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to be appreciated. He said the

“

craving

”

< br> to be appreciated.

Here

is

a

gnawing

and

unfaltering

human

hunger,

and

the

rare

individual

who

honestly satisfies this heart hunger will hold people in the palm of his or her hand and

“

even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.

”

The desire for a feeling of importance is one of the chief distinguishing differences

between mankind and the animals. To illustrate: When I was a farm boy out in Missouri,

my father bred fine Duroc

–

Jersey hogs and pedigreed white

–

faced cattle. We used to

exhibit

our

hogs

and

white

–

faced

cattle

at

the

country

fairs

and

live

–

stock

shows

throughout the Middle West. We won first prizes by the score. My father pinned his blue

ribbons on a sheet of white muslin, and when friends of visitors came to the house, he

would get

out

the long

sheet

of muslin.

He

would

hold

one end and

I

would hold

the

other while he exhibited the blue ribbons.

The hogs didn

’

t care about the ribbons they had won. But Father did. These prizes

gave him a feeling of importance.

If our ancestors hadn

’

t had this flaming urge for a feeling of importance, civilization

would have been impossible. Without it, we should have been just about like animals.

It

was

this

desire

for

a

feeling

of

importance

that

led

an

uneducated,

poverty

–

stricken

grocery

clerk

to

study

some

law

books

he

found

in

the

bottom

of

a

barrel

of

household

plunder that

he had bought

for fifty

cents.

You have probably

heard of this

grocery clerk. His name was Lincoln.

It

was

this

desire

for

a

feeling

of

importance

that

inspired

Dickens

to

write

his

immortal novels. This desire inspired Sir Christopher Wren to design his symphonies in

stone. This desire made Rockefeller amass millions that he never spent! And this same

desire

made

the

richest

family

in

your

town

build

a

house

far

too

large

for

its

requirements.

This desire makes you want to wear the latest styles, drive the latest cars, and talk

about your brilliant children.

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It is this desire that lures many

boys and girls into joining gangs and engaging in

criminal

activities. The

average

young

criminal, according to

E.P. Mulrooney, onetime

police commissioner of New York, is filled with ego, and his first request after arrest is

for

those

lurid

newspapers

that

make

him

out

a

hero.

The

disagreeable

prospect

of

serving time seems remote so long as he can gloat over his likeness sharing space with

pictures of sports figures, movie and TV stars and politicians.

The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and

the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is

unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned.

I recently saw a bust of Mexican hero General Alvaro Obregon in the Chapultepec

palace

in

Mexico

City.

Below

the

bust

are

carved

these

wise

words

from

General

Obregon

’

s

philosophy

:

“

Don

’

t

be

afraid

of

enemies

who

attack

you.

Be

afraid

of

the

friends who flatter you.

”

No! No! No! I am not suggesting flattery! Far from it. I

’

m talking about a new way

of life. Let me repeat. I am talking about a new way of life.

King

George

V

had

a

set

of

six

maxims

displayed

on

the

walls

of

his

study

at

Buckingham Palace. One of these maxims said:

“

Teach me neither to proffer nor receive

cheap praise.

”

That

’

s all flattery is

–

cheap praise. I once read a definition of flattery that

may

be

worth

repeating:

“

Flattery

is

telling

the

other

person

precisely

what

he

thinks

about himself.

”

“

Use

what

language

you

will,

”

said

Ralph

Waldo

Emerson,

“

you

can

never

say

anything but what you are.

”

If

all

we

had

to

do

was

flatter,

everybody

would

catch

on

and

we

should

all

be

experts in human relations.

When

we

are

not

engaged

in

thinking

about

some

definite

problem,

we

usually

spend about 95 percent of our time thinking about ourselves. Now, if we shop thinking

about

ourselves

for

a

while

and

begin

to

think

of

the

other

person

’

s

good

points,

we

won

’

t have to resort to flattery so cheap and false that it can be spotted almost before it is

out of the mouth.

One of the most neglected virtues of out daily existence is appreciation. Somehow,

we neglect to praise our son or daughter when he or she brings home a good report card,

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and

we

fail

to

encourage

our

children

when

they

first

succeed

in

baking

a

cake

or

building a birdhouse. Nothing pleases

children more than this kind of parental interest

and approval.

The next time you enjoy filet mignon at the club, send word to the chef that it was

excellently prepared, and when a tired salesperson shows you unusual courtesy, please

mention it.

Every

minister,

lecturer

and

public

speaker

knows

the

discouragement

of

pouring

himself

or

herself

out

to

an

audience

and

not

receiving

a

single

ripple

of

appreciative

comment. What applies to professionals applies doubly to workers in offices, shops and

factories

and

our

families

and

friends.

In

our

interpersonal

relations

we

should

never

forget that all our associates are human beings and hunger for appreciation. It is the legal

tender that all souls enjoy.

Try leaving a friendly trail of little sparks of gratitude on your daily trips. You will

be surprised how they will set small flames of friendship that will be rose beacons on

your

next

visit.

Pamela

Dunham

of

New

Fairfield,

Connecticut,

had

among

her

responsibilities on her job the supervision of a janitor who was doing a very poor job.

The other employees would jeer at him and litter the hallways to show him what a bad

job he was doing. It was so bad, productive time was being lost in the shop.

Without success, Pam tried various ways to motivate this person. She noticed that

occasionally he did a particularly good piece of work. She made a point to praise him for

it in front of the other people. Each day the job he did all around got better, and pretty

soon he started doing all his work efficiently. Now he does an excellent job and other

people

give

him

appreciation

and

recognition.

Honest

appreciation

got

results

where

criticism and ridicule failed.

Hurting people not only does not change them, it is never called for. There is an old

saying that I have cut out and pasted on my mirror where I cannot help but see it every

day:

I shall pass this way but once; any good therefore, that I can do or any kindness that

I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I

shall not pass this way again.

Emerson said:

“

Every man I meet is my superior in some way.

In that,

I learn of

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