Welcome to Embers and Wind!

Keith Weedman shares “A good friend of mine, his name is Eric Maalt. He’s a college buddy. He was on the Purdue tennis team. He was playing tennis with his adult daughter in 2021. He noticed while playing tennis that there was a young African American male. He was on the basketball court near the tennis court, and he was on rollerblades. He was really good on rollerblades.  My friend, he noticed how good this young man was. He was impressed. This young man was able to do things that most people could not do on rollerblades. After playing tennis, he called the young man over. The young man was a little hesitant. He wasn’t quite sure what Eric wanted. Eric told him just how impressed he was by how good he was on rollerblades. After first looking down, looked up at Eric and said, ‘Do you really think so?’ This was not what the young man expected to hear from Eric because they were of different races. Eric was Caucasian. This was why the young man was quite tentative in approaching Eric. Hearing sincere, positive feedback from this benevolent stranger was totally unexpected. Eric said ‘Yes.’ I want you to imagine for a moment the young man’s face after Eric said this. Then, the young man said, ‘You just made my day!’ Eric replied, ‘Knowing I made your day just made mine too!’”

I'm your host, Keith Weedman. In each podcast episode, you will hear stories. These stories will feel like a tender wind blowing on the embers of service that glow within you. In this weekly show, you will learn ideas, kindling for your embers. It will be your choice to utilize the gentle wind to ignite the kindling.

In this episode, Keith Weedman shares tips to bring joy to people by giving them sincere positive feedback. He tells stories to inspire you of bringing joy to strangers and about the joy and gratitude he felt when Angelia Sloan was a stranger when she brought joy and gratitude to him. He tells a story about what his wife, Marcia. You can feel his gratitude for Marcia in his positive feedback. He shares tips to accentuate the impact of the joy you bring to people, from strangers to (people-you-love). Tips and stories include heightening the joy you bring by giving them sincere, positive feedback publicly, by generating gratitude for them to have them feel your gratitude in your positive feedback, and by combining all three together.

Keith closes the episode with this benevolent Call-to-Action. Give sincere, positive feedback to (people-you-love) during the holidays. Ensure they feel your gratitude in the way you give them positive feedback. You are invited to join me to join me throughout the rest of the year by seizing every opportunity you see to give people sincere, positive feedback. When you genuinely feel gratitude for them, let them feel your gratitude in giving them positive feedback.

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