Author: Garth Beyer

It doesn’t take a massive amount of observation to make someone feel seen.

And to make someone feel seen, you don’t always have to rely on a statement to make them feel that way.

“What’s on the schedule for tonight?” can go a long way.

“Looks like it’s a girls night out… finally right?!” can go a long way.

“Having an incredible evening so far?” can go a long way.

Bonus points: You can always make someone feel seen by reminding them of a memory. What they ordered last. How their new dog is doing. How the trip planning is coming along.

When you care enough to see someone, it’s hard for them not to feel it.

Stay Positive & Care For Every One

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Time makers are the game changers of every industry, group and partnership.

Of course, they’re not really making time. We all have the same 24 hours. No more. No less.

The game changers are also people you will never hear say “I didn’t have time.”

They know they did. They had the same 24 hours as you or me. No more. No less.

The time either goes used or unused.

Thankfully, we decide where it goes, and we can choose for it to go toward doing the work, making a different and caring more than another.

Stay Positive & All Time Is No Time If Time Is Passed

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There’s not much to relish in success unless there’s significance to it, too.

Something passed down. Something shared. Someone impacted. Some group moved.

Success can be individualistic and can be a box checked.

Significance is what matters, though.

Stay Positive & What’s The Impact

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There’s no doubt that we’ll make the work better, we’ll mitigate our mistakes and we’ll cover our butts by simply acting as if we’re being watched even when we’re not.

But it begs the question of how are we being watched?

Are we being watched for the tiniest of mistakes and minor detail issues? Are we being watched for thinking big, pushing status quo and trying new things? Are we being watched for proactively communicating? Are we being watched for taking ownership?

Stay Positive & Of Course, The Answer Is Yes, Isn’t It?

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Sometimes we’re lucky winners in a random drawing. Other times we’re lucky in that we sent an email at the perfect time. Other times we’re lucky in the people we meet.

I was lucky to have met Jorel Dray a number of years ago. Today his Tedx presentation went live.

It’s worth a watch. It’s worth thanking people. It’s worth showing them you care.

Thank you, Jorel, for all your heart work.

Stay Positive & Who Can You Thank Today?

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Statistically writing, the more we take on, the more likely it is we’ll forget something, miss a step, falter.

There’s no stopping it on our own. No matter how much sleep we get, how much we practice, how strongly we think everything through.

Increased quantity of work for an individual leads to reduced quality. And even reduced quantity but increased quality of work is bound to lead to a mistake, too. There’s simply not enough energy or time in the day to be always on, always perfect.

However, the work of one can become far more valuable when it’s truly the work of many.

A support system to review your work. A team to think through the project in ways you haven’t. A colleague who is there to prevent you from stumbling. A friend to help you quickly course correct when you do.

A support system enables us to do more and better work.

Stay Positive & Build Your Village (Because It Takes It)

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There’s a lot of moments that might feel like we’re repeating a past experience, but we’re not.

When you go into the same restaurant that we’ve gone to every month for the last year, there’s part of you that hopes for a little bit more out of the experience than last time.

And the owner of that restaurant, knowing they’ve seen you every month, wants to be a little more gracious, ask a few more questions, connect more than before.

It’s invigorating for both parties.

If we want situations to merely be repeats; that’s easy.

The tough part, but more rewarding task is to repeat with intention of making the occurrence better than the last.

You can work out every day, but working harder today than yesterday or having more fun tomorrow than today or trying a new exercise can make the repetition worth it.

Same goes for outings. Relationships. Games. Projects. So on.

Stay Positive & Better Is Better

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