Where in the world am I today?: Vacationing in Peru
Just before I left for Peru I celebrated my 41 Birthday and was blown away with the number of people who contacted me via Facebook to wish me a good day! I posted a while back about the power of remembering people’s Birthdays and how much of an impact making the extra effort to send a card through the mail, but in this Facebook world in which we live having that little reminder pop up telling you it’s so-in-so’s Birthday and then being able to just send off some quick well wishes is pretty spectacular.
When I got inundated with Facebook well wishes last birthday I asked one friend if they thought responding to the messages was important. They suggested that as it was my birthday the gift of receiving the well wishes was what was important, but I think the opportunity to connect with you’re network is something that you shouldn’t pass up. Sure it’s mostly friends that contact you, not business contacts, but those friendships can lead to performance opportunities and staying in people’s brains with a quick thank you for a birthday greeting doesn’t take too much effort not to be worth while.
So make the most of Birthdays! Oh, and don’t for get to ‘eat cake.’
