Zeanne K. Q.

Timbol

LE 1220

How Full Is Your Bucket Book Analysis

1) Summarize the Introduction pages especially page 5 (or 15???) depending on your book, in a

couple of paragraphs.

In 1950’s, Tom Rath’s grandfather, Don Clifton, a psychology professor created a study

on ​what is right​ with people. With millions of interviews conducted by him and his colleagues,

Don discovered that our interactions with other people helps shape and defines for who we are.

Later years, he had found out the he has cancer and only has few months to live. Knowing his

circumstances, he spent the rest of his months helping others to focus on the positive side in life.

He continued to assemble all of his discoveries he had gathered while undergoing chemotherapy.

Due to the theory’s popularity, a lot of people were anxiously waiting for this book to finish. As

people has passed this theory to the society. Tom helped finished the book by reading it to Don

every section and taking notes for revision when his health deteriorated. Knowing that this book

would make a difference. Don strive to fight till the end to finish this project while battling with

cancer.

In the theory of the Dipper and the Bucket. Each and everyone of us has our own

invisible bucket inside. Living through our everyday routine helps our bucket either be filled or

emptied. Not only we have invisible bucket, but we also have an invisible dipper. The way our

buckets are filled or emptied is when and how we interact with other people in our everyday
lives. We make choices everyday.Our relationships with others, productivity, health and

happiness are influenced with how we interact with people whether it is positive or negative.

2) In each of the first 3 chapters there are pictures of a bucket with a statement within it. There

are 11 of these. Write down the statement. Read through the content around the statement.

Decide on a new statement to substitute the statement the author made in the bucket. You do not

need to give a statistic. Be Creative!! You then need to write write several sentences on why you

chose the new statement using the material within the chapter.

Original Statement New Statement Why I chose this statement?

Relentless negativity resulted Emotional and psychological Because of the negative

in a 38% POW death rate - isolation resulted in hopeless emotions rushing through

the highest in U.S. military homecoming to loved ones POW’s mind, they loss hope

history back home in striving to survive​. ​The

feeling of hopelessness and

worthlessness of POW, left

families waiting for nothing.

Making it hard for the

families to choose whether to

keep on waiting or moving

on.
The #1 reason people leave People who aren’t Because they did not have

their jobs: They don’t feel acknowledge as much tend to emotional support that they

appreciated leave their workplace needed which is why they felt

unappreciated. People who

are acknowledged with the

tasks they do get support

emotionally which keeps

them motivated

Bad bosses could increase the Hatred to someone can be Work itself is hard, but

risk of stroke by 33% vulnerable to heart disease adding emotional can make it

a lot more stressful. Not being

able to address the issue as

soon as possible can affect

the health condition of an

employee.

The cost of disengagement: Being lazy is expensive Employees who don’t do their

$250-$300 billion per year tasks and responsibilities

properly can delay the

company’s progress. It is

expensive because other

employees will likely correct

 mistakes done by

unproductive employees.

Instead of progressing and

moving forward, the company

is moving backwards. The

time wasted that could have

been used for better work

tasks.

A study found that negative One rotten apple can spoil the With just one negative

employees can scare off every whole basket full of fresh comment from one person, it

customer they speak with - apples can ruin other people’s too.

for good Thus, the negativity spreads

all over the workplace. And

that results with less

productive employees and

stressful environment.

65% of Americans received Employees are disengaged There is not enough bucket

no recognition in the due to lack of recognition filling in the work

workplace last year environment. Positive bucket

filling can change the attitude

in the work environment.

 Even for just a simple

greeting to the employees can

help boost their productivity.

9 out of 10 people say they Circling yourself around Having optimistic employees

are more productive when positive people can help you is better than pessimistic

they’re around positive boost your confidence in your employees. This boosts me to

people workplace. be more encourage to start

my shift when I know I am

surrounded with good people.

We experience approximately It only takes few seconds to A single encounter and/or few

20,000 individual moments make a life changing words of acknowledgment

every day experience and encouragement can

change an individual’s life

forever. Becoming a positive

example to someone can

result into a positive gain.

The magic ratio: Looking and focusing more It is good to have at least a

5 positive interactions for on the positive outlook than negative reaction, people

every 1 negative reaction the negative can make the make mistakes and having

interactions a lot more that positivity can help it turn

essential the other way around. This

 also helps strengthen the

relationship of between two

individuals.

Too much positive emotion? Too much of something is not Eating too much food in one

More than 13 positive good for your health sitting can make you sick.

interactions for every 1 Therefore, having too much

negative interaction could of something can be bad. It

decrease positivity will make you feel sick.

Extending longevity: A smile a day keeps the bad Smiling to someone can be

Increasing positive emotions mood away. rewarding. Not only it feels

could lengthen life span by 10 good but it also improve

years someone’s day. It helps fight

against depression, anger, and

any other adverse health

problems

3) For chapters 4 & 5 write a paragraph summary of the content.

In chapter 4, the books talk about when Tom gave Don a birthday present. Don was

moved as he reads Tom’s special present. He considered to put Tom’s story in the book that

illustrated continuous bucket filling experience. The story started when Tom was a little kid.

People were curious on what was Tom’s interest when he was a kid. He had and loved the idea
of opening a snack stand and was inspired by his grandfather. As his business grew and became

popular, his bucket continuously overflow since it has been constantly filled with genuine

gratitude from the locals. His parent helped and encourage him to focus and strive for greatness

to the talents he is good at. Although Tom had health related problems exists in his life, he didn’t

let the negative feeling overtake him but instead, with the high-dose bucket filling has saved his

life. In addition, chapter 5 talked about how recognizing employees individually is a lot more

meaningful than one-size-fits-all award. When you engage in the workplace in getting to know

then and value their contributions, employees feel much more appreciated and important.

4) For chapter 6, list the strategies and write on how you would apply the information into your

own life. Give examples and demonstrate the knowledge from the text.

Strategy I: Prevent Bucket Dipping

I could say to myself that I am a very introverted person. For me, reading this strategy

made me think about on how I communicate with people. People often mistakenly think that I do

not want to talk to them, but in reality, I tend to think to myself on what they would feel if I say

what exactly is on my mind. I try to think to see whether if it’s appropriate to say it or not. I

always think if it would make them feel happy or hurt. If in case that I think that they would feel

hurt, I would try to go on a different approach and rephrase my words in my head and again,

validate it if it would make them and make me feel right.

 Strategy II: Shine a Light on What Is Right

I liked the idea of chain it was mentioned in this strategy. This reminded me of an

experience I had at a Starbucks Drive-Thru in the winter. I finished my order through the first

window. Right as it was my turn to pay at the second window, the employee told me that my

order has been paid by the car who was in front of me. I did not know who the person was and I

felt really happy back then. I did not know how to thank that person and so I decided to return

the act of kindness I received and paid the order of the car behind me. I did not know how long

the chain was but I knew for sure it made them feel the way I felt. And it also made me really

happy when I filled the person’s bucket after me.

Strategy III: Make Best Friends

The most powerful way to initiate new relationship and strengthen it, is to fill a person’s

bucket in your very first interaction. Start your interaction to the important people in your life.

Make them feel appreciated and tell them how important they are to you. Support them.

Encourage and be a mentor to others. Get to know other employees at work. This result in people

wanting to be around you.

Going to a new ward at church seems nerve-wrecking and overwhelming. I don’t know

anyone and I feel like am back to square one where I have to introduce over and over again. But

weeks passes by, memories comes to my head with the small interaction that I had to the people I

talked to when I see them. I start to think the things we had in common and it felt really happy.

Just that happy feeling and memory that I had with them makes me want to be around them.
 Strategy IV: Give Unexpectedly

This strategy goes along with my experience that I shared in Strategy II. I like the part

when it talks about how unexpected gifts fills our bucket a little more. Even just with short act of

kindness such as washing the dishes without being told or giving a compliment unexpectedly can

make an impact to someone. I was making a lunch to myself and decided to make another for my

boyfriend. He was surprised when I came to his work without notice. Later that day, he had told

me that he did not bring lunch with him and that I made his day. He was grateful that I came.

And that made me feel happy too. I was able to fill his bucket and left a good impression to him.

Up to this day, he still remembers that memory and how grateful he was even up to now.

Strategy V: Reverse Golden Rule

I had a similar situation when my boyfriend and I started getting to know each other. One

thing led to another, we were talking about our five love languages. Knowing what our top love

language brought us closer to each other and have a strong relationship now. If I wouldn’t have

known, I would feel like he doesn’t appreciate me or vice versa. He loves to express himself with

words, although that was not my top strength, I was able to cope and adapt to express myself in

words and that has made him feel really appreciated. Moreover, quality time was my top one,

although that one was not his, with his busy schedule he tries his best to make time for me and I

feel really appreciated. I feel like this strategy goes along well with my experience. Although

you may be bad at it, just the fact the you are trying your best to communicate with others and

being able to get to know the other person is very important. That helps your relationship with
each other a lot stronger. You are able to balance out the strengths and weaknesses you both

have.

5) Write a couple of paragraphs on your own work ethic. Develop the work standards that you

plan to live by. Demonstrate that you read the content of this module. Personalize your paper by

referring to "I". Use the information you gained about yourself in this module. Make sure you

cover all of the above topics listed.

My personal attitudes that I want to keep and I think that will be helpful to me is to stay

be optimistic. Having a positive attitude to help students and others to the help they need.

Smiling at them when they approach at my desk. I want to give them the energy vibe that I have

and so that they could pass along that vibe to someone else. I also want to be reachable for them.

I want to be able to help them with all the knowledge and resources I have at work. I want to

extend my arms to help them and that they would think that I am approachable. Integrity and

reputation is very important. I want to be someone that people can trust. I want to direct them to

their specific need as possible. Having the positive attitude on helping others can reflect my

reputation at work. It makes me feel great when students that I have helped with before comes

back to me and ask for help. That feeling of being trusted and they think that I am reliable is very

important. Not only that, but also having a respect to others is important. Moreover, one of the

strongest traits that I know I have is being punctual. Time is precious and I treat it very

important. Every time I go to my appointments, I taught myself and made sure that I come for at

least 10 minutes early for my appointments and that has been very helpful to me. I do my best to
communicate with my professors and supervisors if I am running late. In my opinion, once I am

late at my task or appointment then I will be late for the rest of my other appointments for that

day and that leads me to stress. I did not want that negative stress affect my life everyday and so

I made sure to myself to plan everything out and be punctual with all the things that I do.

A conscientious worker is someone who focus on specific. They set their minds on being

punctual arriving to work. Someone who organized their desks that results in stress-free

environment. Someone who make daily plans. They set their schedule of the tasks and projects

they need to work on and they stick to their plan. Someone who use their resources wisely. They

check their work email. Someone who use reminders or to-do list to make their work efficient.

And also someone who stays social. They engage in work activities and communicate with other

employees professionally. Striving my best to become a conscientious worker can help me

success.

To be loyal is to be faithful with all the thing you do. Showing my support to someone or

in my workplace. By truly devoting my time and using it wisely for work-related purpose. Loyal

employees are someone who shares their opinion even if they disagree with what you propose.

They give honest feedback that will help benefit the relationship between the each other. Loyal

employees are someone who set aside their personal feelings to support any decisions made by

other employees.

The rules that I want to work by is that I want everyone to be happy. I want to influence

other people. I want to have a strong bond relationship with other employees. I want to engage in

work activities and be able to help other people in their need. I want to help patient feel better

and live happily. I want to help patients with the education that I have to fulfill and address their
needs. Even if the patient is younger or older than me, I would treat them with respect. I will be

courteous and be sensitive to their needs. Others think that diversity is a barrier but to me,

diversity is an opportunity. It is an opportunity and an honor to me to help them. It is an

opportunity to learn and recognize how their difference can affect me with my values and

behavior. I think that working with diverse cultures and interacting with them can open my mind

and helps me stimulate creativity.