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Advice From My Mentor

Advice From My Mentor
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The biggest gift a mentor can give is to provide you with words to live by; advice that serves you well for a lifetime.  This is the treasure received from mine. 

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Advice From My Mentor –  #309

I once had a mentor when I appeared frequently as a guest speaker. We were talking about leaving lasting impressions; something every speaker hopes to do. He said, “People may not remember what you look like, or what you wore, or even what you said. But they will always remember how you made them feel.” How true.

What a gift is given by the person who makes you feel good. It can happen in front of a large audience or with a silent touch of a hand smoothing a child’s hair. Grasping the fingers of a loved one, giving private comfort or nurturing to someone in pain.

Treasure each time you have the opportunity to make another person feel good. Not only does it help the recipient, it’s good for the giver as well. That ethereal feeling that today, even in a minuscule way, you have made the world a better place for the way you made someone feel.

The rose is lovely, the cloudless blue sky is a delight. But the best and most beautiful things of this world can’t be seen or touched. They must be felt by the heart.

You can be the person who feels such a touch, or one who gives such a touch. Better still, be a giver and a receiver both.

P.S.   

Here’s how to start out, making people feel better – Smile.  Smile at people first. Smile at strangers.  Smile in elevators.  Then – generously give compliments. Sincere ones, but don’t be shy about admiring a lovely necklace, beautiful hair, a friendly dog.  Like smiles, compliments work wonders – and they’re free.

[Show #309]

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  1. Dan Dobson says

    March 29, 2020 at

    I have not always done well with this in my life but I am doing much better now. Thanks for the encouraging words even when the sky is not bright blue all day!!! I am think someone should write a song containing those words or similar ones. Oh, wait, they have already done that. Higley and Kelley in 1872. It is called Home On The Range and it is the official state song of Kansas.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_YK7ebcZ2o

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    • Annette Petrick says

      April 7, 2020 at

      Now that song is stuck in my head, Dan. HeeHaw.

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  2. Tony Cardell says

    March 29, 2020 at

    As usual enjoyed today’s story
    Keep up the good work

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    • Annette Petrick says

      April 7, 2020 at

      Tony so good to hear from you. Stay safe.

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  3. Cathie Taylor says

    March 29, 2020 at

    Thank you Annette for your weekly encouragement. Blessings 💓🙏🏻🌹💓

    Reply

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