The Importance of Recognition

The Importance of Recognition Today we celebrate being recognized as a TOP 3 Agile Coaching podcast on the internet! How important is recognition? VERY IMPORTANT!! How to connect with AgileDad: - [website] ⁠https://www.agiledad.com/⁠ https://www.agiledad.com/ - [instagram] ⁠https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/⁠ https://www.instagram.com/agile_coach/ - [facebook] ⁠https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/⁠ https://www.facebook.com/RealAgileDad/ - [Linkedin] ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehenson/

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  It's Friday, so it's time for our Agile Not So Agile episode of the Daily Stand Up Podcast. And today I've got something super cool and special for you. You know, it's been a little bit since I've done a recording and as you can tell behind me, we are in the process of building out our new studio and that could be part of the reason why. So there's been a lot of changes here at Agile Dad, there's been a lot of things going on. But what I want to tell you is the good news.

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  I want to talk a little bit about two things that happened. So first, I'm going to talk about the importance of recognition. And I know this might sound weird or it might sound, you know, where did this come from? But for the third year in a row, for the third year in a row, this podcast, the Agile Daily Stand Up Podcast, has been recognized by Million Podcasts as one of the top podcasts on the internet. Now, that is exciting. It has also been recognized as one of the top podcasts on the internet from Spotify. And it has also been recognized as a top podcast by iHeartRadio, which is shocking because iHeart is one of the hardest ones to get recognition from. So why am I bringing this up?

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  Because I think it's important today that we keep this one short and to the point. But I wanted to talk a little bit about the importance of recognition. And not fake recognition, not the participation trophy, that's not going to do you any good. What I wanted to talk about is real, life-changing recognition. Where when someone achieves something, we recognize them and we talk about how amazing it is and how rewarding it is for that person to have, to have that extra pat on the back, to have that extra "add a boy or add a girl a good job", right? And I just think it's important for us because it does three things.

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  So the first thing recognition does is it lets people know that you're aware. And I think awareness is something that in our society, we have been lacking for quite some time. So I think it's important that we let people know that we're aware and that we care. And that we do honestly appreciate and genuinely love when other people do things to help us progress. And I think that that's important to recognize. Number two is it lets everyone know about the value of communication. And communication is a huge thing for me. Whether it's verbal communication, written communication, making sure that you're staying on top of things. One of the things that I've learned is the key to successful relationships,

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  whether it's with your children or with your coworkers. It's always about having good communicative skills. And I think that too often we look past those skills or we don't, we don't recognize the importance of those skills enough. And I think the whole communication and collaboration piece is so important and so critical. And then the third thing, of course, is relationships. And this is probably the big one right here. What I can tell you is I think too often that we have come from a society where the quick gratification is so important and the quick wins.

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  And we're keeping track of wrong things that we're not showing or building the relationships necessary in order for us to have success. So I guess what I'm trying to say is it's important for us to build relationships, maintain relationships, and figure out ways that we can use recognition and appreciation to help us going forward. But to be recognized by, and I'm going to pick on Million Podcasts for a minute. Their, one of their success managers, Venite, reached out to me and let me know about the recognition again. And basically what he told me is, he says, "Did you know that, you know, your podcast has been recognized as a top Agile podcast on the internet?" And that's a big achievement right there.

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  But a top three coaching podcast, which I thought was pretty awesome. So when he reached out, I had that feel-good moment, that little bit of adrenaline, if you will. But also, I had that moment of, "I am so happy and so blessed and so honored to be able to provide that kind of information for you so that we can continue to do the things that we do and continue to grow this little thing that we have going here." So my promise to you is I'm going to try to keep it going and we're going to try to get back on an everyday format now, now that we have the whole office moved and everything's starting to set up in the studio and it's starting to look good. These things behind me are going to be filled with a number of decorations, just like my Florida office was.

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  So you're going to see some really, really cool things happening here. And I'm excited for you to be a part of it. And that's going to do it for today. If you have a topic you want us to discuss, as always, it's learnmoreatagiledad.com. We'd love to hear from you. And as always, we encourage you to stay healthy, stay well, and stay agile, my friends. Until next time, do take care. Bye now.