The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention. – Oscar Wilde
Sometimes people don’t do something (for someone) because it’s hard, or they don’t know how it will be received, or . . . .
The problem is that we only grow and benefit from the things we actually do.
When you want to do something for someone, do it – even if you can’t do it as “big” or “grand” or “amazing” as you might want.
What matters is that you actually do something.
This Friday’s external resource is not a TED Talk, but instead from Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge blog. In a very interesting post Francesca Gino talks about how and why we get side-tracked. Why, despite out best efforts, we don’t follow though as we plan, or sometimes, not at all. Click here to read the post.
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