What You Didn't Know About Gratitude

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1:10They found that people who were linked before the task reported greater feelings of social worth. In the second study, the researchers asked 330 new subjects to complete a solvable but difficult geometric puzzle. And again, they found that expressing gratitude in advance was significantly associated with social worth, even more so than expressing other positive sentiments like hope. If you're trying to motivate or support someone at work, showing them gratitude before they go into a stressful situation really pays off. But for your gratitude to come across as genuine, it needs to include a few things.

1:47It should be specifically tailored to the person. David, thank you so much for taking on this account. It should be appropriate for the situation at hand. I know these clients haven't always been the easiest to work with, and this project is going to be challenging. And it should use words that explicitly describe why the employee's behavior matters and is impactful. This is a really big account for us, and one of your greatest strengths is building relationships with clients. Your work on this is going to help us reach our goals for this fiscal year, and it's just going to be invaluable to the team.