A Friday challenge to deliberately brighten someone else's day with a hug, compliment, or act of kindness. The speaker argues that focusing outward on others shifts your attention away from your own to-do list and creates joy for both you and them.
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Good morning, everyone. Here is your moment of yes for today. It is Friday. Yeah, Friday. Friday is here. And so you're thinking about the weekend. It's the end of a work week if you're like most people. And so you're thinking about the weekend. It's Friday. So your moment of yes for today, again, it's an assignment, it's an idea, and that is to make someone else's day, whatever that means. I don't know what it means. I don't know if it means giving someone a hug. Just giving someone a compliment. Whatever creative idea you have to make someone else's day, that's your challenge for today. Could be a stranger, could be a coworker, could be a family member. Make their day. What can you do to just completely shift and transform someone's day with just a simple act of love, of fun, of creativity? What is it? How are you going to— Because when we do that, we take our focus off of here's everything I need to do today. And we start to look around outside of ourselves to how— what can I do? How can I make that person's day? What can I do for that person? It totally transforms them and it transforms us in the process because we're not just thinking about ourselves and our own problems. Kind of a cool thing. So, your moment of yes for today is try to bring joy to someone else's day. Pretty simple, right? Let me know how you do. That's your moment of yes.