How many times a day do you say "thank you?" How many times a day do you hear "thank you?" As I started teaching my toddler son to say "please" and "thank you" I realized that I began saying it more even when he was not around. Then it occurred to me that I hadn't been saying it enough. So I started saying it even more around others. And then I had an experience where a simple thank you changed a person's attitude (for the good). And I realized the power of a simple thank you in a work environment (as a federal employee) where morale seems to be at an all-time low (at least in the fifteen years I've been around) and people seem quick to snap at one another and "say" things (either in person or via e-mail) that you never would have heard in the workplace twenty years ago. (And no, this is not a generational issue as it is all generations I am hearing it from.) After last Friday, just another day of serving as everyo...
Life and leadership are not about which path you take, they are about the choices you make when the roads diverge. The are not achieved in a one-day or one-month. They are compiled through a lifetime of education, experience, and reflection.