{"id":2890,"date":"2018-01-10T20:21:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T01:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=2890"},"modified":"2018-02-01T17:12:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T22:12:50","slug":"three-minute-leadership-seek-happiness-in-small-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2018\/01\/three-minute-leadership-seek-happiness-in-small-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute Leadership: Seek Happiness in Small Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To: The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Too often we underestimate the power of touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around,&#8221; writes <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leo_Buscaglia\">Leo Buscaglia<\/a>.\u00a0 It is the small things of life that give joy, happiness and magic. From one of nature\u2019s beautiful moments to a caring word uttered that changes someone\u2019s life forever, these are the moments that last for a lifetime. Cherish them with gratitude, humility and joy. May you give them unconditionally and abundantly with caring and love. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laozi\">Lao Tzu<\/a> reminds us: Seek happiness in small things, you will find life more beautiful.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Remember also the gentle wisdom from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Winnie-the-Pooh\">Winnie-the-Pooh<\/a>: \u201cSometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.\u201d Fill your life and the lives of others with small and beautiful gifts\u2026 the small things\u2026 any one of which could change a life forever. You have this magnificent and awesome power. It is these little things you do in life that make life big\u2026 for the lives of those whom you touch and for your own.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mike\u00a0<\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2788\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2016\/10\/MIKE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To: The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning &nbsp; &#8220;Too often we underestimate the power of touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-three-minute-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2891,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890\/revisions\/2891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}