As a corporate consultant, Kelly Rippon commonly shared strategies with managers that would help them more effectively lead their teams through change. Unexpected company transitions and management shuffling often resulted in lower morale. Rippon used the best of these suggestions—hold a meeting off-site, prioritize your worry, align your talent, and create a smile file—in her own transition as a single mom to boost her child's attitude and to feed his motivation. She found it helpful not just to ignite optimism but also to keep it conditioned by exercising it. These corporate initiatives helped her cross-train and optimize her child's optimism workout. They did more than help her conjure up a positive mindset when she faced a challenge; they helped her hold on to a positive mindset when she wasn’t being tested.
Much like a business client would ask her how they could recharge their staff, Rippon found that the same four-step plan worked for elevating optimism in her personal life. The first recommendation she would give to her corporate clients would be to schedule a meeting off-site to inspire and trigger creativity. Being in an unfamiliar place awakens our senses. For families, getting out of the house even for short periods is a spirit booster. A visit to a park or a neighborhood walk can also be recharging. There is a university a few blocks from Rippon’s home. It has a lovely campus with a large pond. Her family would go there to walk, sit on the benches that surrounded the pond, and watch the water show from the majestic fountain anchored at the center. As parents, we have the power to sanction any place as special, and when we bring our kids to those places, they feel special.
Try this: Test out Rippon’s first strategy for optimizing optimism! Move your next family game night to a local park for a change of scenery to awaken your senses. | 
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