Hi, and welcome to La Vie Attachée, Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life. I'm Peggy McKnight, and I am continuing with the communication series. Today's topic is feedback. Following on from yesterday's episode, where I shared with you about one key ingredient to being a people person, I think another nice complement to this that follows along really well is about feedback.
Listening skills are really important for individuals in order to acknowledge others, show them some respect that you are happy that they are in your company and you're in their company, but feedback is also just as important. We as human beings cannot go on in life all by ourselves. We need human interaction. Now, human interaction, a lot of people are very grumpy at the moment because they can't connect with individuals like they used to.
And this coronavirus has certainly put some boundaries in place where we have to respect that in order to basically, quite bluntly, stay alive. And I think all of us as a human species, each and every one of us does want that. We want all of our friends and family to be safe and be well. But feedback can be achieved no matter what distance you have between you and other individuals, as long as you are maintaining that dialogue.
So what do I mean by feedback? Feedback can take shape in many forms. But more specifically, it's giving people acknowledgement. And I would like to take this moment to give you a very big, huge thank you.
Thank you for listening to my podcast. Thank you for allowing me to be heard on my thoughts on various topics as I continue to learn and grow myself. I'm really thrilled that you have taken the time out of your busy schedule to really listen to what I have to say. A lot of it you may not agree with.
A lot of it you may already know. But I really appreciate you for giving me the time in your life to welcome me in for a few minutes throughout your day just to have a listen. I am internally grateful for your support, basically. So that, in the way of feedback, a lot of times these new technology devices can be quite isolating in the fact that I've created this podcast.
This is episode number 40. I cannot believe it, number 40. And I still have a lot to say. So I'm really looking forward to the days, the weeks, the months, the years ahead and where this will take shape and where we will go on this journey of discovery together.
Really excited about it. But ultimately, even after 40 episodes, I'm thinking, am I on the right track? Am I even reaching anyone? Is anyone really listening?
Do they really care? You know, and a lot of times in our lives, people can really get very discouraged or just switch off and give up because they have not received any feedback in whatever shape or form. Feedback to me is someone reaching out via email or a text message or sending me a message on Facebook, Instagram, you name it. There are plenty of ways that you can reach out to someone and it doesn't have to be face to face.
You can pick up the phone. You can send them an email. You can call them. Well, that was picking up the phone, wasn't it?
You can shout it from the rooftops. You can bang your pots and pans at 7 a.m. each day. You know, there's lots of ways to give people feedback and acknowledge them as human beings and just to give them some kind of a sign or signal that says to them, I love you.
I value you. You make a difference to me. You make a difference to this world. That's all people want.
And ultimately, like with Maslow's theory of human needs, that's what every human being needs in order to survive and thrive and grow. Feedback is so important. And I would encourage you to share as much feedback with your friends and family, even strangers that you don't even know. You know, just little acts of kindness or an acknowledgement, you know, even if it's just saying good morning or how do you do or hi there.
Hiya. You know, it acknowledges people that they're not a part of the wall. They're not invisible. And there's nothing that irritates me more is when you're somewhere, say, for example, in a mall and people just ignore you.
You know, they don't recognize or want to recognize that you're behind them when you're going through a door. So they just let the door slam in your face. And it's like, well, come on, people, you know, don't be so rude. Don't be ignorant to the fact that there are other people out there that need that helping hand, that need that encouragement.
And it's not because they're weak people. Even the strongest people, you know, the Olympic athletes, the celebrities, the presidents, we all need feedback. And in the form of from a loving place of kindness, generosity, respect to just say, I'm happy you're here. I'm happy you're doing what you do.
And ultimately, I love you. I love you for you being you and for what you bring to the world. We all do have our unique talents and traits that really should not be suppressed or squash. They should be released and embraced and acknowledged so you can go out there and let your light shine to the world and the people around you because that kind of light is infectious.
And when you're getting constant feedback, it doesn't have to be every day or every hour, but every now and then just to acknowledge someone for who they are really does make someone's day. And like I've always said, it's the simple things in life that really do get people going. You know, put a spring in their step. It gives them a fire that, you know, may have been burnt out for quite a while.
It's just that humans being humans, we all want to be acknowledged in some way or other. And I would encourage you all to do that today. And you know what? I thank you.
I thank you for listening to me. I thank you for being here along this journey. I hope you will continue to to follow me and come along with me along this journey as we discover what it means to be human and how complex it can be sometimes, but also how simple and beautiful that can be as well. And just really acknowledge it.
And I really want to say thank you to all of you for giving me your time. It really does speak volumes to me. And I am very grateful for it. On that note, my friends, I love you.
Be safe. Be well. Until tomorrow. Bye for now.