Thousand Things
Ideas
“When a tire on your car goes flat, it’s sometimes hard to see, just how well it’s going, with the other three!” Ilan Shamir / Tim Bays
At Home
• Choose a card from the Thousand Things Went Right Today! tin and play the catchy tune on CD whenever things seem a bit overwhelming to remind you that things are going right. • Promote family appreciation and recognition for developmental milestones, goal completion, positive behavior, and more!
• Help bring family time back to the dinner table and check-in with all the positive events of the day.
• Keep a positive perspective during challenging or major life changing events: illness, moving, new jobs or job loss, graduation, weddings, new baby, etc. A laugh, a smile and a positive focus goes a long way in dealing with life’s inevitable glitches!
• Set up an A Thousand Things Went Right today poster and poster cards (now available in the YTN web store) in a visible, central location of your home to recognize what is going right and keep the positivity growing.
At Work
• Set up an A Thousand Things Went Right today poster and cards in a visible, common area of the office to share what is going right and keep the positivity growing. Write what is going well on the cards and add more each day to create a wall of positive momentum.
• Start off a staff meeting reading the poem and inviting others to share what is working, what is going right. A great way to increase group participation.
• In company newsletters and emails as a reminder of the positive in each and every day.
• As a part of employee evaluations or reviews.
• For volunteers who work so hard to make a difference.
• As A Thousand Thanks appreciation awards.
• To share and connect at meetings or retreats.
• As a conference theme – Pre-conference teasers, materials in registration packets. Keynote, closing multi-media presentation, badge ribbons.
• To appreciate the work and effort of others with A Thousand Things Went Right Today appreciate cards, or the many other ways of showing gratitude.
• As a “Year in Review” tool inviting others to share what worked, what went right.
• In all types of customer service training.
• In personal work areas to gather positive momentum by posting cards when something goes right.
At Conferences and Events
• As a theme for a variety of events that promote personal and professional growth.
• Incorporate into speeches for any audience.
• Set the tone for a team or new employees at the beginning of a new year or new project.
At School
• In morning school announcements as a way to encourage students to appreciate all that is going right, and set a positive tone for the day. • In morning meetings to encourage positive start to the school day.
• In staff or team meetings to promote gratitude and appreciation.
• To show appreciation for volunteers who work so hard to make a difference.
• To recognize student achievement.
• Choose a card from the Thousand Things Went Right Today! tin and encourage students to share what is going right for them.
• Have students write on the poster cards with what is going right in their lives and at school. Set a goal of 1000 cards and fill the hallway with the positive.
The best ideas are your ideas! Find new and fun ways to use the positive focus of A Thousand Things Went Right Today!
Feedback from program users…
“A Thousand Things Went Right Today! Expresses the spirit of our team and the kind of philosophy we want to promote. As we continue to meet and conquer challenges, the staff will say, I know we can do this because remember…a thousand things went right today!!!” - Theresa
“I’ve shared A Thousand Things Went Right Today! with people in the midst of negativity. We’ve gone back to remembering all the good that fills every day.” - Bobby
“…this turns even the unhappiest student into a positive thinker. Not to mention how it lifts my spirits!” - Jeanne
“Anything positive I can offer our students, as well as myself would be a great benefit…reminding them that life is not quite as bleak as it may seem at times.” - Lesley
“It seemed like everywhere I turned, both at work and at home, negativity was taking center stage. Seeing my elbow bend and laughing at how funny that is, has become as reminder to look at all the positive things that DO happen in my life. And with that reminder, I have been able not only to survive these tough times, but actually thrive. I find myself happier than I have been in years and that makes others around me have an easier time dealing with all these stresses and changes.” – Adele
“Every evening when returning from work, my 14 year old daughter and I sit down with a cup of tea and talk about our day. We end each tea time with positive things we experienced in our day. It’s such a great attitude adjuster.” - Pat