“I’ve been on my case” said Judith when we spoke today.
Judith called to involve me in a joint venture, and in the course of the conversation she used the phrase “no problem” seven or eight times. It was a pleasant, interesting conversation. She was an engaging and intelligent woman who knew her stuff, and as the conversation went on I kept getting distracted as I noticed the little hairs on the back of my neck wiggle every time she used the phrase that began with “No.”
A question came to me yesterday that I answered, and thought I would share with you here. “I used to enjoy coming into work every day. I love working with customers, but there a lot of negative people in the office who I have to interact with on a daily basis. I feel like…
Do you think different generations find it difficult understanding each other? I often hear that the older generation (now my age) doesn’t think the younger generation (now younger than my daughter) has any values. I don’t believe that. In fact, I think they have similar values, but they show up differently. For instance –…
I once had a boyfriend who used to end every phone conversation and every email with the phrase, “Stay beautiful.” At first I was delighted by it, but as time went on, I have to admit, occasionally it annoyed me. At that time in my life I was certainly not used to taking compliments gracefully (I’ve gotten over that) and there were many days where I felt far from anything that resembled beautiful.
We all know what we have to do to create the positive customer experiences and long-term loyalty our organizations depend on, right? We’ve been to the trainings, read the books, attended the staff meetings, and have a pretty good idea of the changes we need to make for better performance. But do we DO…
In my last tip I shared my discovery of “Happiness Happens” month (August) and since we are still in it, I’m still on topic. You know of course, that it’s my favorite topic, especially when paired with the word “Customer”. There’s a reason I called my website “Return on Happiness” and that’s because after…
Happy customers tell friends. Happy customers use the phrase “I LOVE doing business with [Insert your name here].” These customers spend more with you, are willing to give you honest and useful feedback, and make your employees feel good when they talk to them. Happy customers usually hang around long enough to become loyal customers.…
All day yesterday I had been meaning to write this post, but one thing after another kept me from it. I wanted to call it “Oh Happy Day” but thought better of it after I saw the news last night.
The news hasn’t been very good, in fact it’s downright bad.
So how do I have the nerve to talk about happiness?
Because learning how to create it and sustain it (and all the other positive emotions) can help to increase productivity, creativity, health and well-being at work and at home.
I was sitting on the beach in NY last week happily snacking on some healthy junk food from Trader Joes; when I turned to Suzanne and began my lament. “I so wish there were Trader Joes in FL where I live, every time I come here or go to CA to visit my daughter I…
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![Happy customers tell friends. Happy customers use the phrase "I LOVE doing business with [Insert your name here]." These customers spend more with you, are willing to give you honest and useful feedback, and make your employees feel good when they talk to them. Happy customers usually hang around long enough to become loyal customers. Companies with loyal customers grow faster than companies with lost customers.](https://returnonhappiness.com/wp-content/uploads/Dollarphotoclub_99191003.jpg "Happy customers tell friends. Happy customers use the phrase “I LOVE doing business with [Insert your name here].” These customers spend more with you, are willing to give you honest and useful feedback, and make your employees feel good when they talk to them. Happy customers usually hang around long enough to become loyal customers. Companies with loyal customers grow faster than companies with lost customers.")
