Some Words of Appreciation To Use - Try This Exercise…
“Thank you so much, you do such a great job, I wish I could do it this well…”
Sound a bit too mushy for you? Well, either way, try it. It can make a major impact on someone.
Yesterday night, around 9 PM my phone rang, it was my sister. I picked up and she said that my brother-in-law wanted to talk to me.
Some Back-story for you:
My sister is applying to medical residency programs and wanted me to edit her personal statements. I was cursed (I mean blessed
) with being a good writer. Funny thing because “writing” was the only thing I got a B in in high school (screwed up my 4.0 GPA).
Thanks to learning how to copywrite from Justin Ford, I do write very well now.
Anyways, I digress in self flattery…
She has two essays, one of them I had re-done and sent to her the night before. I was extremely tired when I edited it, it was NOT my best work, but still felt it was much better than the original draft.
My brother-in-law had called JUST to thank me. First of all, mind you, this favor was for my SISTER, not him. However, he said he was so incredibly impressed with my ability to write that he just had to call and say thanks (I’ve written things for them in the past as well, so he’s seen me at work in the past).
His exact words:
“Man…thank you so much…I just don’t get how you do these so well, it was amazing. Keep this up and you’re going to take over the world!”
(Obviously he got a bit exaggerated, I have no plans to try to take over the world).
The entire conversation lasted less than 2 minutes and I was glowing from ear to ear!
My sister had already thanked me. They weren’t telling me something I didn’t already know. Yet, him taking that extra step to make a phone call out of his way SPECIFICALLY to appreciate and acknowledge me went a long way for me.
Next time either of them needs a favor, I’ll be 10 times happier to do it for them versus someone else.
Lesson to take away - Take a minute every day or at least once a week and appreciate someone near you. Your wife, kids, co-worker, boss, kid’s teacher, employee, the local cross-guard - anyone, just do it.
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August 1st, 2008 at 9:04 am
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