Coaching practices for Noticing the Good

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• I catch myself scanning everyone around me for what’s wrong with them, and I want to flip that lens
• Noting has become second nature and now I’m curious about the one doing the noticing itself
• Something genuinely good happened today and I noticed I just kept it to myself and moved on
• The good things in my life have quietly become invisible
• My mind runs a constant scan for what’s wrong and what I’m missing, and even on days when plenty is actually fine I end up feeling vaguely deprived

Practices that may help

1. Spot and name character strengths in others
   Notice and explicitly name the character strengths you observe in people around you.
   VIA Character Strengths, Made Practical
2. Advanced noting — noting the act of noting itself
   Turn attention to the process of noting itself, observing who is doing the labeling and whether the "noter" is also a mental event.
   Noting Practice, Made Practical
3. Share one good thing with another person
   Tell one person about a good thing that happened — sharing amplifies the positive experience and builds connection.
   Three Good Things: The Evidence-Based Gratitude Practice
4. Gratitude for the ordinary as a beginner’s-mind restoration
   Practice noticing something you take entirely for granted and dwelling on it as if encountering it for the first time.
   Beginner's Mind (Shoshin), Made Practical
5. Gratitude practice
   Deliberately notice and name what is genuinely good — shifting the brain’s habitual negative scan.
   Building Positive Emotions, Made Practical
6. Savor existing goods before pursuing more
   Deliberately notice and extend the experience of present goods — before hedonic adaptation erases them.
   The Mindset of Enough: Contentment Without Complacency
7. Catch people doing things right
   Most management attention goes to problems — systematically noticing good work is both rarer and more powerful.
   The One Minute Manager: Three Practices That Still Work
8. Actively notice positive partner behavior
   Scan for what your partner does right, not just what they don’t do.
   Positive Sentiment Override: How to Build the Lens That Protects Relationships
9. Savoring the present moment
   When something good is happening, deliberately slow down and soak in the sensory detail.
   Savoring: Getting More From the Good
10. The impermanence gratitude turn
    Use the awareness that pleasant things are temporary to intensify genuine appreciation for them while they are here.
    Anicca: Working Practically with Impermanence

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