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Kind things to do at work
Workplaces run on a lot of uncredited effort. These are about noticing it out loud — which is free, faster than you think, and much rarer than it should be.
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Sit with whoever came on their own
At any gathering there is someone standing at the edge working out how soon they can leave.
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Send the criticism privately and the praise publicly
The default is backwards: people praise in private and criticize where everyone can see.
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Ask about the person who died
Grieving people are usually far more afraid of their person being forgotten than of being reminded.
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Learn the name of someone you see every week
There is probably someone you have exchanged a hundred nods with and never once asked.
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Bring something to whoever has the worst shift
Someone is working Sunday night, the holiday, or the 5am open. They are having a different day than you.
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Do the thing you keep saying you'll do
You already promised, and somebody is quietly still waiting. The kindest thing available today is the thing you have already said you would do.
Half an hourFreeA friend
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Be the one who says the obvious thing
In most rooms somebody is being talked over and everyone can see it. Saying so out loud costs you one sentence and changes the room.
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Tell someone what you actually earn
Pay secrecy is maintained by people like you staying quiet, and it costs the people with least information the most.
5 minutesFreeA friend
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