Chapter 5 Summary Of Buoyancy

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In chapter five, Pink discusses the trait of “buoyancy,” or what he defines as the ability to stay afloat when waves of rejection and adversity strike. According to Pink, buoyancy is composed of three different components: interrogative self-talk, positivity ratios, and explanatory self-talk. In the first component, Pink suggests that instead of only using positive self-talk whenever we are planning to move someone, we use interrogative self-talk. This is because asking ourselves questions, such as “Can I do this?” will elicit reasons for doing something, create room for improvement, and produce better results. Second, knowing how to balance positive and negative emotions is very necessary. Pink discusses some researches, in which team behavior