Personalized Note Cards – Giving Is The Greatest Reward

If you feel like something is missing in our fast paced world of communication you're right, it's the lack of authenticity which comes from not using personalized note cards and written communication. The modern world is much more efficient than days gone by, our world is filled with short, abbreviated text messages, rambling voice mails, and formally structured e-mails. Within everyday communications have lost the intimacy, class, and even gratitude that were often found in personal stationery and note cards.

Some people may say, so what? My text message gets the job done, the information gets passed along. Well sure, but that information will long be forgotten. The opportunity to make that communication special, memorable, and meaningful has been lost forever. It’s not the message it’s the medium, as they say, and that’s the key.

Think about it this way, you wouldn’t forget a sincere, personalized note which was handwritten on an impeccably beautiful note card, would you? Most likely not because it’s a rarity, it’s got style and there’s an old world, respectful feel to it.

And you can use these little babies in so many special ways, in fact you can use them every day. That might sound like over kill, but think about it, every day is indeed special and is to be lived to the fullest.

Many days we think about someone that we haven’t seen in a while just going through our ordinary day. How would your life change if instead of forgetting about them, you wrote each one of them a short note telling them that you were thinking about them? No matter how rich or poor you are, your life would take on a richness that no amount of money can buy.

There are plenty of opportunities each day to take a few minutes and make someone feel special. Maybe your 10-year-old is having a piano recital that evening, send her a little love note. Maybe your wife just started a new diet, send her a caring note of encouragement. Maybe your neighbor mowed your lawn out of the kindness of his heart, send him a note of sincere thanks. Life is about communication and relationships more than anything else. Something as simple as this can literally change your life, and it’s so simple and easy.

This little “trick” will do wonders in your business life too. Every business is a “people business”, no matter what they do. At the heart of every company is the people that do the work, from the highest position to the lowest. All of them deserve respect, kindness, and recognition…so give it to them, often, and watch as morale soars and productivity increases seemingly overnight.

Everyone loves a little pat on the back. A short personalized note is much more meaningful than a blanket mass e-mail or even a quick meeting the in conference room, don’t you think?

The ways in which you could use personalized note cards in your life are practically endless. And if you take a few minutes a day, or one day a week even to write out a few caring notes you will be very surprised at how much you get back. All the great philosophies tell us that we get back much more than we give, so give in this small way each day.

However, in the end you’ll realize that the giving is reward enough.