Be Nice
Be Nice! One of the things I love about working at Keller Williams is the culture of cooperation and "playing nice" with each other.
You can "be nice" and still deliver a difficult message with love and firmness, as Lou cites in the example of putting a child to bed. (Seriously, what child ever wants to go to bed? I never did.)
I love the quote from Lisa Johnson, “Say what you mean, and mean what you say, but don’t say it mean!”
Motivational Power Quote
Be Nice
“Say what you mean, and mean what you say, but don’t’
say it mean!”
Lisa Johnson
As I see it . . . . . . .
Be nice
It not always what you say . . . . It’s how you say it.
You can deliver a tough message . . . . but say it in a way that the other person can accept what is being said. They may not like what’s being said . . . . but they understand why it’s being said.
You can tell a young child that’s time to go to bed . . . . and they don’t want to hear the message. A caring parent talks to the child with encouragement and puts them into bed.
The parent treats the child with respect and love and . . . . the child responds and goes bed.
By being nice to the child . . . . the young child grows up respecting their parents. Bedtime for the young child becomes non-confrontational event.
How here’s the interesting impact of a non-confrontational bedtime for a child. By being nice showing respect and love for the child in what may seem be an insufficient event . . . . will impact the family for years to come and have a major impact on the child as an adult.
Has the child grows up there are far less family confrontation when the parents are asking or making a request of the child. Also the child grows up bring nice to their children and the cycle of nurturing continues.
Be nice . . . . and good things will happen.
©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author
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