“I appreciate you!” has become a common, perhaps overused, phrase. The real test is whether the person’s actions support that proclamation because appreciation is an action word. Here are three actions you can take to make sure your expressions of appreciation are well received, especially at work. Customize When I was a supervisor in university administration some years ago, I…
In the past month, I’ve attended three funerals. Even though the services were not for immediate family or close friends, they still made me take a moment to appreciate life and realize that the life-is-short adage is real. It was a call to action to check ourselves and choose less attitude and more gratitude. We were reminded that perhaps we…
I learned from reading the book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman that my preferred love languages are “acts of service” and “quality time.” In fact, my husband—with whom I celebrated our one-year wedding anniversary in December 2015—won me over with his acts of service such as offering to take me to the airport before dawn for a 6:00am…