It will make you happier

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up. (1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV)

Appreciation is a human need. It’s not just something that’s nice to have when possible, but something that each person needs in order to be happy and to thrive. When there’s lots of appreciation flowing between team members, this significantly boosts the chances of that team becoming a winning team.

Appreciation has the power to bring out the best in people. It makes them want to do more, stretch more, contribute more, feel like they’re capable of more, and be content in the role they play.

It will make you happier, because appreciation is a form of love, and love has a way of returning to those who bestow it. It will make the recipients of the appreciation happier, because it will brighten their lives.

Thinking positive thoughts about one another is good; it’s a start, but if we don’t express those thoughts, if we don’t verbalize them, they won’t do anyone else any good. We can’t expect people to read our minds. We have to put those thoughts into words or actions.

There’s so much that we can appreciate others for, and it means so much to people when someone takes an interest in them and notices unique and special things about them. – Maria Fontaine [1]

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[1] Activated Appreciation in the Workplace