After addressing the myths and realities of positive emotions, I would now like to reconsider what positive emotions are useful for.<\/p>\n
Barbara Fredrickson, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a leading researcher, argues that, while they have distinct characteristics from one another, positive emotions share the property of broadening people's repertoires of thought and action and of building up reserves of psychological, social, intellectual, and physical resources available to cope with future adversities. The Extend \u2014 Build \u2014 Transform Model.<\/strong><\/p>\n Positive emotions broaden thought and action repertoires. They facilitate new response repertoires and more creative solutions.<\/p>\n For example, Being in a trusting environment allows me to try new ways of doing things or relating to others.<\/em>.<\/p>\n Due to the expansion, the development of personal resources to face difficult or problematic situations is encouraged.<\/p>\n Continuing with the example: In that trusting environment, those new ways of doing things or relating to people allow me to develop skills (innovation, creativity, leadership, sociability) that can be useful for overcoming adversity.<\/em>.<\/p>\n (Permanent resource adoption) This construction produces the transformation of the person, shows a deeper understanding of situations, is more resistant to difficulties (cushioning the impact of negative emotions), is more resilient in order to grow from adversity, and is better integrated socially, leading to an \u00abupward spiral\u00bb that results in the experience of new positive emotions.<\/p>\n Without going further, let's recall how outdoor activities, business games, and more recently, gamification, are all based on creating safe, trustworthy environments that spark interest and fun, where we are invited to experiment and make mistakes in order to incorporate new personal and professional resources.<\/p>\n Every reader will no doubt, as an observer of reality, be able to draw their own conclusions based on their experiences and life circumstances. My invitation is to reflect in three areas:<\/p>\n Incorporating distinctions in terms of emotions allows us to increase our awareness of the ones we have, what triggers them, and how we can manage them in the most useful way possible. It also allows us to better understand the effects they have and what this facilitates for us.<\/p>\n to be aware as partners, mothers, fathers, and children of the emotions that others provoke in us and those that we trigger with our actions.<\/p>\n to be able to perceive, as leaders, professionals, team members, suppliers or clients, the emotions that preside over our relationships and commitment to work.<\/p>\n Through the incorporation of distinctions<\/strong> And practices of positive psychology to leadership and coaching, as we explain in this case, we can be able to promote and support organisations to higher levels of productivity, innovation and excellence.<\/p>\n\n
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