“I believe every person has the ability to achieve something important, and with that in mind, I regard everyone as special” – Mary Kay Ash
Every person is special! Each of us wants to feel good about himself/herself, but it is just as important to make others feel the same way.
People wonder why I give so many compliments out to strangers. I’m not being fake & I’m not looking for people to like me. But, if I pass someone and I like something, I say it. “Love your hair!” or “You are wearing such a beautiful dress!” or “Wow! You have an amazing smile!….why? Why you ask…..well because life is hard and this world can be a really shitty place…and people are mean and nasty! You never know how much those kind words can mean to someone, you never know what hell or pain they may be going through that day, week, month or year; and when you put positive energy out there in the universe, YOU, yourself become a happier person! This is why I am always laughing and smiling….because it is hard to be nice and miserable at the same time. It’ll reflect from the outside in. I’m telling you random compliment giving will change your life; and maybe someone else’s too….
But please don’t fake a compliment, it won’t make you happy and definitely won’t make the other person happy! You’ve got to be honestly convinced that every human being is important! As my momma always said, if you don’t have something nice to say……don’t say anything….or maybe start with a smile or good morning or open a door for someone…but start and start today!
REMEMBER: NO MATTER how busy you are!!! You must take time to make the other person feel IMPORTANT!
Each one of us is important! It’s unfortunate that most of us go to our graves with our music still unplayed! So “Play that funky music…Play that funky music til you die…” It’s been said that we use only 10% of our God given ability/talents, and that the other 90% is never tapped into….90% people! That is way too much untapped awesomeness!!
FREQUENTLY!!!!!! Let your people know how much you appreciate them! FREQUENTLY!!!!!!
A company is only as good as its people. And a company gets what it pays for. Good people are always hard to find, so when you do have good people, make every effort to keep them! If companies actually looked into the numbers to hire and train people, the cost to do this, they would be treating their employees allot differently as the lose in profit is high when a company has a high turnover.
Don’t use people to build your business; use your business to build people! Seek out people with those skills that could strengthen your company even more. Build a company one person at at time and expect people to perform well!! People will generally do what you expect them to do! So expect them to perform well and they will! Motivate your people to draw on the untapped 90% of their ability, and their level of performance will soar!
“I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than for any other commodity under the sun” – John F. Rockfeller
In recent studies, more than a third of employees who had recently quit a job said the number one factor in their decision was a lack of appreciation for their contributions. MORE THAN ONE THIRD!!
Recognizing your employees’ accomplishments costs your business nothing……let me repeat that, COSTS YOUR BUSINESS NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, but it can yield big results! Raises and bonuses, of course, are always helpful, but demonstrating your respect and appreciation can be a far more powerful way to keep good employees working with you. Your support triggers a chain reaction that can enable good employees to rise to greatness. They sense it when you believe in them, it begins to builds their motivation and self-confidence, it boosts their drive to produce and succeed—for both themselves and the company.
Let’s start complimenting more, making people feel important and begin building people up, let’s start TODAY!
Love Vanessa