At the risk of dipping from the author's buckets, I have to say that this book ranks amongthe worst that I have read so far this year. Most of the book is spent on selling us that praise and compliments improve everyone's lives, performance etc, inclusing the giver of that praise. Hello...is this new to anyone out there? So then I look for the five "strategies" for increasing positive emotions, and we get revelations like "Make Best Friends" and "Prevent Bucket Dipping". Do yourself a favour if you have ordered this book - send it back as I have done and trade it for "How to Win Friends and Influence People". That book is a classic and says it all so much better, with much greater wit and originality.