Because it’s a fantastic view into the world of professional survey research, I jumped at the chance to be a part of the Gallup Panel when they offered it last year. (Note to Gallup – show a progress bar on your survey pages. They’re too long not to have them.)
Occasionally, they’ll send an email with a summary of some of their findings, and we thought this one was worth sharing:
During an ongoing assessment of Americans’ health and well-being, Gallup asks panelists to reflect on a list of nearly a dozen feelings they experienced a lot of the day before the survey. Of the nine feelings Gallup asks respondents to identify, panelists are most likely to report experiencing happiness (74%) during a lot of the previous day. Likewise, 71% of respondents say they experienced enjoyment.
About half of panelists say they felt stress (49%) and 42% say they experienced worry a lot of the day before the survey, whereas 30% say they felt physical pain and 21% were sad. Panelists are least likely to experience anger (16%), depression (16%), and fear (14%).
Considering how insistently our mainstream media is hammering the doom and gloom buttons, isn’t it great to know that, as a nation, we seem to be much happier than the nightly news suggests?
It’s not a Pollyanna thing – obviously, a lot of people are worried/stressed, and for good reasons – but there’s even more joy and good feeling present, and we’ve gotta start tapping into that more as a nation and a people.
Off my soapbox now.
You hear a lot of buzz words at events, but this one kind of snuck under the radar. Allen (with Lani behind the camera) drags a certain buzzword into the limelight, and shares its importance in three areas of your business. (from Day 1 of the CEO Factor Retreat.)
Lani riffs on her Donny Deutsch-style “Top 3 Takeaways” from Day 1 of Melanie Benson Strick’s CEO Factor Retreat. Also starring Lani’s notebook (get a peek at her signature scribbles – no pun intended), a spectacular coastline view, and our veggie tray.
Lani (with Allen behind the camera), on the beach by the Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel on the morning before Melanie Benson Strick’s CEO Factor Retreat goes into full swing. We went on a walk before we recorded this to chat about … almost everything except what Lani was going to talk about in the video. See if you can tell when Lani catches Allen’s signal to start walking up the beach as she talks. Can you tell we’re having fun with this?
It’s gonna be a marathon three days, and Lani talks about how to get psyched up for it.
We’re excited and sleep deprived, and it’s been a long travel day (not to mention dealing with a wakeful baby the night before – miss him terribly, but it’s going to be so nice to get a good night’s sleep without him waking us up every three hours).
But we had to sum up a couple of points post-”Dessert Reception,” which took place here at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Laguna Niguel, CA, the night before Melanie Benson Strick’s CEO Factor Retreat - that’s the event being referenced in the “#ceof” hashtag being used in the title of this video. (And boy, do they have lots of great tasting cheese at the Ritz Carlton, too!)
So without further do, here are our top three takeaways from the night, and a bit of the hotel room, and Homer Simpson pajamas. Can’t forget those.