Birthday's

Today was a day filled with the celebration of Birthdays. At the office I had 2 employees that celebrated birthday's. I try to make a big deal for these occasions as I think it makes people feel good about the people that they work with. As much as people say making a big deal does not matter the 1st time they are forgotten is an challenge emotionally and can hurt their ego. When working with a team it is imperative to treat people as good as possible as they spend more time with their peers then they do anyone else. As a leader not knowing this information is a weakness, knowing your people can be the single most important key when making an effective team.

After work I went to a party to celebrate my mother in laws birthday. It was another great time with them and you can see the joy that she had when she walked in to the semi surprise party. It is great to see how life impacts people and how important birthday's are. I think it is important to celebrate peoples birthday and I try to make these days extremely fun for people. Life is too short to not enjoy these days and very rarely do you get a chance to have a day that is focused on you. This is not selfish this is a form of self gratification which can build internal confidence.