20 Sunday Oct 2019
Posted in Spread Your Wings
This week’s challenge is brought to you by: Embracing Simple
Challenge: Start a Gratitude Journal this week. Start simple. Each morning and night, write down one thing you are grateful for. Post your comments if you accomplished this for the entire week!
Until next time…
Dave
10 Thursday Oct 2019
Posted in Thankful Thursdays
Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay
“If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for – someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note – do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today.”
All of us owe a great deal to our teachers, mentors, parents, siblings, friends, and any number of other people who have helped us in one way or another. Today’s posting is about thanking people with a short thank-you note or letter. It is a great way to build relationships, express your gratitude to a fellow human being, and it makes you feel good too!
One of the practices I tried to keep during my years in recruiting was writing a thank-you note. I have taken this practice to my everyday life as well. Have you ever been served well at a restaurant or place of business? Obviously, you’ll say Thank you when you are served and you’ll leave a tip, but why not write a special thank-you note for a server that took extra care to make sure your meal was extra special?
What about a job interview? As a recruiter with more than 20 years of experience, I’ll tell you that a thank-you note can sway a hiring manager in your direction, particularly when you and another candidate are equally qualified for a position. I sent thank-you notes to anyone who visited me in my office for an interview with me.
I have received thank-you notes throughout my recruiting career. I cannot tell you how nice it is to get a heart-felt note from a consultant, thanking me for helping him or her get a job. I also appreciated a kind note from my manager who felt I was doing a good job.
Thank-you notes can be used for any occasion. They tell a person you are grateful for their time and you appreciate what they have done for you.
Should you hand-write a thank-you note or type it? There are some that posit hand-written notes because they are more personal. Unfortunately for me, my handwriting is so bad, I can barely understand it myself, let alone someone I am sending my note to. In my case, a printed letter, signed at the bottom worked better.
What about emailing a thank-you note? I think they are appreciated but fail to achieve what an actual hard-copy letter does. We get emails all the time, but rarely get snail mail, unless it is a bill or a sales pitch. It is the rarity of receiving a letter from someone that makes a mailed thank-you note so impactful, compared to an email. Who knows? I enjoy living a paperless lifestyle, but hand-written or printed out letters are a real treasure.
It is important we express gratitude for the things we have, the blessings that come to us every day, and the things we possess. It is also important to express your gratitude to the people that help you, love you, and service you. I can’t explain it, but the feeling you get from doing kind things for other people is irreplaceable.
Take time to thank people for what they do for you. If you receive outstanding service from your dry cleaner, your dentist, doctor, or the maintenance shop you frequent, take time to send a nice letter to them. It is also nice to send a letter to that person’s manager. This really goes a long way.
Well, that’s it for today, folks. I hope each of you takes time today to thank someone who has served you in some way. It is a great practice. Have a great Thursday, readers.
Until next time…
Dave.
21 Friday Jun 2019
Posted in Funny Friday, Thankful Thursdays
I was feeling a little under the weather yesterday, so I missed my weekly Thankful Thursday, so today, I’m going to combine yesterday and today’s topics into one posting.
Daily Ramblings gained some new followers this week. Welcome and Thank you for following me. I really appreciate it. I’m also grateful for the success of my Mom’s cataract surgeries. She was nervous about getting it done and was concerned with her left eye, but this week’s doctor appointment confirmed that all is ok.
I wanted to touch on gratitude journaling again because it is such an important habit, at least for me. I started small, but now my gratitude journal has evolved to a combination of gratitude and morning pages. The practice I use now involves writing down what I am grateful for until I feel it. When I feel gratitude my heart opens. There is a calming that comes and sticks around for the day. This feeling is hard to describe. It is like everything is all right in my world. If you are interested in trying this out, I’d recommend starting with the 5-minute journal. I am not an affiliate, but a satisfied customer. I don’t use the app for this reason anymore. I have a tab in my OneNote app that I dedicate to my journaling.
Anyway. For this week’s funny Friday, I’ll recommend a comedian I really enjoy. His name is Bill Burr. I’ll warn you, he’s very edgy, but his humor aligns with mine in every way. I hope you enjoy him. He has a few comedy shows on Netflix right now. You should try him out, if you’ve never seen one. My sister and I saw him in Detroit last year, and he has one of the longest comedy shows I’ve ever seen. He was on stage around 2 hours, which is unheard of in this industry. Most are off stage in about an hour or so.
Well, that’s it for today, folks. I hope each of you has a wonderful weekend, filled with love, fun things, and some time with your families and loved ones.
Until next time…
Dave
21 Thursday Mar 2019
Posted in Thankful Thursdays
Tags
Aesop, Appreciation, Conversations, followers, Gratitude, Learning, Reading, Thankful, Thanks
“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”—Aesop
Thank you for following Daily Ramblings. I am honored, humbled, and blessed by all of you. I hope your week is going well.
This week has been terrific, so far. We had friends over yesterday. It was nice to catch up and hang out over coffee in our living room, watching the rain on the first day of Spring. Have I mentioned how much I enjoy snow and rain? It is so comforting to hear the rain pitter patter on the window and roof as I enjoy a warm cup of coffee and my new slippers.
On Saturday we are heading to Flint to hang out with another family friend. He enjoys Thai food, so we always meet with him at his favorite restaurant and hang out for a few hours catching up and enjoying our conversation with a great Thai meal. They have the best homemade ice cream.
I really enjoy reading. I put my kindle through is paces. I enjoy reading multiple books at once and strive to continue this throughout the year. I find reading to be informative, relaxing, and joyful. When I read, I am transported to a new world, learn new things, and revisit past battlegrounds and places.
I also enjoy reading because I can see how an author uses the language to describe scenes, dialogue between characters, and move these characters through their plot. I learned last week that an author should read books within their genre. This allows them to see how their fellow authors put together stories and learn about the various ways they build their fantasy worlds, crime stories, or outer space adventures.
I enjoy learning and grateful for the many resources that are available today. Websites like Hillsdale.edu, Coursera.com, and others provide access to schools like Harvard, Yale, and the University of Michigan. It is a terrific, free resource that is beneficial. I also enjoy a website called Codecademy, which I am using to learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Thank God for these programming sites so guys like me can pursue my 3rd career.
I’m also thankful for some folks that interacted with me this week. I really enjoy comments on my postings and interacting with others in the blogosphere. I look for new blogger sites and comment on Sundays. It is a lot of fun to read the posts of people worldwide.
Well, that’s all I got today folks. Thank you to all my new followers this week. I appreciate your patronage.
Until next time…
Dave
20 Thursday Dec 2018
Posted in Thank you
A hearty “Thank you!” to all of my new followers over the last few weeks. I am only 22 followers away from my goal of 500. If any of you know someone that would be open to following Daily Ramblings, send them my way.
For those of you who are new. Here is my weekly posting schedule:
Thank you so much for the follow and the comments I have received. I really appreciate it.
Happy Blogging!
Dave
04 Sunday Nov 2018
Posted in Thank you
It’s that time again folks for my weekly Thank you posting.
I want to welcome all of my new followers to Daily Ramblings! Just so you know, my postings follow a daily category. These categories are as follows:
Monday Motivation
Tuesday Ted Talks
Wednesday Wisdom
Thursday Thinking
Friday Funny
Saturday Spiritual
Sunday Thank you and Character Improvement Series (once a month on the first Sunday).
Thank you very much for following Daily Ramblings. As always, if you have any suggestions, any topics you’d like to see or maybe even an adjustment to my weekly schedule, feel free to pass along your suggestions.
See you all tomorrow!!
Dave
14 Sunday Oct 2018
Posted in Thank you
Tags
Appreciation, Gratitude, Happy, New Followers, Sunday, Thankful, Thanks
This is a shout out to all of the folks who followed my blog this week. Thanks a lot!
Since you’re new, here is my blogging schedule:
Motivation Monday
Ted Talk Tuesday
Wisdom Wednesday
Thinking Thursday
Funny Friday
Spiritual Saturday
Series Sunday/Thank you day!
I really appreciate all of my new followers and hope you enjoy my blog. If you have any critique, any suggestions, anything at all, feel free to reach out in the comments on any of my posts.
Have a great Sunday!!
Until next time…
Dave
26 Sunday Aug 2018
Posted in Thank you
Since my last thank you posting, Daily Ramblings has added 23 readers to its audience. My heartfelt thanks to all of you who have begun following my blog!!
I hope each of you is getting something from my work. If you would like to see anything different, any additional content, etc., feel free to comment on one of my postings and I’ll take it into consideration. For those of you who are new, here is my weekly schedule:
Motivation Monday
Ted Talk Tuesday
Wisdom Wednesday
Thinking Thursday
Funny Friday
Spiritual Saturday
I don’t do a heck of lot on Sunday, other than what I want to do. This is my one day per week that I literally “do nothing”, hence the nickname I’ve given it – “Do Nothing Day”.
My Do Nothing Day today consisted of reading Aristotle, some game time with my buddy playing Starcraft II, and listening to music on Spotify.
Thanks again, everybody! I really appreciate the follows and the comments this week. See ya tomorrow.
Until next time…
Dave
06 Saturday May 2017
Posted in Milestone
Tags
500, Accolades, Appreciation, Grateful, Gratitude, Likes, Recognition
To all my followers and readers:
Thank you very much for the 500 likes! A nice milestone to hit after 5 months of blogging. I really appreciate it.
Have a great weekend!!
Dave
