Today is a great time to practice micro-actions of kindness. Here are 15 ideas to get you started. Feel free to come up with your own.
1. Give an unexpected compliment.
2. Let someone cut in front of you in line.
3. Slow down so someone can merge in front of you in traffic.
4. Let someone else take that primo parking spot.
5. Buy a warm meal for someone in need.
6. Help someone struggling to carry their grocery bags.
7. Buy a gift card to hand to someone on your way out of the coffee shop.
8. Pick up a piece of litter on the street and throw it out.
9. Pass along a compliment to a service worker’s boss.
10. Take the time to write a great online review for a restaurant you love.
11. Leave a positive comment on a news article or blog post.
12. Leave a positive review on Amazon for Workplace Positivity.
13. Give an extra tip and write an encouraging note along with it.
14. Write a thank you note to your mail carrier.
15. Make a double batch of the cookies you’re baking and bring some next door.
When you have done your act of kindness, please come back to this post and leave a comment about it. Let's see how many micro-actions of kindness we can generate!
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Nicole and I devote much of our time to training management teams and leaders to eliminate negativity by personally practicing some of these micro-actions of kindness. These aren’t sleepy mandatory sessions. We bring the vibrant joy that comes with sharing kindness. We have more stories, more insights, and more micro-actions than any company, organization, or team can possibly use.
I did a couple of your recommended acts of kindness and came up with a few of my own. While shopping for fun socks I came across a pair that reminded me of my nephew's girlfriend, so I bought them and sent them to her as a surprise. Recently while speaking with my niece, who discovered a new passion for cross-country and trail running, she mentioned needing a new pair of running shoes. Her current shoes are old and have seen better days, but she can't afford new ones. So I offered to get her a new pair. We'll be going shoe shopping soon. At an upcoming committee meeting, which is on one of the committee member's birthday, I'm bringing…
Not on your list...but I trust it will qualify. Several months ago I sold a nice wood file cabinet to a gentleman with whom I also had an extended and pleasant conversation about all manner of things. He mentioned that he recently lost his wife to illness and it was evident he still grieved her death and the emptiness he now felt. I noted the date in my phone just after we shook hands and he departed. Saturday February 19th was the first anniversary of her death and so I send him a text to let him know I was thinking of him and that his beloved was at peace and with our Heavenly Father. A simple act to le…
You guys are doing a great job of motivating to acts of kindness - keep it up
Ty for the nudge. I did 3 acts of kindness today.