It’s super easy to get caught up in the “busyness” of business and forget to feel gratitude or to take notice of those who have affected our lives and careers in a positive way.
Look at your colleagues or scan your email list.
To whom do you owe some gratitude?
Reflect whose name is on your list…
›Who had your back when times were tough and you thought your career was about to be derailed?
Grace. Loss. Fortune. Hardship. Victory. Sometimes the worst seat is best seat in the house and it comes as a result of leading. ~Dan B. Allender
›Who asked for your opinion and really listened to what you had to say?
The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them. ~Ralph Nichols
›Who introduced you to someone who has been a big help to your career?
The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity. ~Keith Ferrazzi
›Who sponsored you to lead a high-visibility project?
Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities, your skills, and your track record. Both are vital. ~Stephen M. R. Covey
›Who encourages you to push yourself beyond your comfort zone?
Leadership is the lifting of a man’s vision to higher sights, the raising of a man’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a man’s personality beyond its limitations. ~Peter Drucker.
›Who regularly offers feedback on what you do well and where you can be better?
Feedback is the breakfast of champions. ~Kenneth Blanchard
›Who is always there with a willing ear and a reinforcing word when your over-bearing boss is at it again?
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
›Who holds you accountable and does so with empathy?
For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? ~bell hooks
›Who always takes a stand for what’s good and what’s right, even when doing so is unpopular?
Character is the glue that bonds solid and meaningful relationships. ~Tony Dungy
›Who celebrates the little things and lets you know you’re valued?
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton
Don’t let today slip away without you saying “thank you” to them!
Pass it on.
More inspiration about gratitude
Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind. ~Roy T. Bennett
I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy. ~Will Arnett
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~Voltaire
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not. ~Seneca
For my part, I am almost contented just now, and very thankful. Gratitude is a divine emotion: it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever. ~Charlotte Brontë
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. ~Eckhart Tolle
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