We badly underestimate the power of a simple phrase.
It happened to me again the weekend at a Highland Games. I turned in my usual performance i.e. relatively consistent for me but vastly behind the performance of everyone else. I do not throw for competitiveness except against myself, but I am sure that to those watching it is something of a mystery why I am throwing with everyone else on the field.
Near the end of the day on of my fellow competitors - A guy whose athletic abilities are super good now and with practice will only get a lot better - says, kind of out of the blue, "You are one of my favorite competitors out here."
Boy, that will sure make a guy's day. In fact, that will pretty much make a guy's week.
9 simple words. They did not cost him anything to say - other than the sincerity that he had behind them when he said them. But they were worth a million dollars to me - not just then, but all the way on the 3 hour drive home and then throughout the day yesterday as well. And, I am pretty sure, throughout this week as well.
We badly underestimate the power of a simple phrase. The more important question is, what are we going to do about it?
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