Sending emails to your mailing list

When sending emails do it from a place of generosity. How will this benefit the receiver? As much as you may want to generate sales, bombarding a customer with emails is a poor tactic. It doesn't make a person want to read the emails let alone make a purchase but it might lead to them … Continue reading Sending emails to your mailing list →

Emotional labour

When it comes to the work that you do, do you work hard? Not as in work that requires physical labour but another kind of hard work, the sort that requires you to give something of yourself. I guess it's what is known as emotional labour. So often, we refrain from exerting emotional labour because … Continue reading Emotional labour →

When thank you isn’t enough

Sometimes people have no idea of the role they've played in our lives but maybe that's how it was meant to be. I hold the belief that you meet people for specific reasons. Often people come into our lives to serve as reminders of things that we've forgotten. And when you eventually remember you are … Continue reading When thank you isn’t enough →

The art of the gift

Currently reading linchpin by Seth Godin and learning a whole lot. I've been thinking a lot about the art of gift giving lately. Not in terms of a birthday or Christmas gifts but in daily life. The small or grand acts of generosity like saying good morning with a genuine smile or offering to help … Continue reading The art of the gift →

Generous projection

When we give to others generously and it isn't received in the way we expected or would have preferred the first instinct might be to find fault in the receiver. But often what is actually happening is we're projecting. In many cases we give to others what we wish we had or could receive rather … Continue reading Generous projection →