Divers in the South Pacific have discovered a new crustacean that looks a lot like a lobster, only as a blonde.  Its appearance is very much like a lobster but it’s covered with what looks like silky, blond fur.

The journal of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris reported the finding by a team of American-led divers off the coast of Easter Island.  The “blond lobster” is so unique that it merits its own family and genus.

The animal is white, about the size of a salad plate, and the blond fur covers its pincers.  Now lots of new ocean species are discovered every year, but rarely does one merit its own family and genus.

Amazing, isn’t it, how diverse and yet similar the created world really is?  Astounding, isn’t it, that we’re still discovering new forms of life every year?

The universe’s creative design for life takes on new expressions just about every day, doesn’t it?  Keep listening to life and discover your creative design as you work positive and live positive.

Positive productivity is more difficult for most business persons these days. Persevering and achieving your business dreams in the midst of a negative world is increasingly challenging. The uncontrollable negatives from bombings to an unfamiliar economy that just won’t correct assault us daily.

How do you productively achieve your dreams today?

Here are 3 Keys to Positive Productivity Today:

Give Attention to Positive Thoughts

When you receive negative news, acknowledge your emotional reaction. Disappointment, anger, frustration, and other emotions must be processed to avoid blocking your emotional intelligence development.

However, do so quickly. Give yourself a little time to experience those emotions. Then flush them. Yes, multiple flushes are required sometimes. Do it and move on. Now.

As you flush quickly, you create room in your mind for what you can do to redirect the negative news. You focus on what you can control and influence, refusing to rent space in your head to what is beyond your reach.

Give attention to positive thoughts that are actionable.

Give Attention to Positive People

When you receive negative news, there typically is a messenger. If it’s technology-driven, cut it off. If it’s human, thank them and excuse yourself.

There are negative persons who enjoy delivering bad news. If there’s too much good news, they create negativity.

I call them Eeyore Vampires.

Their mantra is “It’ll never work.” They suck positive attention from you even when away from work trying to love what you do with those you love.

Treat Eeyore Vampires like they have a contagious disease and you’ll catch it.

Give your attention to positive people. Those persons who bring out the best in you, who have your best interest at heart, and who ask questions like, “How may I best serve you?”

Give Attention to Positive Outcomes

Each of us experiences outcomes that fall short of our expectations regardless of how hard we work or how much we prepare. When your negative news is of this kind, remind yourself of a previous experience when you exceeded your expectations; when you succeeded.

Celebrate that experience once more. Give attention to sustaining that celebrative attitude. Tell yourself, “If I did it once, I’ll do it again.”

Most likely, that positive experience was the accumulation of previous learning experiences of “bad news” like the current one. Reliving that success guides you to the next.

Give attention to positive thoughts, people, and outcomes and productively achieve your dreams today.

We all have a passion for something, that is, we care deeply about something in life and we could give a lot of our time and energy, attention and money to that cause.  I coach lots of people searching for their passion.

I’ve discovered that maybe you think of passion just as something you can get excited about, something that you have to be all revved up about, when that’s not necessarily so.  Sure, you want to be enthusiastic about life in general and your passion specifically, but true passion is something a little different.

True passion emerges from that quiet place within you.  It feels natural to you, like, “This is what I was created for.”  Your passion kind of draws you to it rather than you choosing it.  It speaks to you and you listen to it.

You know that peaceful, easy feeling you get, you know how focused your mind is when you’re doing certain things or talking about a certain subject?  That’s passion.  It’s a gift.  So today as you listen to your life, listen carefully in the quiet of your heart for your creative design.

Dr. Joey celebrates "Take Your Child to Work" week with his daughter, Rebekah, as guest blogger.

My dog, Raggs, is a miniature schnauzer which means most of the world is bigger than him so he defends me and himself pretty quickly.  I wanted Raggs to be social with at least some other canines.  So, I set up a doggie playdate with one of my friends and her dog, Oliver.  We planned to go to a dog park on a sunny Sunday afternoon.  I was really nervous when Oliver and his mommy arrived.  “What if Raggs didn’t get along with Oliver or any of the other dogs? What if he tried to defend me and got in a fight?”

Raggs once again proved me wrong as he shook with happiness as Oliver came into our home, showing Oliver his toys.  The walk to the dog park was a happy one and Raggs made several puppy friends.  He even became the “bouncer” of the dog park, breaking up fights.  It was as though he had found his element.  He was a really good dog that day.

Life has a way of showing you where you best belong.  Today, listen to your life for opportunities where you can shine, even those outside of your comfort zone.

Dr. Joey celebrates "Take Your Child to Work" week with his daughter, Rebekah, as guest blogger.

As I mentioned yesterday, I was born with a head full of wonderfully curly hair and I was often compared to Shirley Temple as a child. I had no idea who Shirley Temple was since I was a toddler, but I always said “thank you” as my mother taught me. One day, my dad and I were shopping together and I saw a display of Shirley Temple videos. I got all excited and ran up to the videos and grabbed one. I turned around and yelled out to my dad in my loud two-year-old voice, “Look, Daddy! They made a movie about me!” He bought me three of them because I was so adorable.

We all make mistakes, don’t we? We can either take those mistakes and dwell on them or we can count on a divine chuckle along with a little help to turn our mistakes into a grand moment. Today, after you make a mistake, listen for a heavenly laugh and then discover how that mistake transforms into a grand moment for you.