Senn - The Mood Elevator: Take Charge of Your Feelings, Become a Better You

Praise for The Mood Elevator

Larry Senn has had a profound influence on my life through elegant yet simple principles, now found in The Mood Elevator. Practice the lessons in The Mood Elevator and the arc of your life will be changed foreverfor the better.

Dr. Gordon Gee, President, West Virginia University, and former President, The Ohio State University

The Mood Elevator inspires leaders to live more of life at their best, build better relationships, and create more success.

Leslie H. Wexner, Chairman and CEO, L Brands

Larry Senn and the concepts he teaches, like the Mood Elevator, have had a profound impact on my career, on the success of Yum! Brands around the world, and on me personally.

David Novak, former Chairman and CEO, Yum! Brands, and author of Taking People with You

Larrys tools for teaching leaders how to do the right people things leaves an indelible mark on the emotional IQ of any business enterprise. The Mood Elevator has become an important part of the nomenclature of the three companies Ive run.

Mark Frissora, President and CEO, Caesars Entertainment

Larrys gift of offering simple yet powerful guidance to high happiness and success is masterful. The Mood Elevator tool is helping change lives, organizations, and familiesthus, our world. I invite all leaders interested in upping their organizations mood and impact to read The Mood Elevator.

Vance Caesar, PhD, coauthor of The High Achievers Guide to Happiness and author of Uncommon Career Success

This book is the ticket for anyone who wants to spend more time on the top floors of the Mood Elevator. The concept has been invaluable in all walks of life. It helps us work better together as business colleagues but has equal benefit in personal relationships. There is much to be gained from an attitude of gratitude and understanding how to get there. Larry Senn is doing a great service by bringing the Mood Elevator to a larger audience.

General Josue Joe Robles, Jr., former President and CEO, USAA

As his personal physician for decades, I know that Larry has been living the principles of the Mood Elevator and that this has resulted in his phenomenal cardiovascular and mental health. The principles of the Mood Elevator regarding living a balanced life emotionally and physically are cornerstones of cardiovascular risk reduction, as Larry has illustrated personally.

Jay A. Johnson, MD, FACC, board-certified cardiologist and Attending Staff, Stanford University Medical Center

The Mood Elevator is an engaging lift into the deeper aspects of ourselves and the richest parts of our lives. Through his immense personal and corporate experience, Larry Senn shares practical wisdom on how to enhance our success in business, relationships, health, and everyday living.

Rev. Joshua Reeves

The Mood Elevator is the best thinking and guidance I have ever read on healthy living for individuals and healthy cultures for organizations. The tools are being used and embraced in our organization, and we are experiencing remarkable results.

Gary Shorb, former CEO, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

It is an amazing book that elevates your moods to the highest levels and unlocks your potential to achieve all-around success in your life. I wish I had this book long ago.

Professor M. S. Rao, international leadership expert

Once again, Larry Senn has written a book that is simple to understand but has profound implications on how we interact. He makes the point that we are in control of our mood. I highly recommend this book.

Tom Voss, former Chairman, President, and CEO, Ameren Corporation

The book is brilliant! Growing up, the book that influenced me perhaps more than any was Napoleon Hills Think and Grow Rich. This is really like the modern-day version of Think and Grow Rich... the concept that our thinking creates our feelings makes us realize what control we have. Great stories.

Robert Reiss, host of The CEO Show

The Mood Elevator

Take Charge of Your Feelings, Become a Better You

Larry Senn

Copyright 2017 Larry Senn

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First Edition
Paperback print edition ISBN 978-1-5230-8461-6
PDF e-book ISBN 978-1-5230-8462-3
IDPF e-book ISBN 978-1-5230-8463-0

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Cover design by Kirk DouPonce, DogEared Design. Interior design and composition by Gary Palmatier, Ideas to Images. Elizabeth von Radics, copyeditor; Mike Mollett, proofreader; Rachel Rice, indexer.

To my wife and soulmate, Bernadette, and to our five children Kevin, Darin, Jason, Kendra, and Logan.

You keep me young at heart and provide the love and the life lessons that help me gracefully ride the Mood Elevator in life.

I invite you to join me on a journey of understanding about a concept that can be life-altering: the Mood Elevator.

I had been researching and gathering ideas for this book for several years but had allowed a busy personal and professional life to keep me from completing it. Then one day we conducted an off-site meeting on personal purpose for all employees at my company, Senn Delaney, a Heidrick & Struggles company. After taking the time to reflect on how I hoped to make a difference in the world, I concluded that my purpose was to provide understanding and inspiration to an ever-widening circle of people, beginning with my family, to live life at their best mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.