Yesterday I got an email from a person from Walmart who had heard me speak at the Society for Human Resource Management convention in San Diego last week. He had purchased my book, “The Simple Truths of Appreciation — How Each of Us Can Choose to Make a Difference” and these were his words:
“I just finished reading your book ‘The Simple Truths of Appreciation.’ I am in the middle of an e-mail to a colleague who has been a sounding board and truly become a good friend. I am sending him a note to thank him for being an important part of my life. I have a couple of others that are on my ‘hit’ list today to send e-mails to as a result of reading your book. I have a lunch appointment with a young man who is an HR professional with another company. Plan on appreciating him for the contributions he is making to our local SHRM chapter. I am also thinking through how to put my “personal signature” on all my work. This is fun stuff! You have a true gift, Barbara. Your ability to make people feel special is infectious. Thanks for making the (my) world a better place!”
Just a few minutes ago, I received this follow-up email from him:
“Wow! Look at the response I got from the first ‘thank you’ email I sent today. Made me feel good! This is an excerpt of the response:
Man! Just read this and I got a little emotional… I have an all day meeting with Store managers in my region today and this is just what I needed to get me going.
That is the power of appreciation. ”
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