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I want to be better about telling people what I appreciate about them. I mean, I think about what I appreciate. I even tell other people what I appreciate about someone. But I don’t directly tell the person often enough.

One time I had a crazy couple weeks. Travel, guests, some coworkers from out of town...it felt like everything piled on at once. And frankly I wanted to sleep for a week. But I got home and was thinking about some of the leaders I had the honor of partnering with. Three of them were here in STL leading training and we got to hang out. I was so encouraged afterwards that even though I wanted to fall on my sofa and never get up again I decided to take a few minutes to email their leaders and their leaders leaders, copy them on it, and just say what makes them awesome.

I think it came to mind because I wanted to celebrate the great things they do and this was one little way I could do that. I put together some thoughts and sent it over...and man. I was almost embarrassed by how appreciative they were. Embarrassed because the fact that they were blown away told me that I didn’t tell them how great they are nearly often enough. A top leader at my company once told me, “I try to catch the people on my team doing great things.” He does that because he wants to point out good things as often as possible. I’m sure you wouldn’t be surprised to hear that the team adores each other, how could they not with such an atmosphere of appreciation.

So, I appreciate you. I’m sorry I don’t say it often enough. I’m trying. And I hope we all try. Because wouldn’t a grateful world be such a fun one?