Stop That Stinking Thinking - Shift Your Attitude and Regain Perspective

by Laura Stack

Being negative really takes extra energy, which you could otherwise be channeling into your favorite pursuits. Instead, learn to approach life with a positive, can-do attitude! Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, will teach you how to cultivate tolerance instead of impatience; optimism rather than pessimism; and gratitude over an ungrateful spirit. To conquer your ""stinking thinking,"" you need to:

• Stop negative thoughts in their tracks.
• Create alternative mental pictures.
• Understand what your anger is teaching you.
• Douse the flames of emotionally charged situations.
• Choose to be an optimist today.
• Look within for the source of your frustration.

You'll discover behavioral techniques to help you reverse low self-esteem and feelings of despair. You'll feel more in control of your emotions. And you'll find out how to spread positive energy and enthusiasm to everyone around you!

23 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 14, 2012

About the author

Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, CPAE, is best known by her moniker “The Productivity Pro®.” Stack is an award-winning keynote speaker, bestselling author, and noted authority on sales, leadership, and team productivity. She is the President & CEO of The Productivity Pro, Inc., a boutique consulting firm helping leaders increase workplace performance in high-stress environments.

For over 30 years, Laura Stack’s keynote speeches and seminars have helped associations and Fortune 1000 corporations improve output, increase speed in execution, and save time in the office. She is a high-energy, high-content speaker, who educates, entertains, and motivates professionals to deliver bottom-line results. Stack is a member of the prestigious CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame, which has fewer than 200 members worldwide). She has earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers Association, of which she was its president in 2011-2012.

Laura Stack is the bestselling author of nine books published by Random House, Wiley, and Berrett-Koehler, including her newest, The Dangerous Truth About Today’s Marijuana: Johnny Stack’s Life and Death Story (Freiling, July 2021). Her books have been published in more than 20 foreign editions, and she is a featured columnist for the American Business Journal, LinkedIn, Time Management, and Productive magazines. Stack has produced more than 50 online productivity training programs.

Laura Stack has been featured nationally on the CBS Early Show, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg, the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, and Forbes magazine. Stack has been a spokesperson for Fellowes, Microsoft, 3M, Skillsoft, Office Depot, Day-Timer, and Xerox. Her client list includes top Fortune 500 companies, including Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Aramark, Bank of America, GM, Wells Fargo, and Time Warner, plus government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Air Force Academy, the Census Bureau, the U.S. Senate, and the Department of Defense.

Reviews

[Candy Soulistic · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't like this very much. It was short and frankly it could of been a Twitter Post. Just simple areas to remember in your life so you won't fall into that 'stink'.

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not much new. Good review of what I already have seen.

[Kellyyyylynne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the most enlightening book but I did get a couple of things out of it.