Looking for some great ways to boost positive emotions at work and at home? Here are some resources you can use to help fill your bucket and the buckets of others.

The key to great bucket filling is individualization.

Each person has unique preferences for receiving recognition and praise. For bucket filling to be meaningful to the recipient, it must be personalized and specific to what that person needs. Use the Gallup Recognition Interview to find out what fills the buckets of your friends, family members, and colleagues.

(PDF)Gallup Recognition Interview

Every time you fill a bucket, you're setting something in motion.

How much bucket filling do you do compared to others? Do you have low impact, some impact, or high impact on your environment? Consider printing the Positive Impact Test statements, and use them as your guide for improvement.

(PDF)Positive Impact Test statements

Think about your most recent interactions. Were they more positive or more negative?

Did you give someone a compliment, or did you choose to make a negative comment instead? Once you become aware of your positive-to-negative interaction ratio, you can consciously begin to reduce and eliminate bucket dipping from your life. Keep track with the Interaction Scorecard.

(PDF)Interaction Scorecard