{"id":2133,"date":"2012-03-23T03:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:46","slug":"act-happy-week-day-5-say-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2012\/03\/act-happy-week-day-5-say-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Act Happy Week, Day 5: Say Thank You"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>The focus of Act Happy Week is to educate the public about<\/em><\/span>\n <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>purposeful actions you can take to create chemical shifts in your<\/em><\/span>\n <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>body that drive Positive Emotions. Here is today's exercise:<\/em><\/span><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9400d3\"><strong>~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #9400d3\"><strong>DAY 5: SAY THANK YOU<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #9400d3\"><strong>~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>The story is told of an old woman sitting on a park bench. She felt old and alone and useless, and thought of suicide. After awhile, a young man came and sat on the other end of the bench. For a time they fed the birds together. When the young man went to leave, he thanked her for a lovely afternoon. The old woman realized that she did, in fact, matter to others. She went home determined to push forward.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a title=\"Thank You\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/60057912@N00\/4291193035\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Thank You\" src=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2012\/03\/4291193035_ac8fa17e3c.png\" alt=\"Thank You\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small> Photo Credit: <a title=\"Patrick Hoesly\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/60057912@N00\/4291193035\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Hoesly<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.compfight.com\/\">Compfight<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><small><\/small>When you express gratitude, you experience the pleasure of giving a gift to another human being and the excitement of watching them open it and enjoy it.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Send a Thank You Note.<\/strong> For anything. For a favor, for a gift, or just for being in your life.<br \/>\n<strong>Offer appreciation to someone who helped you in the past week.<\/strong> Call them or go over to their desk and do this before the end of the day. YOU will benefit from the experience as much or more than than they will!<br \/>\n<strong>Write down what you are grateful for.<\/strong> Create a Gratitude List. Writing it down stimulates different chemistry in the body versus just thinking it.<br \/>\n<strong>Speak it. Say \u201cthank you\u201d out loud as often as you notice others.<\/strong> Say Thank You to your server each time they visit your table. Say Thank You to the clerk who serves you and the bagger who handles your groceries. And yes, even say \u201cThank You for the Offer\u201d to the telemarketer who interrupts your dinner (it\u2019s OK to hang up&#8230; just respect them as you do).<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #9400d3\"><strong>~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong>In the Workplace<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Take five minutes daily to generate three appreciative conversations with team members.<\/strong> Offer thanks for something very specific that you saw them do this week.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #9400d3;font-weight: bold\">Remember, Leadership is not about a title<\/span> \u2013 anyone can be a leader who makes others feel loved and appreciated for their contributions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the final day of Act Happy week: a week-long series on using your body to invoke Happiness.  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