TL;DR

It does not cost you anything to show respect, kindness, and genuine interest to other people.

Yet, it pays back extreme dividends.

Whom am I speaking to? Who is this going to help?

That isolated shy person who thinks everyone is stupid.

My Practical Experience

I was at chiptole, already establishing myself as a regular customer, when I see the same empoyee working there.

He generally seemed to have a “cool nice guy” asthenic–the kind of guy who was well liked, did his job well, and overall likeable person.

When I ordered my two chicken bowls, he actually paid for it!

“It’s on the house”, he said.

Note that this was a time when I was also recovering from a deep depression.

An employee, serving my food, and then paying it for me

Isn’t that fucking amazing? I think here in the US, servers in the restuarant industry are often treated as “inferior” the the customer. Yet, here was a cool guy, super chill, prepared my order with a smile, and then happily paid it off.

If that doesn’t not demonstrate that kindess exist among people, then I really don’t know what else to tell you.

Thanks for the advice, now how can I practically put this to use in a simple way for daily execution?

Whatever your work is, do it with a smile. Remember that it’s irrational to be unhappy, and show kindness to people in the smallest way possible.

You never know who it may help out, nor how badly someone needs to see the evidence.