Notes : Loehr and Schwartz : The Power of Full Engagement

He read my mind, going by my experience with DK :

From an energy perspective negative emotions are costly and inefficient. Much like a gas guzzling car, they drain our energy stores at a rapid rate. For leaders and managers, negative emotions are doubly insidious because they are so infectious. If we are prompting fear, anger and defensiveness in others, we progressively undermine their ability to perform effectively. Chronic negative emotions most especially anger and depression, have also been correlated with a broad range of disorders and diseases ranging from back pain and headaches to heart disease and cancer.

Ref - the nun study by David Snowdon. Depression increases the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's 100%.

From Janet, who used JL's remedial measures : 

Connecting to the values of kindness and humility has been like taking a close friend along on the journey. I still don't like being wrong, but I see now that it's not the end of the world. Sometimes, it's more important to be connected to people than to be right.

JL's tips :

1. Jump ahead to the end of your life. What are the three most important lessons you have learned and why are they so critical?
2. Think of someone that you deeply respect and describe three qualities in this person that you admire.
3. Who are you at your best? 
4. What one sentence inscription would you like to see on your tombstone that would capture who you really were in your life?