{"id":25,"date":"2013-08-07T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/2013\/08\/07\/people-matter-it-really-does-take-a\/"},"modified":"2017-06-20T16:16:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T16:16:16","slug":"people-matter-it-really-does-take-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/2013\/08\/07\/people-matter-it-really-does-take-a\/","title":{"rendered":"People Matter | It Really Does Take All Kinds \u2013We\u2019re All Important"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nBy Jennifer
\nTidwell, Assistant to the President

\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n
\nHave you ever sat on a park or mall bench and took time out to watch people for
\na little while? 
\nIf you\u2019re like me, it doesn\u2019t take very long until you\u2019re shaking your head and
\nthinking (or, if you\u2019re really like me, you might even be saying it out loud to
\nyourself!) \u201cIt takes all kinds<\/i>. \u201c<\/b> <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBut aren\u2019t
\nwe glad it does?  How boring would life
\nbe if we were all the same!  <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIf you work
\nin an office, you will probably agree that the office is much like sitting on a
\nbench when it comes to viewing our co-workers \u2013 and it does take all
\nkinds.  My office is located in such a
\nspot that I often feel like I am sitting on one of those benches.  It\u2019s right up front where I can see everyone
\n–
\nco-workers as well as the general public. 
\nMy office also has a couple of chairs in it that seem to be the perfect
\nspot for my co-workers to drop by, sit for a brief moment with me and reflect
\ntogether.  Which I think is great and
\nenjoy.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThere are
\nall types of personalities running around the office world.  Let\u2019s face it, some days it doesn\u2019t matter
\nwhat type of personality one may have, we simply get up on the wrong side of the
\nbed! 
\nAnd frankly, it seems to me there are those \u201csandpaper people\u201d who, I think, are
\nput in our lives simply to smooth out the rough edges in us.  (It never fails that those people always show
\nup beside you at the coffee pot on a Monday morning \u2026 seriously!)  But, no matter what type of person you are
\ndealing with or how your personality may or may not clash with another, I\u2019ve
\nlearned that people matter.  <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIf we want
\nto go anywhere within our companies, or even in life for that matter, we have
\nto interact with people one way or another.  
\nI have heard it said many times, \u201cThe best thing about my job is the
\npeople and the worst thing about my job is the people.\u201d  Why is that? 
\nIt\u2019s simply because people are people. 
\nEveryone has a bad day now and then and everyone deserves a break now
\nand then.  <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWith the
\nlocation of my desk and the role that I have in at the Chamber, I get to enjoy
\nthe opportunity to speak with a lot of different people, whether it\u2019s a co-worker
\nwho has something going on in their daily life, a member that I see in a
\nmeeting or a visitor who has walked in off the street.  What I have found is that most people just
\nwant someone to listen to them and usually not even for a very long period of
\ntime.   It\u2019s the simple act of
\ncaring.  One of the biggest lessons I
\nhave learned over the years in dealing with people is this simple statement, \u201cEveryone
\nwants to feel important.\u201d   If we can go
\nto work every day with the goal of making others feel important, our own lives
\nwould be fuller and that can only boost our overall quality of life.  Making others feel better simply makes us feel
\nbetter.  <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nKeep in mind
\nthe Golden Rule, \u201cTreat others the way you want to be treated.\u201d  I don\u2019t know what happened to that concept,
\nbut it seems to me that somewhere along the way it got lost in all of us trying
\nto just get through the day-to-day duties and challenges of our work week.  So, if you\u2019re on the bottom trying to climb
\nyour way to the top, or if you\u2019re on the top and striving to stay there, just
\nremember one thing on the trip – people matter. \n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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