GGGRRRRRRRRR at your computer? Geez! What is going on?! It is just d - r - a - g - g - i - n - g !! Geez! How in the world am I going to impart great wisdom for today if my computer will just not cooperate? Oh - I'm up! I mean, the computer is up! I guess that means I can write something!
I am finding that because I am a person who likes to please people (a people pleaser?) I use my own time to do the little extra things that make people happy. As I mentioned yesterday, I come in to work, and the first thing I do (usually after I wash the pots, make the coffee, fill three water containers, etc) is send out two reports. I have been adding a little positive note to each report (yes, the same one - copy and paste) which also takes time to decide what to put on it. That's not counting the time to go into one area, open it, find the report, save it to file, create an email, attach the file, etc. I can easily spend 20 or so minutes getting the two reports out.
But the rewards are worth it. Oh, not for getting the water, coffee, etc for others, but for finding something to say (motivates me) and sending it out with the reports. I sometimes (not always) get comments back how that comment has inspired them. Or encouraged them. That is my reward. I made a difference.
Yesterday I was able to be part of a two hour Employee Engagement Focus Group. It was open to the entire employee list in the company. Granted, there are only about 200 employees, and probably 175 are non-management, but out of that, only 8 people showed up, including me. Really! Supervisors will meet at another time, as will managers, directors, and vice presidents - each group separately. It was real interesting and I voiced my opinion a few times. Because I have been in the business world for so many years, I was not expecting some of the comments being reported of how people are treated (in other departments - although in my previous department there is harrassment, which I do address periodically).
Why can't people treat people with respect? I mean, don't you want people to treat you with respect, listen to what you say (whether or not they agree doesn't matter, they listen), and if it is business related, actually look at how that could work. You want people to treat you with respect, so I will come back to you and ask you if you are treating other people with respect.
Like the guy (or gal) who cuts you off in traffic. Or the 18 wheeler truck that wants to get in front of you in your lane. Or the person in front of you in the grocery line who is counting out their change to pay their grocery bill. Or your superior at work who you think doesn't know anything but had to know something because they are, after all, your superior.
Some days you just want to go gggrrrrrrr at the entire day cause it just doesn't seem to be what you want it to be. You can change that.
Instead of focusing on all the negative things - turn it around and look for the positive things. You are breathing, right? That is positive. You have a place to sleep and food to eat. Another positive. You have someone to love and someone to love you. Another positive. You have something to keep you busy - whether it be children, grandchildren, a job, church, whatever. You can move. Positive.
Negative thinking blows everything out of proportion. You can probably remember some instances of how big that issue was when in reality it wasn't that big at all. It was your negative thinking.
John Maxwell says "People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care". Take some time today and say something positive to someone. Even if it is only "have a nice day". It can change everything for them that day.
"Have a nice day" - Think Positive!
Blessings!
1 comment:
Bah, Humbug!
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