Comments on: Remember to Say Thank You http://www.christopheravery.com/blog/remember-to-say-thank-you/ Responsible Leadership, Teamwork, and Change Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:56:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Christopher Avery http://www.christopheravery.com/blog/remember-to-say-thank-you/#comment-182 Christopher Avery Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:01:23 +0000 http://www.christopheravery.com/blog/?p=482#comment-182 Anja, that's an interesting justification your friends make, that replying with "thank you" is inefficient. I sense it is a common justification though as you say. However, I believe the opposite, that saying "Thanks" is one of the most efficient uses of our relationship time and attention. Just for fun, I was searching on my morning walk with my family and our dogs for an analogy about efficiency and resources. What I arrived at was the idea that it must be similarly inefficient to prime a pump (what a waste of precious water). Then I realized that the efficiency claim rests on a resource actually being scarce, but a relationship is not a commodity. Thanks for your spark... Anja, that’s an interesting justification your friends make, that replying with “thank you” is inefficient. I sense it is a common justification though as you say. However, I believe the opposite, that saying “Thanks” is one of the most efficient uses of our relationship time and attention.

Just for fun, I was searching on my morning walk with my family and our dogs for an analogy about efficiency and resources. What I arrived at was the idea that it must be similarly inefficient to prime a pump (what a waste of precious water). Then I realized that the efficiency claim rests on a resource actually being scarce, but a relationship is not a commodity.

Thanks for your spark…

]]> By: Anja http://www.christopheravery.com/blog/remember-to-say-thank-you/#comment-181 Anja Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:33:45 +0000 http://www.christopheravery.com/blog/?p=482#comment-181 Christopher - you have made a good point. I think people say "Thank you" too seldom. I live in Europe and my US friends have told me that they usually do not write back "thank you" because this is a waste and not important message. Same feedback I got from some of my EU collegues. How much easier and more pleasent the life would be if people say/writie a small simple "thank you". Doesn't cost a lot... Christopher – you have made a good point. I think people say “Thank you” too seldom. I live in Europe and my US friends have told me that they usually do not write back “thank you” because this is a waste and not important message. Same feedback I got from some of my EU collegues. How much easier and more pleasent the life would be if people say/writie a small simple “thank you”. Doesn’t cost a lot…

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