Ann Oliveri

Giving Thanks Is Good For Your Health

Can good health and success be as simple as being grateful?  A new study of high school students reveals that the "most grateful had more friends and higher GPAs, while the most materialistic had lower grades, higher levels of envy and less satisfaction with life."

Health writer Melinda Beck reports on gratitude in today's Wall Street Journal, Thank You. No, Thank You, summarizing other studies and ancient wisdom.  Not sure where you stand?  Take the test!  Here's the interactive link to determine How Grateful Are You?

What's Your POV?

Point-of-view, once a creative lens of artists, architects, and english composition teachers, is morphing.  Rather than simply finding one's own voice, POV is now looking more like personal truth to be defended at all cost.

Yet the beauty of perspective is that you can shift it.  Points-of-vew are like jackets on a sale rack at Marshall's.  You can try one on, button it up, walk around, see how it feels. Notice if you stand up straighter or strike a pose. Try another. It's all good.

If you're stuck or blocked, you can move and find new possibilities. Turn around, climb a ladder, sit on the ground. See differently.

Creative leaders move beyond a personal POV to express a new horizon, a destination that attracts supporters, followers, even recovering cynics.

Does your POV inspire or is it only as far as you can see?