Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that when someone in your life does something
Speaker 1: you think is awesome, write a note to say so.
Speaker 1: This doesn't take much time but can make the other
Speaker 1: person feel good for quite a while. I imagine most
Speaker 1: of us quite like it when someone notices our hard
Speaker 1: work and says something about it. I will venture to
Speaker 1: guess that for most people, it feels even better when
Speaker 1: someone writes to congratulate you or thank you. Instead of
Speaker 1: just hearing the good wishes, you get to savor them
Speaker 1: and look at them over and over again. Think an
Speaker 1: email from your boss after you ace an important presentation
Speaker 1: from another mom to say her family loved the fall
Speaker 1: festival you planned for your kids' school. A note from
Speaker 1: your best friend thanking you for that thoughtful and funny
Speaker 1: toast you gave it her wedding reception. Messages like these
Speaker 1: are both meaningful in the moment and in the future too. Personally,
Speaker 1: I keep a file of notes of appreciation that I've received.
Speaker 1: When people say that something I have written or said
Speaker 1: has affected them positively, the note goes into the file.
Speaker 1: I love to flip through these notes and be reminded
Speaker 1: that my work has impact. It keeps me plugging along
Speaker 1: on other things. Perhaps you similarly have some notes that
Speaker 1: you revisit. If that is the case, then you can
Speaker 1: probably understand that people aren't fundamentally different. The people in
Speaker 1: your life would love to get similar notes of appreciation
Speaker 1: or congratulation from you. So whenever someone does something cool,
Speaker 1: make a point of capturing your admiration. Put pen to
Speaker 1: paper or fingers to keyboard and let them know you
Speaker 1: have seen what they have done. You are celebrating with them. Now.
Speaker 1: I know that purists will suggest that you handwrite these
Speaker 1: notes and mail them, and that is a great idea,
Speaker 1: but there's really nothing wrong with an email or a
Speaker 1: text either. I print out emails that I want to
Speaker 1: read over and over again. Don't let the thought that
Speaker 1: handwritten is best be a deterrent from sending out something immediately.
Speaker 1: These notes also don't have to be long, just a wow,
Speaker 1: a description of what the person did and why it
Speaker 1: was so amazing. A few lines is great. Better to
Speaker 1: send a note and make it happen, then worry about
Speaker 1: whether you are saying the right thing. But do send
Speaker 1: a note. So often when someone posts good news on
Speaker 1: social media, we just hit like But fun as it
Speaker 1: might be to get hundreds or even thousands of likes
Speaker 1: on something, it is the comments that make you smile.
Speaker 1: So when you see the good news, send an email
Speaker 1: or a note, or even an inempt message. That doesn't
Speaker 1: take much more time, but we'll have an outsized impact
Speaker 1: in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for
Speaker 1: listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,
Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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