Appreciation

In this episode, Hardin speaks on the power of appreciation.

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Transcript

Jason Hardin  0:00  
Hello, and thank you once again, you are with me for a another episode of life of a boss, the podcast. And this is where we are all about progress, personal development and success. My name is Jason Hardin. And today's episode is about appreciation Seriously? And why are we talking about appreciation because I want you to identify the relationship between appreciation and success and happiness. Believe me, there is a very strong relationship between appreciation and success and happiness. And I want you to see that relationship and I want you to understand it, and I want you to create them and nurture them. And basically, this is where we start, you know, because we start by taking an inventory of what you have. You want to start being appreciative and start with taking an inventory of what you have. And don't start with the stuff you don't have. A lot of people once you start telling them think about what they got they start thinking man I ain't got no car and I ain't got this and got no no beautiful house Dang, gotta got no girl ain't got no whatever, you know what I'm saying you start thinking about all this stuff that you that you're not being appreciative. That's what I'm saying. I'm trying to change that mindset. So when I say think about what you have, I mean, think about what you have from small things. to medium sized things are huge things do you have a bed to sleep in? You know what I'm saying? I remember for years, I slept on a damn couch. And it was a couch with a hole in it. You know, and I don't mean like a hole in it like a hole in a blanket. I mean, like a bunch of springs missing so it literally had a hole a big dip in the couch. Do you know what I'm saying? having back problems and all that you know what I'm saying. So so if you got a bed if you woke up in a bed this morning, that's one thing to appreciate. Because I can tell you man is it's not a it's not everybody that wakes up in a bed every morning . You know, not everybody wakes up in the house every morning. Did you wake up in the house? Did you wake up in a home? didn't even have to be a house? Was that a home? An apartment, condo? trailer? RV? You know what I'm saying? studio? You know what I'm saying? You got to start taking inventory of what you really have. Do you have a family? Do you have two eyes? two legs? Do you have one leg that works very well. You know what I'm saying can you get around are you mobile? Do you have your mind? You know, if you can't move if you're paraplegic, and you have your mind, do you appreciate that? I'd like to know. You know what I'm saying? If you guys if anybody out there is somebody who has something, you know that extreme challenge they're dealing with? I want you to comment right now or wherever you're listening to this podcast, wherever you're watching it. I'd like you to leave some type of feedback somewhere you tell me something you appreciate. I'm not talking to those who got it all I'm not talking about I'm not talking to those who have everything going for him who are totally happy and totally perfect right now. I'm not talking to you. I'm talking about any of those who who have something wrong who are facing extreme challenges right now who do not have everything going for them right now. I want you to chime in and tell me what you're appreciative and thankful for right now. And I'm saying that and I'm asking that because the truth is there is something and that's the point no matter what you're going through no matter how bad you think you got it no matter what's wrong, no matter who was going or who was not there in your life no more you still have something to be thankful for. And why is being appreciative so important. You know, is it just something that nice people should do or nice people should be you know, if I'm greedy or if I don't care. Should I still be appreciative? And the point is, yes, yes. I don't care how greedy you are. I don't care what you care about. If you want to be successful in life, if you want to be be respected, if you want to be happy, if you want to be all the things you must be appreciated. You must know how to express appreciation. Because I'm gonna tell you what the the biggest, the biggest, I guess benefit to appreciating something. I guess the only real benefit to appreciating something

Jason Hardin  4:34  
is that you know you're gaining like like it's giving you something that there's something that you need that is providing if there's a value in it, meaning everything that you appreciate has some type of value to you. It might not be monetary, you know, it might not be a special feeling. It might be something that just it keeps you healthy or it keeps you sane or it keeps you housed or it keeps you warm or keeps you cool, whatever it is, but it has some type of value. You know what I'm saying. And that's the goal, I guess that's the benefit of being appreciative is that you start understanding the value of some of these things. And then when you understand the value of some of the things you have, maybe you might take better advantage of it. Because there's a strong lesson I want people to learn today and with me personally, I rather be, I'd rather be taken advantage of then taken for granted. And when you appreciate some you, you take advantage of it, when you don't appreciate something, you take it for granted. And there's a big difference you know, I have a lot of value, there's a lot of things I know how to do, I'm not just bragging, I'm being real, there's a lot of skills that I have, there's a lot of qualities and and and things I know how to do well you know what I'm saying and I appreciate there's nothing more that I appreciate. Then there's somebody who understands that value and wants to tap into it. You know, whether that's asking me to make something for them, whether that's asking me to pay me to do something for them, whether that's just just asking me to donate a skill set because when somebody does that, I understand that they see that I have value. You know what I'm saying and not just that, I understand that they appreciate some of the values and skills that I have. You know what I'm saying so I'm appreciative of those that appreciate me. And that's why I say I've got to be taken advantage of and taken for granted because taken for granted being here with all these skills, all these know hows, all this all these gifts, and having somebody close to me still broke tired, hungry, sick, you know I'm saying and not taken advantage of anything that I know how to do and they have 100% access to me, you know, that's being taken for granted and I hate that and I don't appreciate that. You know what I'm saying So, being appreciative. Is is a strong tool to create a life and and and career and and and basically a lifestyle that you want and to create the the existence in the environment that you want. It takes being appreciative you have to care enough to express your appreciation to that's part of it don't just appreciate something you know just like I don't know about you but I've had a job before and I've never cared about one of these I thought I never cared about compliments you know I'm the type that I go into work and I don't care about relationships are how well I get along with co workers or how much of a cool or uncool boss I have. I know that if I signed up to work that's what I come here to do. I come here to work I'm not here to make friends. I'm not here to be happy. I'm here to do my job and bring a paycheck home that used to be my attitude as an employee. That was it. You know what i'm saying i didn't i didn't do it for any other reason. But when

Jason Hardin  8:10  
I do my job well and a boss or a manager sent an email or gave me a call and said Jason, man, we had a call the other day about somebody telling me what great work you do. You know and how you're always upbeat how how you you know you always greet people with with you know with a smile and and joy and happiness and you're just very good with folks and I wanted to appreciate that you know, and you know, like I said I thought I didn't care about appreciation until I got appreciated. You know and then at that moment I was you know I was more mindful of the impact I had on that job the impact I had on the people around me and it made me want to keep that up. You know what I'm saying they made me a better employee because somebody did appreciate me and showed it and expressed it and that's what I'm telling you to do if you appreciate some express it because you might do the same job forever You don't I'm saying you might not have to ever appreciate something for them to keep doing it but it also might make more of an impact on the way they do their job and how they do it and just their relationship with you period. You know I'm saying like I said I don't do a lot of things for love but when I get the love Oh oh. Like I said already appreciate the love and I don't even know how much I appreciate love until I get it because that's not what I do everything for I don't do things for thanks and for loves in for for recognition. I do them because they right and they right for me there's something that I feel I'm supposed to do. But when I get that love when I get that recognition, I get that credit. Oh my it does feel good. So make other people feel good that make that impact in your life. Tell your mama Thank you, tell you wife Thank you, tell your sister. Thank you. You know tell your teacher I appreciate you. Tell your friend that you don't even talk to no more the looked out for you back in the days like you know I remember when you look out for me back in the day man appreciate that thank you for that you know what I'm saying and you'll be surprised what you can create what you can accomplish what what life you can bring out of others how how well you can get others to do their jobs better and perform better and and and just be more positive and and with a better attitude and improve morale and all that other good stuff so appreciation goes a long way and I definitely want to emphasize how important depreciation is and being successful so that's my message for today man I love y'all I thank you all for tuning in man please check out the website lifeofaboss.net download the free downloads and help and help worksheets and it's you know self help worksheets. We've gotten a lot of good stuff there, man. And check it out. Man. I love y'all like the boss. Until next time, man. know that, the success is the lifestyle peace.