How to Express Gratitude and Appreciation
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Smart, sharp, and slightly unhinged. Late night's fresh perspective. The Last Show with David Cooper. ever feel a deep sense of gratitude for another person but you struggle to show your appreciation for them well we are going to tell you just how to do that here on Therapy Thursdays on a Wednesday Gary Dierenfeld is here he's a social worker and a therapist and Gary I am so grateful that you come to this show every week and I appreciate you so much did I do a good job just there Yeah, because I feel it sincerely. And I got to tell you, I find you so impressive because we can land on a topic and you are instantly there. So that's one. Number two is you always greet me so warmly. Aww. Yeah, like you do.
And like no time has passed between one week to another and we are just spot on. I love that about you.
What strategies can we use to express gratitude and appreciation?
It's in part your professionalism and it's also in part just who you are. I don't even know how to respond back. You are warm. You are knowledgeable. You are humble. You have great points, but if I challenge you on them and I present you with evidence, you change your opinion. You're not stubborn. You're great to work with. You were away last week. And you did something to me that is so Gary Dierenfeld. You are such a warm therapist. You got upgraded on a flight or you had a great experience on an airline. So you filled out a comment card. You showed your appreciation for the airline. Who does that? I wouldn't even think to do that. I think I don't stop and think. I mean, there's something missing in my brain, that trigger of like, here's someone in my life, whether it's a stranger or someone I know well.
And how can I take a few moments of time to really show that appreciation? I'm like missing the check in my brain. And how do I get it? That's my question. First of all, I realize that most people live their lives inside of a tiny bubble. Rarely, rarely in truth receiving positive feedback. And I actually take delight in making other people's day.
How can showing appreciation impact our relationships?
And here's the thing, Dave, it doesn't take much. And I do it without looking for anything in return. I just do it, damn it, because it's nice. Yeah, for the attentive listener, we'll know you weren't here last week. You were in Australia visiting family, friends, whatever. Yeah, I've been around the world in recent weeks, and I haven't really posted about any of my travels because some was with family, some was with friends, and they love their anonymity. And so I respect that. I recently found out I don't know how to say that word. I was saying anonymity, not anonymity. And I was saying anonymity. Anyway, not important. For the one person who emailed me and said, you're saying that word wrong, I figured it out.
Anonymity. No, how do you say it? Now I can't say it because I've heard it wrong so many times. Anonymity. The other word I can't say is peculiar, peculiar, peculiar, peculiar, peculiar. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Whatever. Keep going. Okay. So you're in Australia. On the way to Australia, we're flying with Cathay Pacific. Uh, and I'm in a slightly upgraded seat. So I have a bit more leg room, but I'm not in the pods. If you know what that is on these intercontinental flights. Yeah. You're not in like the lay down $75 billion seat. You're just. Exactly. Exactly. You're sitting next to me in the, in the, in the, in the scum cabin. Pretty much. Pretty much. Yeah. Anyways, even before boarding, you know, I had to get my, um, boarding pass, um,
And I was told that they can't give it to me because I haven't signed whatever, the visa. I don't have my visa for Australia. First of all, I was shocked. Australia? Come on, we're both Commonwealth countries. Why do I need a visa? Yeah, but you just fill it out online and it gets approved instantly. Correct. But you have to do it. Correct. But me, the nervous traveler, you know that. All of a sudden, I have this extra task literally at the last second. And I'm fumbling through my phone, figuring this out. Remember, I'm 70 years old. I wasn't born on social media. Anyways, they helped me download it. They helped me fill it.
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