Always be adding value

Recently, I was challenged to decide on a 6-month goal. I thought about what that goal would be, and I decided on a one-year goal. That's my goal for 2017. I want to add value to 1,000 people. Of course, there really is no way for me to keep track of how I am doing, so I just keep adding.

So far this year, I've gotten some very nice comments from people whom I've taken the time to encourage in one way or another. But the key words are, "in one way or another." My goal isn't limited to encouraging them in business, rather it's about encouraging people. That's because when you make it a habit to encourage people, people find themselves being encouraged just being around you.

Though, while encouraging people is a great …show more content…
The ironic part is I started investing in this economy when I was a child. I'm thankful for parents who taught me to say thank you. They are two words that seem to be disappearing from our english language, and it's a travesty every time I open the door for someone, and they don't even bother to say thank you.

In inbound marketing, it is important to always say 'thank you.' Heck! It's important to say thank you if you're a barista at Starbucks and your customer drops the nickel you give them as change from their grande latte in your tip charge. Saying thank you is another way to add value to a person. It shows them they are appreciated. And when something is valued, it must be appreciated. Your car appreciates in value when it gets a new paint job; People appreciate in value when you say thank you for their small and large acts of kindness.

Just be civil and say thank you. We're not monkeys.

Always be smiling

A few years after my days of selling Cutco I took another sales position. Do you remember that really slick infomercial guy Kevin Trudeaux who happened to find a cure for everything in the world? Yes, I sold some of his products. But that's not the