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MRK's avatar

Having been a people manager all my life I have realized that a simple thank you to the team is many a times even bigger than financial emoluments. It is such a motivator for many of us in the corporate world.

The most endearing experience is when your staff come up and says thank you for having guided them either for personal development or career growth.

Here's one I received today from a staff member.... Touching the sky. @⁨MRK⁩. Your support and guidance is bearing fruits now, not only for the team but personal development. You are like a producer behind the scenes, only the artist can be known more than the producer, but the producer produces what make the artist known. We thank you MRK.

These moments of thanking each other are priceless!!

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P A Verghese's avatar

I agree, 'thanks' is many times used quite flippantly, as more an expression of good behaviour and culture, rather than an outpouring from the heart. But still, the mere word thanks when expressed sincerely does wonders to the giver and the receiver.

Although it was never a common Indian practice, this Western import is now more common, at least in urban areas. Whether said casually or with great feeling, it turns us into a more considerate and genteel people. Who can complain?

And yet, often the biggest thanks are the ones best left unsaid, the silence speaking louder than a thousand words. What do you say to someone to whom you owe your very existence? Like someone who saved your life in a near death accident (I am a living example of one who may not have been around but for a faithful friend). Or to your mother who gave you your life in the first place? No words would suffice, and indeed no words were expected.

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