This is a podcast titled "720 The Gift of Acknowledgment with Chris Lee" recorded in November 2018. It features a conversation between Lewis AI and Chris Lee, a transformation and leadership coach. The discussion centers on the importance of acknowledging strengths in others, overcoming ego to give and receive appreciation, and strategies to empower people to shine in personal and professional relationships.
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This is Five Minute Friday.
Welcome, everyone, back to the show. Hope you guys are having a fantastic.
Week, whichever day it is for you. And I'm so excited about this episode. I'm bringing back Chris Lee. He's a fan favorite. Now, for those who don't know who Chris Lee is, if this is your first time here, he's a transformation coach, leadership coach, and emotional intelligence trainer and he's been doing this work for well over 25 years and hundreds of thousands of people around the world have gone through his trainings and helped take their life, their business, the relationships to the next level.
Acknowledge the strengths that people have. Like let them know, give feedback, be verbal about it, appreciate, acknowledge, highlight Highlight what people are doing right. Remind people of what is right about them. I was saying that I always say there's so much right about you. Because as human beings, our tendency is to focus on what's wrong. We look at our hair, don't like it. We look at our body, don't like it. We look at our results and we're always conditioned to train ourselves what's wrong. You know, my ethnic background, my age, my financial status, my sexual preference, we're always in judgment of what's wrong. And most of the time when we communicate to our employees, it's to correct them on something wrong. But how often we say, hey, I just want to let you know that I appreciate you. I want to thank you for being so amazing. you know, think about, you know, I've worked for so many companies, I've never, I rarely have I had a boss that was in gratitude about what I was doing. Usually it was no comment until I messed up. Then there was a comment about messing up. Right. And same thing in a relationship, very rare to accept it in the beginning. In the beginning it's me too, me too, me too. In the beginning it's you're great, so are you, I love you, I love you. But you know, once the relationship is in that comfort zone, very rare do people remind each other of what's positive and what's amazing about each other. And so acknowledge people's strengths, acknowledge your family members strengths, acknowledge your employees strengths, acknowledge each other's strengths, assets, what you love about each other, what you appreciate about each other.
Sure.
Gratitude will create stars around you.
I love it. What if someone feels uncomfortable giving acknowledging someone? You know, a lot of times I feel like The reason they don't is.
Because they feel uncomfortable or they're... Get over your ego.
Okay, perfect.
There you go. Yeah, I mean that's all about you. Perfect. If you're gonna be a star maker and you're gonna be a leader, because leaders are star makers, you gotta get beyond whether it's comfortable or not.
Usually things that are worthwhile are out of our comfort zone.
Right.
People should be aware of is to receive when people do practice this, when people do acknowledge, because most of the times I see a lot of people who can't look someone in the eyes when they're acknowledging them. or they're looking down or they're saying no or they're not accepting it. And I think it's just as equally powerful. You taught me this is the power of receiving acknowledgment as well as giving.
So. And owning it. Yeah.
And really owning it. I appreciate that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So thanks for the acknowledgment. The star maker.
Seven strategies to empower the people around you to shine. And number one is to get over your own ego and your insecurities. Number See possibilities and gift in others. Three, acknowledge the strengths and assets that people have. Let them know what it is, appreciate them. Number four, acknowledge people's weaknesses and challenges. Number five, offer to coach and develop them. Mentorship, emotional intelligence, work with people, to transform what they need to transform. Number six, pay it forward. Encourage the people in your life on your team to have that mindset of star making. And number seven, practice it on a daily basis. Rigor. And, you know, do it yourself. I think it's important to let people know. And sometimes it's, you know, not only hard to receive it, It's a challenge to give it. Well, look, some of the ways we could practice it is one thing is with yourself, what you acknowledge and appreciate about yourself. Because being a star maker, you get to create the star in you as well. So when the moment comes, I don't necessarily say that every single day you got to saturate the people. I love you. Because then it may not be authentic. Then it's not real. Another thing is writing it.
Handwriting.
Yeah, when's the last time you wrote someone a note appreciating them? But yeah, writing a note, a gift, giving someone a gift just because today is Tuesday and I want to give you a gift. Why wait for a birthday? Why wait for a holiday? Give your boss a gift, you'll blow them away. Or as a boss, give a bonus to your employees or give them a certificate for dinner. Just small little details, little gestures. is a way to practice it.
