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Sep 6, 2016 46 min

012: Shola Richards | Making Work Work

from Please, Finish Your Book! Hosted by John P Smith Jr

Shola Richards is a workplace positivity expert, dynamic keynote speaker, and self-professed kindness extremist who is dedicated to positively change how we work, live and lead in America. As a busy award-winning Director of Training at a top educational institution, he finished writing the book, “Making Work Work: The Positivity Solution for Any Work Environment.” The Book: Making Work Work -How to treat each other better at work -A roadmap to lead with kindness and positivity -Tools to create a solutionist society at work -Building resilience and dealing with personalities -Favorite section is “Number One” which is putting yourself first The Author: -Grew up in Massachusetts -Bullied as a Kid, had a speech impediment -Wanted to be a Professional Basketball player -Got a degree in Psychology -First he read book “Awaken the Giant Within” -Book he admires: “The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield The Mindset: -He and 65 million other people were bullied at work -His twin brother Doyin inspired him to write a book -Prefers early morning writing -Used notes app on phone to capture ideas -Tip: Do not edit while you write Learn alot more about Shola Richards at: @positivitysolve (Twitter and Instagram) https://www.facebook.com/ThePositivitySolution (Facebook) www.thepositivitysolution.com (Web) <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fpleasefinishyourbook.com%2F012%2F&title=012%3A%20Shola%20Richards%20%7C%20Making%20Work%20Work"...

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