frame of mind. I am lucky enough to live somewhat away from the lights of town so I can see stars when I look up. You absolutely cannot resist the beauty of a starry sky once you gaze up.

It is amazing.

This is my cup of positivity each morning - Looking at the starry sky…the natural beauty of it all. (I have even extended this habit to the evening. I go out in my backyard and lay in the grass looking up at the sky while the dog romps around for a while. I was surprised by how many “shooting stars” you can see by doing this)

I then come back inside the house in a great mood. It hasn’t failed me yet. Just 2-3 minutes of looking at nature. That is all it takes for me.

You must find your own way to start your day off on a positive note. It will carry you through the morning and if you’re lucky…all day…
Now…how are you going to start your day off at Kroger?

Well…I would say just lay down on aisle 5 and look up at the ceiling and you will be amazed!

But I won’t say that…I won’t suggest that…and not just because you can’t see the stars from aisle 5

Now it might changed the mood in the store a little if you did this and and few phone calls might be made but in the big picture view laying down on the floor might not have the effect you are looking for.

But what will?

Part of our job - perhaps all of it - is setting the atmosphere in the store.  If you come in bouncing like Tigger instead of shuffling like Eeyeore what results could follow?  And this is not an indictment of Eeyore because once you get to know him he’s a nice guy but you have to admit…he can be a downer.

Now of course you can’t be Tigger all day long because that would be overwhelming after awhile but what if you jump started your Kroger day by bouncing?

I bet the positivity and fun would flow like Pooh sticks down the river.