As Thanksgiving approaches most of us stop to say thank you to our families and our friends. We celebrate how much they mean to us and why we are thankful for them. We also give thanks for the blessings we have. It’s amazing how good I feel after I give thanks. Even in the toughest times when I stop and think about how thankful I really am I start to feel GOOD! I do not let the thank yous stop in my personal life, and I make sure that in the professional world I make efforts to Thank those around me as well.
The professionals that have made the greatest impact on me are those that recognized others and gave thanks. Now I go out of my way to make sure I am thanking people in my professional life as often as possible. I thank my clients, prospects, peers, employees, bosses, and most importantly I Thank Myself for showing up and giving all I got. So you may be thinking wow she is overkill on the Thank Yous..and I can see why you think that. However, I don’t give out Thank Yous just because. The Thank You is sincere and is attached to reason.
So take notice of how saying Thank you makes you and others feel. Take a few minutes each day to thank someone and see where that takes you. People appreciate when you notice their efforts. Thank your clients for their business. Thank your prospects for their time. Thank peers and employees for their effort. Thank your boss for keeping you employed, and most importantly thank yourself for giving a 100%.