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Before leaving work each day, employees at Ubiquity Retirement + Savings press a button in the lobby. They’re not punching out—not in the traditional sense, anyway. They’re actually registering their emotions. They have five buttons to choose from: a smiley face if they felt happy at work that day, a frowny face if they felt sad, and so on.

This may sound like an HR gimmick (“See? Management cares how you feel!”) or an instrument of forced satisfaction (“The team with the most smiley faces wins!”). But it’s neither. Ubiquity is using the data it collects to understand what motivates employees—to learn what makes them feel a sense of belonging and excitement at work. Other organizations are starting to do the same. Some use apps that record how much fun people are having. Some hire technology consultants who specialize in the monthly, weekly, daily, or even hourly tracking of moods. Unfortunately, though, these organizations are in the minority. Most companies pay little attention to how employees are—or should be—feeling. They don’t realize how central emotions are to building the right culture.

As hard as we might try to accomplish everything we've set our minds to do, obstacles and roadblocks can stand in the way of our success. While we may normally take these obstacles and roadblocks in stride, some days it seems like nothing goes right for us. The result? We feel down and wonder what it's going to take to get ourselves back on track.

This is when it's time to take a step back from whatever it is we're doing, recharge our batteries, and inspire ourselves to try again and again--until we achieve our goal. Here are 17 super positive quotes that will inspire you to be exceptional--and to reach for the stars (and catch them!).

We’ve all gone through hard times. And we all get through them. However, some get through them better than others. So what is their secret? Most of it has to do with attitude. Here are 13 things to remember when life gets rough.

No one likes opening bills. Especially not when they remind you of the credit card payment you either forgot or couldn't afford to make the month before. Now you're hit with an insulting interest rate on top of your balance, plus penalty charges. The interest rate amounts to highway robbery, you think, and what's worse is that everything compounds. You wish you’d never opened up the account in the first place.

It may not feel like it at times, but you live in the most fortunate sliver of humanity.