Nov 18 2010
Thank You!
Coming soon to your
expanding consciousness
. . .Two of the world’s three
most important words!
Besides “Please” (which does not have a special day devoted to it), “Thank You” may be the world’s most important words because –in every language and every neighborship in every country– they make people smile inside.
You can prove it to yourself just by thinking for a minute that it’s Thanksgiving time:
- the general business climate begins to relax
- our thoughts turn to family — our “family-families” of course, but it’s also an appropriate time to take stock in and remember our “business families” as well.
And while we’re on the subject of thankfulness, let us not forget all our military and “first responder” (police and fire and EMS) families. They are, after all, the ones who have given us the freedom and the opportunities to choose and achieve, who make it possible for us to pursue new horizons, and ways to grow our business interests, which support our families.
“Thank you for your service to our country!” with a sincere handshake and straight look in the eye addressed to the occupant of every passing military uniform or veteran hat is a rewarding and meaningful practice all year, 24/7. “Thank you for your service to our community!” is an equally important expression of appreciation to local, county, and state first responders.
If these are not routine practices
for you, try them out this week!
I had the pleasure for a number of years of serving as management consultant to H&H Swiss, a precision metal manufacturing company in Hillside, New Jersey. It was the company’s tradition to send out Thanksgiving cards to customers and friends every year instead of Christmas cards. Their mailings expressed timely thanks for business friendship, and never got lost in the “holiday shuffle.”
With most of us looking forward next week to the annual trekking or hosting of our assorted dysfunctional “family-families,” it may be appropriate to pause to appreciate not just all the good food and relationship renewals, but also the accomplishments of our “business families.”
Remember that special favor
someone did for you
this past year? That extra
effort you were too busy
to acknowledge?
No, you needn’t start doling out cash bonuses, or even turkeys. But you might want to hand out, instead, your sincere appreciation for those special contributions of time and commitment that surfaced within your “family-family” as well as your “business family.”
Go ahead. Take the risk. It’s a reasonable one.
Let each person know how much you genuinely appreciate her or him going the extra mile. Nothing to lose. Everything to gain.
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302.933.0116 Hal@BusinessWorks.US
Thanks for visiting. Go for your goals! God Bless You,
“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!” [Thomas Jefferson]
