Go out and be a blessing
When I first started working in the real estate industry, my broker used to end every staff meeting with the same phrase...go out and be a blessing. When I asked him one day over coffee why he always sent us off with those words, he told me that it was his goal to try as hard as he could to leave the people he interacted with during the day happy to have seen him. Not only was it good business practice, but it's just the right thing to do. He said you don't have to be gushy, and for heaven's sake don't tell everyone you meet to have a nice day. Just be kind to everyone you meet and find a way to help someone else every single day. Such a simple concept...be a blessing...but one I remember to this day and have always tried to follow. Some days it's easy. Open a door for someone, thank the someone who opens one for you. Tell the kid bagging your groceries that she did a good job. Some days it devolves into waving cheerily at whoever that is in the car behind me gestur
