{"id":4231,"date":"2016-03-23T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/?p=4231"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:40","slug":"act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Act Happy Week, Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"

The focus of Act Happy Week is to educate the public about purposeful actions you can take to create chemical shifts in your body that drive Positive Emotions. Here is today\u2019s exercise:<\/em><\/span>
\n\"random<\/p>\n

Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness<\/span><\/div>\n

Have you ever dropped a dollar in a charity bucket and noticed how good you felt about yourself as you did so? <\/strong>When human beings reach out and touch others, we fill our own \u201cbuckets\u201d as well.<\/p>\n

Tips for Showing Kindness<\/span><\/div>\n

Listen, without judgment. <\/strong>Kindness can be as simple as giving someone the space to vent about a concern or tell a story about some neighbor you\u2019ve never meant. Don\u2019t tell your own story; don\u2019t assess their efforts; don\u2019t try to help them. Just listen, and give them the space to notice their own wisdom.
\nBe nice to others. <\/strong>Offer a kind word to a harried clerk. Give someone the benefit of the doubt. Help someone who is struggling to get out a door with a full load. Offer someone a bite of your chocolate (to celebrate American Chocolate Week, of course).<\/em>
\nGive of Yourself. <\/strong>Sign up to donate blood. Say Yes to volunteering on the community clean-up committee. Visit or call someone who is often alone.
\nBe nice to You. <\/strong>Give yourself permission for POSITIVE self-talk for a day. Say, \u201cI think you are awesome!\u201d Give yourself a high-five for something you accomplished. Write the story in your journal.<\/p>\n

In the Workplace<\/span><\/div>\n

Let it go. <\/strong>Give everyone a \u201cget out of jail free\u201d card and tell them they can cash it in the next time they mess something up. (even if they never do, you both feel better!)<\/p>\n

Remember: Leadership is not about a title<\/span> \u2013 anyone can be a leader who brings their best and kindest self to interactions with others.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The focus of Act Happy Week is to educate the public about purposeful actions you can take to create chemical shifts in your body that drive Positive Emotions. Here is today\u2019s exercise: Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness Have you ever dropped a dollar in a charity bucket and noticed how good you felt … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,34,274,58,11,40],"tags":[367,451,361],"yoast_head":"\nAct Happy Week, Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Act Happy Week, Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The focus of Act Happy Week is to educate the public about purposeful actions you can take to create chemical shifts in your body that drive Positive Emotions. Here is today\u2019s exercise: Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness Have you ever dropped a dollar in a charity bucket and noticed how good you felt ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theexecutivehappinesscoach\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-23T07:00:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-10-02T17:36:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2016\/03\/Act-Happy-Kindness.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim Smith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JimSmithOnline\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@JimSmithOnline\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim Smith\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim Smith\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5e03b070ca3a1220ca3f43ce292f66e9\"},\"headline\":\"Act Happy Week, Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-23T07:00:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-02T17:36:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/\"},\"wordCount\":314,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2016\/03\/Act-Happy-Kindness.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Act Happy Week\",\"Listening\",\"random acts of kindness\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Everyday Happiness\",\"Happiness\",\"Happiness Tips\",\"In the workplace\",\"Leadership\",\"Practicing Happiness\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/\",\"name\":\"Act Happy Week, Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2016\/03\/Act-Happy-Kindness.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-23T07:00:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-02T17:36:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2016\/03\/Act-Happy-Kindness.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2016\/03\/Act-Happy-Kindness.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":250},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Act Happy Week, Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae\",\"description\":\"Happiness is a decision, not an event!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Executive Happiness Coach\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2018\/05\/tehc-banner-logo-800w.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2018\/05\/tehc-banner-logo-800w.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":212,\"caption\":\"The Executive Happiness Coach\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theexecutivehappinesscoach\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/JimSmithOnline\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theexecutivehappinesscoach\/\",\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/theexecutivehappinesscoach\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/ideator13\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5e03b070ca3a1220ca3f43ce292f66e9\",\"name\":\"Jim Smith\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38ad44a151d1e6417596ae1a511e175b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38ad44a151d1e6417596ae1a511e175b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jim Smith\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Act Happy Week, Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Act Happy Week, Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae","og_description":"The focus of Act Happy Week is to educate the public about purposeful actions you can take to create chemical shifts in your body that drive Positive Emotions. Here is today\u2019s exercise: Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness Have you ever dropped a dollar in a charity bucket and noticed how good you felt ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/","og_site_name":"The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theexecutivehappinesscoach","article_published_time":"2016-03-23T07:00:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-10-02T17:36:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2016\/03\/Act-Happy-Kindness.jpg"}],"author":"Jim Smith","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@JimSmithOnline","twitter_site":"@JimSmithOnline","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jim Smith","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/"},"author":{"name":"Jim Smith","@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5e03b070ca3a1220ca3f43ce292f66e9"},"headline":"Act Happy Week, Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness","datePublished":"2016-03-23T07:00:49+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-02T17:36:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/"},"wordCount":314,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2016\/03\/Act-Happy-Kindness.jpg","keywords":["Act Happy Week","Listening","random acts of kindness"],"articleSection":["Everyday Happiness","Happiness","Happiness Tips","In the workplace","Leadership","Practicing Happiness"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/","url":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/","name":"Act Happy Week, Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness - The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2016\/03\/Act-Happy-Kindness.jpg","datePublished":"2016-03-23T07:00:49+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-02T17:36:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2016\/03\/Act-Happy-Kindness.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2016\/03\/Act-Happy-Kindness.jpg","width":400,"height":250},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2016\/03\/act-happy-week-day-3-perform-an-act-of-kindness\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Act Happy Week, Day 3: Perform an Act of Kindness"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/","name":"The Executive Happiness Coach\u00ae","description":"Happiness is a decision, not an event!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#organization","name":"The Executive Happiness Coach","url":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2018\/05\/tehc-banner-logo-800w.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2018\/05\/tehc-banner-logo-800w.png","width":800,"height":212,"caption":"The Executive Happiness Coach"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/theexecutivehappinesscoach","https:\/\/x.com\/JimSmithOnline","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theexecutivehappinesscoach\/","https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/theexecutivehappinesscoach","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/ideator13"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5e03b070ca3a1220ca3f43ce292f66e9","name":"Jim Smith","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38ad44a151d1e6417596ae1a511e175b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38ad44a151d1e6417596ae1a511e175b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jim Smith"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5789"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4659,"href":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231\/revisions\/4659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}