You know a winner

Nominate someone for an award

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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
tip is that when there is a call for nominations
for an award, respond you know a winner, so nominate them.

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These people in your life might be recognized for their awesomeness,
but even if not, you will feel better and they
will likely feel better from you having made the effort.
So there are various awards out there in the universe,
and sometimes random people can nominate anyone for them. For instance,

(00:48):
it appears that you can likely nominate someone for the
Presidential Medal of Freedom. Now, of course the president gets
to choose that one, and probably a lot of people
are in the running, But there are a lot of
smaller awards that are closer to home, and my guess
is that not that many people get nominated for these.

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For instance, maybe your high school awards and outstanding a
lum award annually. Maybe your favorite local restaurant has an
employee of the month, your local newspaper names a student
athlete of the week. A local nonprofit might recognize a
volunteer of the year. When you see one of these awards, somewhere,

(01:33):
perhaps because you see someone else has won it, make
a note, look up the deadline, put it on your calendar,
then commit to nominating someone you know the next time
around or for ongoing awards like employee recognition programs, do
it this week. In many cases, this is not going

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to be all that hard. Many big organizations do recognize
individual contributors in various ways, or at least they'd like to.
As with much in life, lots of people complain about
things going wrong. Most people do not write in about
things that go right. So trust me, corporate headquarters is

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going to love your letter talking about how amazing the
cashier at the grocery store was, or how helpful an
associate at that chain retailer was, or how smiley your
barista is every morning. Even if these places don't have
specific awards, these notes are going to get read and
they will likely result in the employee you mentioned receiving

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some sort of recognition. You have the power to make
this happen. How cool is that. As for places that
do have formal awards, the nomination process is often not
going to be that lengthy. So why not nominate a
favorite school employee for a district award, or you could

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nominate a friendly personal care assistant at your dad's retirement
home for a system wide award. Here's the thing. For
a lot of awards, there are probably not that many
people getting nominated. Very few people make the effort. So
the person you nominate may have a decent chance of winning.

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If they do, how wonderful for them to be recognized
and for you to know that you played a role
in it happening. But even if they don't, you'll have
a reminder of a special person in your life. And
that is a prize too. You know, a winner, and
it's good to remind ourselves and them of that. In

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the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's
to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening
to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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