How to Make Other People's Lives Better: A To-Do List
· Give an actual response to “How are you?”
· Let someone who is really anxious to speak put their two cents in before you speak.
· Make someone laugh who need sit.
· Help make someone part of the conversation who is standing there kind of awkwardly.
· Help someone find an answer to their problem.
· Expect something great out of everyone.
· Wave a debt someone owes you; a coffee really doesn’t cost that much.
· Go talk to someone who is standing by themselves at a party.
· Remember as many names as you can, and the good things they entail.
· Treat someone who is genuinely good as if they were a celebrity.
· Use fun words in daily conversation; who doesn’t love to say Guadalajara?
· Listen.
· Take the spotlight off of someone who really doesn’t want it on them.
· Ask an elderly person to tell you about their lives.
· Be in a good mood.
· Encouragement.
· Give credit where credit is due.
· Give the truth when it is asked and when it is right; i.e. sales-pitch for your old TV that sometimes fritzes.
· Write letters and notes.
· True “thank you”’s.
· Know before judging.
· Introduce two people to each other who would make great friends.
· Defend someone who isn’t there to defend themselves.
· Give compliments often and genuinely.
· Second chances for those who deserve them.
· Something someone is proud of? Ask them if they could make one/do it/ explain it for you.
· Care when you ask “How are you?”
· Recognition of a job well done.
· Someone do something good? Let them know, and tell other people too.
· Smile.
· Let someone who is really anxious to speak put their two cents in before you speak.
· Make someone laugh who need sit.
· Help make someone part of the conversation who is standing there kind of awkwardly.
· Help someone find an answer to their problem.
· Expect something great out of everyone.
· Wave a debt someone owes you; a coffee really doesn’t cost that much.
· Go talk to someone who is standing by themselves at a party.
· Remember as many names as you can, and the good things they entail.
· Treat someone who is genuinely good as if they were a celebrity.
· Use fun words in daily conversation; who doesn’t love to say Guadalajara?
· Listen.
· Take the spotlight off of someone who really doesn’t want it on them.
· Ask an elderly person to tell you about their lives.
· Be in a good mood.
· Encouragement.
· Give credit where credit is due.
· Give the truth when it is asked and when it is right; i.e. sales-pitch for your old TV that sometimes fritzes.
· Write letters and notes.
· True “thank you”’s.
· Know before judging.
· Introduce two people to each other who would make great friends.
· Defend someone who isn’t there to defend themselves.
· Give compliments often and genuinely.
· Second chances for those who deserve them.
· Something someone is proud of? Ask them if they could make one/do it/ explain it for you.
· Care when you ask “How are you?”
· Recognition of a job well done.
· Someone do something good? Let them know, and tell other people too.
· Smile.
April 15, 2010 at 3:36 PM
I love this. :)