Go Ahead, Make My Day

Yes­ter­day, I received an email mes­sage from a co-worker.  It was only a cou­ple sen­tences in length.  In essence it said “nice job.”   I was sur­prised by how good it felt to sim­ply hear some­one else say “thanks for doing what you do, because it is impor­tant and mak­ing an impact.”

It could not have taken more than 1 minute to com­pose the message.

It took less than 10 sec­onds for me to read it.

It was thoughtful.

It was unexpected.

It was unsolicited.

This sim­ple ges­ture made my day.

It reminded me that this is some­thing that I should do more often.   Thanks to my col­league for not just say­ing good job, but remind­ing me to do the same for others.

Look around.  Who is doing great work?  Whose day could you make by sim­ply say­ing nice job?  Take 1 minute today and let them know.

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