“Thank You.” Two simple and easy words. Two words that I believe make the difference every day. I may sound like an over-zealous and obnoxiously motivated person, but I think that thanking people is one of the most important things you should do.
No matter where I go, I blurt out those two words. Whether someone held a door for me, fixed my engine, swiped my groceries, or even cut me off in the middle of a busy highway, I thank people. I thank people for talking to me, sending things to me, helping me, guiding me, and teaching me. I thank my parents. I thank my friends. I thank my boss. I thank my readers. I thank cashiers, bankers, bus drivers, professors, waiters, students, janitors, volunteers, pilots, postman, neighbors, food prep people, and even soldiers who are out in public. I thank everyone, anywhere and everywhere I go.
People may just think I’m being some kind of kiss-arse and suck up, but to be honest, it makes sense. You have to realize that no matter what you do, someone has worked to make things the way they are. People have paved the roads for you. People have helped you get a degree. People have literally sacrificed their time to help the world go round. The world would crumble if people didn't all do their share of work. Think of this for example: A truck driver does his work by driving products around the nation. Truck drivers have carried every single thing you have at one point in time. Everything. Your milk, your meat, your computer, your clothes, couches, your TV, car, refrigerator, wood for your deck, metal for your keys, the door for your house, and the phone lying next to your computer. All of it was once in the back of a truck for a truck driver to deliver somewhere around the nation. If truck drivers didn't do all of their work, this nation would probably be crippled by confusion of what to do. The same goes for anyone else who sacrifices their time to help others out, even if it’s their job. Thank them.
I know that when people thank me for doing something, it makes all the difference. I can only imagine what it would be like if I was a truck driver and someone came up to me to simply thank me for what I do. If a student came up to me and thanked me for teaching them and for inspiring them to do great things, I would be thoroughly subdued. I mean, think about how much work you do while you’re working at your part time job. Now think about how tough it could be do something else. Imagine what a professor has to go through. But you know what they do it? Because they know they are making an impact in the world. Thank them for that.
THANK YOU can mean so much to others. Whether you’re taking the time to walk across campus to thank a professor, or taking hours to write thank you cards like you did after graduation, embrace it. I read a book called “What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20” by Tina Seelig, and in one of the chapters she mentions the importance of thanking people. Mrs. Seelig is a professor at Stanford and highly successful woman, who writes and speaks to motivate people. Out of all of the things she wished she had known at age 20, one of them was to thank people. See, you may think I’m boring and bonkers for writing a long blog about this topic, but I’m not alone.
Thank people along your journey. You have to know the saying, “smiling is contagious.” I believe it. I think the same goes with manners and thanking people. If you hold the door for someone today, with a smile, I bet tomorrow they may do the same thing for someone else. When someone holds the door for me, I always thank them. And even if they don’t thank me for doing it, I know that I have changed their day with kindness.
Say thank you to people everywhere you go. You’re not faking people out with a generic thank you, you’re being appreciative. Something everyone should be.
Create or join organization that thanks people. There is a program called the FAN (Faculty Advising Network) that helps shed light on professors and faculty who go above and beyond their job description. Become something bigger than yourself and reach out to those who help or need help.
Take the time today and send an email to someone who has helped you get to where you are. For me, I could thank a dozen people. People like my parents for being strict with me at times and over-the-top amazing with me some times. I thank Professor Zipperer and Col. Shelor for giving me guidance while I was at my junior college. I thank my brother and sister for helping me grow and my high school soccer coach, Coach Beldon, for teaching me how to man up. Thank You Kara Manis and all of my new Pearson family for believing in me, giving me a chance, and showing me how fun work can really be. Thank You Coach Tate Parrish for being a major role model in my life. I thank all of my close friends and new friends for so many good times and all of my current and previous roommates for being a family away from home. There are so many people I could thank along my path and I know for a fact the same goes for you. Thank them. Whether they have made a huge impact in your life, or simply held the door for you.
P.S. Thank YOU for reading and sharing this :)
No matter where I go, I blurt out those two words. Whether someone held a door for me, fixed my engine, swiped my groceries, or even cut me off in the middle of a busy highway, I thank people. I thank people for talking to me, sending things to me, helping me, guiding me, and teaching me. I thank my parents. I thank my friends. I thank my boss. I thank my readers. I thank cashiers, bankers, bus drivers, professors, waiters, students, janitors, volunteers, pilots, postman, neighbors, food prep people, and even soldiers who are out in public. I thank everyone, anywhere and everywhere I go.
People may just think I’m being some kind of kiss-arse and suck up, but to be honest, it makes sense. You have to realize that no matter what you do, someone has worked to make things the way they are. People have paved the roads for you. People have helped you get a degree. People have literally sacrificed their time to help the world go round. The world would crumble if people didn't all do their share of work. Think of this for example: A truck driver does his work by driving products around the nation. Truck drivers have carried every single thing you have at one point in time. Everything. Your milk, your meat, your computer, your clothes, couches, your TV, car, refrigerator, wood for your deck, metal for your keys, the door for your house, and the phone lying next to your computer. All of it was once in the back of a truck for a truck driver to deliver somewhere around the nation. If truck drivers didn't do all of their work, this nation would probably be crippled by confusion of what to do. The same goes for anyone else who sacrifices their time to help others out, even if it’s their job. Thank them.
I know that when people thank me for doing something, it makes all the difference. I can only imagine what it would be like if I was a truck driver and someone came up to me to simply thank me for what I do. If a student came up to me and thanked me for teaching them and for inspiring them to do great things, I would be thoroughly subdued. I mean, think about how much work you do while you’re working at your part time job. Now think about how tough it could be do something else. Imagine what a professor has to go through. But you know what they do it? Because they know they are making an impact in the world. Thank them for that.
THANK YOU can mean so much to others. Whether you’re taking the time to walk across campus to thank a professor, or taking hours to write thank you cards like you did after graduation, embrace it. I read a book called “What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20” by Tina Seelig, and in one of the chapters she mentions the importance of thanking people. Mrs. Seelig is a professor at Stanford and highly successful woman, who writes and speaks to motivate people. Out of all of the things she wished she had known at age 20, one of them was to thank people. See, you may think I’m boring and bonkers for writing a long blog about this topic, but I’m not alone.
Thank people along your journey. You have to know the saying, “smiling is contagious.” I believe it. I think the same goes with manners and thanking people. If you hold the door for someone today, with a smile, I bet tomorrow they may do the same thing for someone else. When someone holds the door for me, I always thank them. And even if they don’t thank me for doing it, I know that I have changed their day with kindness.
Say thank you to people everywhere you go. You’re not faking people out with a generic thank you, you’re being appreciative. Something everyone should be.
Create or join organization that thanks people. There is a program called the FAN (Faculty Advising Network) that helps shed light on professors and faculty who go above and beyond their job description. Become something bigger than yourself and reach out to those who help or need help.
Take the time today and send an email to someone who has helped you get to where you are. For me, I could thank a dozen people. People like my parents for being strict with me at times and over-the-top amazing with me some times. I thank Professor Zipperer and Col. Shelor for giving me guidance while I was at my junior college. I thank my brother and sister for helping me grow and my high school soccer coach, Coach Beldon, for teaching me how to man up. Thank You Kara Manis and all of my new Pearson family for believing in me, giving me a chance, and showing me how fun work can really be. Thank You Coach Tate Parrish for being a major role model in my life. I thank all of my close friends and new friends for so many good times and all of my current and previous roommates for being a family away from home. There are so many people I could thank along my path and I know for a fact the same goes for you. Thank them. Whether they have made a huge impact in your life, or simply held the door for you.
P.S. Thank YOU for reading and sharing this :)