Employee Morale and Confidence – Past Newsletters Archive

Our newsletter, Employee Morale and Confidence, contains creative morale boosters that improve workplace morale and build employee confidence.

If you are an HR Manager, supervisor, CEO, or business owner, you can use these morale boosting ideas to improve staff morale - fast and with little or no budget.

The issue below is from our newsletter archive.

Be sure to sign up for your free subscription so you can get current issues of our email newsletter every Tuesday. You will be glad you did.

We also have many books and eBooks for improving job morale at our Employee Success Products store including:

• Fire Up Your Staff on a Shoestring Budget
• 101 Low Cost Morale Boosters that Energize Employees
• Supervisors Appreciation Stationery
• The Little Book of Answers
• 101 Captivating Motivational Quotes

Happy morale boosting,

THE CONFIDENCE CENTER NEWS

Easy Ways to Raise Employee Morale

And Build Personal Confidence

January 16, 2002 - ISSUE #82

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WORDS OF WISDOM

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WORD OF THE WEEK

*** Happiness ***

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

*** "Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes softly and sits on your shoulder." ***

TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE WEEK

*** Who was the first navy veteran to become president of the U.S.?

(Answer at the end of next week's newsletter. Last week's trivia question and answer at the end of this newsletter.)

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RAISING MORALE - HOW TO BE HAPPY AT WORK

Pass Out "Happy I-Spy Coupons" 

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Idea contributed by the Secret Society of Happy People at www.sohp.com

Pass out "Happy I-Spy Coupons" to celebrate HUNT FOR HAPPINESS WEEK, January 20 - 26, 2002. If you can't do it next week, any week will do.

Print the coupons on colored paper, and when you see someone, (co-workers, customers, or even strangers) experiencing a happy moment give them a coupon.  It’s a borrowed moment for you and a fun moment for them.

Use the following wording or create your own & draw a "Happy Face" on it

I-Spied you experiencing a happy moment.

May you have many more.

Celebrating Hunt for Happiness Week - January 20 - 26, 2002

Sponsored by the Secret Society of Happy People www.sohp.com

* More great morale boosting ideas in the FIRE UP YOUR STAFF ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET manual

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BUILDING CONFIDENCE

Instant Inner Courage

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When you have doubts, hesitation, or procrastination on reaching your goals, you need extra courage to overcome your fears.

How to instantly create your own INNER COURAGE

Search for a poem, saying, story, and a song that personally inspires you. Write each one on a separate index card, and keep copies handy all the time - on your desk, in your purse, taped to your refrigerator, etc. Whenever you need extra encouragement, read your personally chosen inspirational material or sing your song. This will turn off your negative thoughts, and give you a burst of energy and motivation.

• For example, sing your song on the way to a sales call. A great song to help conquer fear is, "Whistle a Happy Tune" from the King and I.

• When life gets difficult, read a story about someone who has overcome their difficulties. Inspirational stories can be found in the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books.

• Here's another example where climbing a trecherous mountain required a lot of courage. Dick Bass, author of the book, "Seven Summits," wrote that he was inspired to keep moving on as he climbed to the peak of Mt. McKinley in Alaska by constantly repeating the poem "IF" by Rudyard Kipling.

• Sometimes a short quote is all you need. Remember the movie "Field of Dreams" where the quote was, "Build it, and they will come." Motivational quotes can be found in numerous sites on the web, and every week in our newsletter.

• Search for your inspirational courage material,now, before you need it, so that you'll have access to instant courage when the need arises.

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ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS TRIVIA QUESTION

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Q. Which is farther east - Reno, Nevada, or Los Angeles?

A. Los Angelos

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(c) Copyright 2002 Harriet Meyerson/The Confidence Center. All rights reserved.