{"id":900,"date":"2022-06-24T21:31:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T21:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/?p=900"},"modified":"2022-06-24T21:31:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T21:31:14","slug":"the-positive-feedback-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/?p=900","title":{"rendered":"The Positive Feedback File"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"899\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/?attachment_id=899\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drkareneng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1768060.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1058&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1880,1058\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-photo-1768060\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drkareneng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1768060.jpeg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drkareneng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1768060.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drkareneng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1768060.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drkareneng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1768060.jpeg?resize=711%2C400&amp;ssl=1 711w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drkareneng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1768060.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drkareneng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1768060.jpeg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drkareneng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1768060.jpeg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drkareneng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1768060.jpeg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I gotta admit it &#8211; I am super lucky and fortunate.\u00a0 This type of prosperity is built on hard work and diligence, a great network with awesome relationships, a sprinkle of being at the right place at the right time, and some good luck.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a pretty good gig the majority of the time, but there are those few days that can be very difficult.\u00a0 During those times, I pull up my &#8220;Positive Feedback&#8221; file, and my mood lightens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being an anti-clutter person, when I received hard copy mail or notes, I read them and subsequently threw them out.\u00a0 However, if I received a lovely note and one of encouragement, I felt bad if I discarded it.\u00a0 It was like I was throwing all the good sentiments in the trash.\u00a0 And that&#8217;s not where it belongs.\u00a0 If I physically filed it away, it wouldn&#8217;t be in my view to review again.\u00a0 My solution was that I began scanning the notes in and saving them in an Evernote notebook.\u00a0 This is a game changer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I receive less than stellar news, wake up in a bad mood, or am involved in a negative encounter, I typically click on the notebook.\u00a0 There is an e-mail from my dad stating how proud he is of me professionally.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a thank you note from a friend who appreciates our friendship.\u00a0 And I&#8217;ve saved notes and e-mails from\u00a0 friends who have said that I make them better, and have helped them grow.\u00a0 I continue to look forward to adding to this collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rereading these notes definitely swings my mood in a better position.\u00a0 I use Evernote which syncs on all my devices so I can pull these up anywhere and any time.\u00a0 I highly recommend that you have an electronic positive feedback file.\u00a0 This is a tool that can help shift negative thoughts into positive one. This is an instrument that can limit your energy from being depleted.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t you think you owe this to yourself?<\/p>\n<p><\/p><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I gotta admit it &#8211; I am super lucky and fortunate.\u00a0 This type of prosperity is built on hard work and diligence, a great network with awesome relationships, a sprinkle of being at the right place at the right time, and some good luck.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a pretty good gig the majority of the time, but<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/?p=900\"> <div class=\"readmorelink\"><div class=\"rmtext\">Read More<\/div><\/div><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-empower","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drkareneng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1768060.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1058&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3sJ0Y-ew","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":901,"href":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900\/revisions\/901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drkareneng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}