Author: Peter Prichard

You do not have to be a professional writer to have a positive impact with your words. We have seen on the internet and in all levels of media individuals over 100 and under 10 using words that have a positive impact. Your words can be in songs you create. Need some examples of impactful songs? Type in “Most Positive Impact Songs of All Time” on your web browser and you will be provided with hundreds of examples. If you have a musical bent, listen to impactful song examples, and […]

A major way to have a positive impact is to develop your character so that it includes sincere humility. David Brooks in his brilliant book, The Road To Character, takes the reader through the lives of Saint Augustine, President Dwight Eisenhower, the novelist George Eliot, and others to show the unique way character is developed by extremely different people. Brooks ends the book with a very actionable list of the elements of the Humility Code, “a coherent image of what to live for and how to live.” A first action […]

A way you can have an extremely positive impact is to support The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids through your donations and involvement in their amazing programs. They are saving lives every day as they battle one of the most amoral industries in history. I have first hand experience with Big Tobacco since they murdered both my parents and are targeting our grandsons. What follows is a message from their President that is part of the attached article. https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/campaign-for-the-culture? “As our nation confronts a multitude of serious challenges, including a […]

POSITIVE IMPACT STRATEGIES FOR 2021 #2: Read Positive News “The health benefits of positive emotions is well documented. They improve physical health. They buffer against depressive symptoms and help people recover from stress. They can even undo the undesirable effects of negative emotions. With frequent experience and expression of positive emotions comes resilience and resourcefulness.” Positive Emotions and Wellbeing, Marianna Pogosyan, Ph.D. NOTE TO READERS: I am not a Doctor and this article does not provide medical advice regarding how to deal with the Coronavirus. This article is about how […]

This post continues a series that was put on hold last year for the election that provides specific suggestions about how anybody of any age can have a positive impact through who they are and what they do.

Ten second random acts of kindness done over time for the right reason can impact large numbers of people in a very positive way.

The Random Acts of Kindness organization provides research examples that show that, “People who regularly perform random acts of kindness help improve the mood and often health of themselves and those around them.”

Dozens of powerful FREE articles about REDUCING BIAS AND BRIDGING DIFFERENCES are available from Greater Good Science Center:
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/:

President Obama has created a comprehensive resource titled “How to Make This Moment the Turning Point for Real Change”

https://medium.com/@BarackObama/how-to-make-this-moment-the-turning-point-for-real-change-9fa209806067

This provides hundreds of resources, strategies and impactful suggestions about what individuals can do at this time to create meaningful change.

The Greater Good Science Center is a key resource:

https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/

containing hundreds of ideas about how to live through times of stress. What follows are just some of the articles they have published over the past months in their free newsletter.

This is the 4th and final chapter in this article that provides dozens of strategies and resources for living a healthy and impactful 2nd half of life.

Finding Time to Take Necessary Actions to Extend and Improve Your Life

A very important part of my career and leadership development coaching over the years has been to help very busy individuals find the time to do all they need to do to be successful, healthy, fulfilled etc. This also applies to the many non-clients who have been in my Making the Most of Your 2nd Fifty Years class and other programs made available to the public. The best time management model I have found and used with thousands of individuals is Stephen Covey’s four quadrant model from his powerful and extremely popular international bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.