The Attitude of Gratitude ~ Thank You Notes Even If It Doesn’t Work Out

Saying thank you for a job interview, a consideration for a job and even after applying for a job that you don’t get is one way of being brought to the forefront of that potential employer. But sending a thank you note or email is also common courtesy. We all have it in us to be polite, but how often do you actually send a note after the job application or when someone asks you to apply for a job and then you find out that you weren’t “the right fit”? We’ve been told that sending thank you notes after a job interview helps give us a better chance of getting the job. What about when someone suggests you apply for a job, or you put in a request for consideration? Have you considered a thank you note after these times?

Situations occur that make it is easy to give a thank you note or email, eg: when your client may have given someone a referral that gave you more business or a customer that has stayed with you, your service or company for a long period of time. With these situations you have a great reason for saying thank you.

With giving thanks for everything that happens in your life you are playing a hand that few seem to understand. That hand is called the “Gratitude Attitude”. What I want to write about are the times when things don’t work out; do you still send a thank you for the opportunity, chance, thought or even the consideration? Here are areas that we might not think about saying thank you as often as we maybe should.

You see the “Law of Attraction”, “Law of Nature”, “Natural Law of Energy” or whatever you call it, all comes down to: - what you put out there, you get out. It is a very simple law of the natural flow of things.  You put out good thoughts, karma, love, kindness, trust, positive energy…I could go on, but I think you get the point. If you put that out, it comes back to you. However, if you put out there negative thoughts, ideas, energy, feelings, etc, then guess what, it comes back to you. Now the kicker is, is that what you get back is 10% more than what you put out.

One thing I have learned being in the service business for so many years is that when you do the unexpected, like sending a thank you note to someone who has given you a referral that paid off, or to that potential employer even if you don’t get the job, they tend to spread the news of what a great person you are to deal with. It doesn’t take much to make someone’s day and to be honest; it doesn’t cost much in money, time or even thought process either, to send a note, card or email. Because in showing these different people that you understand their time is worth something makes your time invaluable.

I am signing off now with my own personal grateful Thank you. Thank you, for taking the time out of your day and reading what I write. I really do appreciate that you fel I am important enough to share your day with.

Until next time, have a grateful, productive week.