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Not everyone can become a great player but everyone can choose to be a great teammate. 

What kind of teammate do you want to become? 

Jon Gordon has written many worthy books describing ways to become a better person. I encouraged everyone in our office to read "The Positive Dog," a.k.a. "PD." Here are a few that I've read (easy reads). 

• "The Positive Dog"
• "Soup"
• "The Hard Hat"
• "Training Camp"
• "You Win in the Locker Room First" 
• "The Energy Bus" 

Lagniappe. Here are five top lessons from "The Positive Dog" via Claude.ai

Based on my search results, here are five top lessons from Jon Gordon's "The Positive Dog":

1. Feed the Positive Dog, Starve the Negative Dog

We all have two dogs inside of us. One dog is positive, happy, optimistic, and hopeful. The other dog is negative, mad, sad, pessimistic, and fearful. These two dogs often fight inside us, but guess who wins the fight? The one you feed the most. This central metaphor emphasizes that you become whichever mindset you consistently nurture.

2. Your Positivity Affects Everyone Around You

Being positive doesn't just make you better. It makes everyone around you better. AmazonJongordon The book teaches that positivity is contagious and has a ripple effect on your team, family, and community.

3. Take Daily Actions to Feed Your Positive Dog

Take a Thank You Walk, A Day of Gratitude, More Smiles and Laughter, Celebrate your Success of the Day, Spend time with Positive People, Share the Gift of Kindness are practical daily strategies the book recommends for maintaining positivity.

4. Use Appreciation and Recognition to Feed Others' Positive Dogs

Appreciation, recognition, and mentoring are great ways to feed the positive dog in others and over time you'll see that appreciation, recognition, encouragement, love, kindness, and mentoring increased the positivity across the team. The Positive Dog by Jon Gordon – Porchlight Book Company

5. Your Positivity Must Be Greater Than Your Negativity

To thrive in this world, your positivity has to be greater The Positive Dog by Jon Gordon – Porchlight Book Company than your negativity. The book emphasizes that while negative thoughts and experiences are inevitable, consciously choosing to cultivate more positive thoughts and actions is essential for personal growth and success.

The book presents these lessons through the story of Matt, a negative dog who learns to transform his life and environment by feeding his positive nature instead of his negative one. 

Lagniappe 2. What are you reading today? I'm reading "Skin in the Game" by Nassim Taleb. People make different decisions when they have both reward and risk at stake. And for fiction, I've started Michael Connelly's "Dark Sacred Night," part of the 'Ballard' crime novel series. Connelly wrote the Harry Bosch books and the Lincoln Lawyer/Mickey Haller series.