Blake Fly is a motivational speaker on a mission to improve campus culture by helping people realize that they matter. He seeds actions of appreciation, recognition and thoughtfulness into the daily routines of students, staff and campus partners. Blake has been a TEDx conference host, a featured TEDx speaker and joins us to talk all about appreciation, acknowledgment, recognition, and kindness. We talk about the impact and importance of appreciating someone, the benefits for both the giver and receiver, the barriers to why people don't do it more often, and some easy-to-apply tips to make it easy for you to give acknowledgments to the people who matter to you in your life. Links Blake's website Blake's Instagram Mindful Communication website Mindful Communication Facebook Mindful Communication Instagram