Just Another Mindful Monday - 'Abundance:The Future Is Better Than You Think'

Hi there, I'm Judy Croon. Welcome to another episode of 'Laugh Long and Prosper' – Shelf Help with a dash of humour when appropriate. I believe that humour is one of our best coping mechanisms-especially when we are facing stress and unknown times like Covid. Today is Monday. That’s means it’s time for 'Just Another Mindful Monday'. I read a book recently, that made me feel just a little bit more peaceful…mindful shall we say. The book is called Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think by Peter H Diamandis. In a nutshell, this book gave me hope that the world is not going to hell in a hand basket. In fact, quite the opposite is happening. Unfortunately, fear sells. I blame a lot of this one of my old radio occupations – the news. We tend to live in a world where a lot of bad news is reported every day. Yes, bad things are happening all the time and it’s sad but is there an ulterior motive behind some of those headlines? Let’s face it, bad news sells. There is a reason why Fox made two billion dollars last year. As Bill Gates once said, ‘No one wants to hear small incremental good news’. However, there IS all sorts of small incremental good news happening every day -lots of good people continuously doing good things on a local and international level. Factfulness and Humankind Two of my favourite books (endorsed by Barack Obama and Bill Gates) are Factfulness and Humankind. They share the same message -the world is not going to end, just yet. However, what Abundance does is it put a little bit more specifics behind the dashboard. So, let me share some of this good news with you. If you like to catch up on all of my 'Laugh Long and Prosper' episodes, check me out Judy Croon On Spotify and/OR Soundcloud and/or Amazon and/or PlayerFm or you can go to my website www.JudyCroon.com Judy Croon is Canada’s Keynote Humorist, Tedx motivational speaker, comedian and stand-up coach at Second City. She has worked with many celebrities including; John Cleese, Jon Stewart, and Joan Rivers. Her specials have appeared on NBC, CBS, CTV and The Comedy Network. She is a co-author of ‘From the Stage to the Page: Life Lessons from Four Funny Ladies!” Judy draws from her standup performance and coaching experience to entertain, inform and inspire in her dynamic keynote entitled, ‘Relieving Work Related Stress with Humour’. Judy is the creator/host of ‘Laughlines’ and ‘Stand Up For The Girls’ which have both helped raise over $650,000 for breast cancer research.