Gratitude in Business Relationships: Why We Wait Too Long to Tell People They Matter

<p>A friend of Jennifer&#39;s is headed to a church retreat, and part of the assignment beforehand was for people close to her to write a letter stating what they appreciate and admire about her. Jennifer got asked to write one.</p><p>Sitting down to write it made her realize how rarely she says any of it out loud, to the people in her personal and business life. </p><p>In this episode, she talks about why we assume people already know how we feel, why saying it out loud feels so vulnerable, and why we keep telling ourselves there&#39;s more time. She also gets honest about a real business relationship, a friend who&#39;s technically a competitor, someone she&#39;s never even met in person, who she realized she&#39;d never expressed her admiration and appreciation for.</p><p>You&#39;ll walk away with:</p><p>- Why knowing something and hearing it said out loud are not the same experience</p><p>- The three real reasons we stay quiet about, and why none of them really matter</p><p>- A simple challenge</p><p>- Why this applies just as much to clients, team members, and mentors as it does to personal relationships</p><p><br></p>