birds have brought joyful mesages to racing-pigeon enthusiasts around the
world. In that fine tradition, I present the complimenting technique I call
Carrier Pigeon Kudos.
Whenever you hear a laudatory comment about someone, dont let it end
there. You dont need to write it, roll it up in a casule, strap it to your leg like
Stumpy Joe, and fly it to the recipent. Nevertheless, you can remember the
kudo and verbally carry it to the person who will get the most pleasurethe
person who was complimented.
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How to Be a Carrier Pigeon of Good Feelings 205
Keep your ears open for good things people say about each other. If
your colleague Carl says something nice about another colleague, Sam, pass
it on. You know, Sam, Carl said the nicest thing about you the other day.
Your sister tells you your first cousin is a dynamite relative. Go ahead
and call Cuz.
Your mother tells you she thinks Manny did a great job moing the lawn.
Pass it on to him. Hey, we all like a little apprecition, even from Mom.
Heres where it benefits you. Everyone loves the bearer of glad tidings.
When you bring someone third-party kudos, they apprciate you as much as
the complimenter. Call it gossip if you like. This is the good kind.
Carry More Cargo than Compliments
Another way to warm hearts and win friends is to become a carier
pigeon of news items that might interest the recipient. Call, mail, or E-mail
people with information they might find interestTechnique #52
Carrier Pigeon Kudos
People immediately grow a beak and metamorphosize themselves into
carrier pigeons when theres bad news. (Its called gossip.) Instead, become a
carrier of good news and kudos. Whenever you hear something
complimentary about someone, fly to them with the compliment. Your fans
may not posthumously stuff you and put you on display in a museum like
Stumpy Joe. But everyone loves the carrier pigeon of kind thoughts.
ing. If your friend Ned is a furniture designer in North Carolina and you
see a big article in the Los Angeles Times about furniture trends, fax it to
him. If your client Sally is a sculptor in Seattle and you see her work in
someones home in New York, send her a note.
My friend Dan lives in San Francisco, and whenever he runs across
anything in the paper on communications, he clips it and sends it to me. No
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