{"id":136,"date":"2019-01-17T06:23:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T06:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emarkets.com.server.digiteck.in\/wrdpress\/?p=136"},"modified":"2019-03-19T07:01:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T07:01:04","slug":"gratitude-has-no-substitute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speakin.co\/edit\/gratitude-has-no-substitute\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude has no Substitute!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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A SMILE. A HELLO. A SIMPLE NUDGE. A GENTLE NOD. A THANK YOU.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And all things like that.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

All these a few years ago were seemingly more real than now.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Life wasn\u2019t this fast-paced. The routines were much simpler.\u00a0Being social was more \u2018in\u2019 person rather than \u2018in\u2019 media (digital).<\/em>\u00a0And in this evolution of our human race, we somehow are losing out on our sense of gratitude.\u00a0It is not always a one person\u2019s journey to get where they are, when they are.<\/strong>\u00a0It is more often than not, a sum total of many visible and invisible hands coming in together.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It is time to\u00a0pause<\/strong>,\u00a0think<\/strong>,\u00a0smile<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0say \u2018thank you\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0to those people.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It is not referring to a\u00a0simple<\/strong>\u00a0thank you<\/strong>\u00a0where the expression is based on some \u2018to-do\u2019 or some \u2018required politeness\u2019. The body language gives away and I have experienced this many a times and in fact pointed it out (at times being pointed out as well). A genuine thank you where the person helping us, serving us, assisting us, mentoring us, coaching us, doing anything that makes our lives better.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Yes,\u00a0our attention span has taken a toll on this basic human expression called\u00a0gratitude<\/strong><\/em>. We resist truly expressing ourselves in even our emails or texts or tweets. \u00a0We end up just writing. and sometimes very much to the point. We somehow just stop at that habitual thank you, and other times even forget that.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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EXPRESSING ONESELF BEYOND WRITING A \u2018THANK YOU\u2019 WOULD MAKE IT MORE THOUGHTFUL AND REAL.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In my experience, the moment the sense of entitlement goes away, gratitude emerges. In my lifespan and career span, in my personal and professional life (yes, they are actually two different!) my friends have often asked me for past 30 years on phrases I have often used. Phrases such as\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u2018life is good\u2019<\/strong>,\u00a0\u2018luck has favored\u2019<\/strong>,\u00a0\u2018am a product of India\u2019s liberalization in 1991\u2019<\/strong>,\u00a0\u2018My success belongs 99% to others\u2019<\/strong>,\u00a0\u2018the rising wave has lifted many, but sustained the ones who have thanked those invisible hands\u2019<\/strong>(not referring to Adam smith here) or\u00a0\u2018I am here because of the team and the society\u2019<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0No self-glory here but these are the questions where I have engaged with folks for long debates.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I had myself almost forgotten to keep the expressive thank you, the real Gratitude, in the forefront until last year when one of our leaders made it into the organization charter.\u00a0 Such was the effect that not only did I start thinking about it again, but it started percolating down to our teams and we actively started talking about it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A realization that something as basic as this which is inherent to the human nature needs reminders.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Yes, it is now being spoken in the larger realm of expressing gratitude in the form of helping others, socially weaker section, people who are less fortunate than us, helping the needy \u2013 a sense of gratitude towards the society. And not just in the form of money, but in a currency of spreading awareness, giving our time and activity engaging with people. The gratitude that we are part of the society that makes us more fortunate ones than the millions around. It is not complicated. I would urge you to pause. And start. Once Again.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

THANK YOU !!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

DISCLAIMER:<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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