Make people feel important

This is my 100th post! I've thought long and hard about what this post is going to look like - with both excitement and trepidation. I wondered: how could I make this special and meaningful? 

The feeling I always circled back to is appreciation. My appreciation for you.

I still cannot believe that there are people willing to read my random thoughts. Some of you were there from the very beginning and others might have only signed up last week. Regardless of how long you've stuck around, YOU are what makes this work possible. You - reading and engaging with these ideas. You - sharing a post with a friend or colleague. 

Thinking is hard. And sharing is scary. So you keep me motivated and accountable every week to show up and do the work. 

You make me feel deeply fulfilled because I feel like somehow I'm making a difference for people who care about what I care about - leadership, change, innovation, serving people, better workplaces, making work matter. 

You make me feel like my work is important.

Psychiatrist Mark Goulston says, “When you make people feel important, you give them a gift that is beyond price.”

You have been a priceless gift. Thank you. I'm grateful you are on this journey with me.

So I dedicate this post to you. 

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Speaking of Mark Goulston - for a while, I binge-learned (is that even a word?) everything from him. 

One of the things I learned is his 3 C's for showing someone how much you value them:

1. Concern - let the person express worries, fear, frustrations without interrupting them

2. Curiosity - show an interest in them, show you are aware of and care about the details in their lives

3. Confidence - show you have faith in them, ask probing questions instead of defaulting to giving advice or offering solutions

I'm trying to take these to heart. 

So I invite ALL of you to share your story with me and how I can better help you via this blog. 

Here are 4 different ways to do so (you can pick just one or go extreme and do all of them!):

1. Tell me more about you - 3-question form (this will help me serve you more specifically)

2. Tell me how I can be better - anonymous 4-question survey 

3. Chat with me - schedule a 30-min chat on Zoom so I can get to know you. I am committed to listen and demonstrate concern, curiosity, and confidence in you (the 3 C's)!

4. Quick response - hit “comment” and just type your thoughts as they exist right now in any form. No judgment - I'd just love to hear from you!

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I hope I've taken a respectable stab at making this post about you - to make you feel important - because you are what makes my work possible and meaningful. 

Thank you!
Tiffany

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