Guest Attitude Vitamin from Brandon Caudle
In the nutritional sense, Vitamin H (also known as Vitamin B7) is necessary for cell growth and a host of other processes within the human body. I also like to think of Vitamin H as the Vitamin for Helping Others (hence the H). We have countless opportunities to help others around us and the best time to help someone is at the exact moment that you see they need assistance.
Several years ago…
I was leaving a big box computer store and saw an older man struggling to change the tire on his red pickup truck. I walked over to him to see if he needed assistance. Though he was much larger than me, he turned to me and very gratefully said that he certainly could use the help. As I finished changing his tire, I noticed the World War II veteran hat he was wearing. He shared he never used to ask for help, but ever since he had both knees replaced a few years back, it was difficult for him to get up and down easily. I was even more glad I stopped to help him and when I finished, I proudly shook his hand and thanked him for his military service. He was also very grateful for my help. Vitamin H was in full effect for both of us.
Fast forward to this past weekend…
I listened to a local speaker talk about providing service to others. He related an experience that he had recently in which he as traveling though the Chicago O’Hare airport when he saw an elderly couple stuck on the moving sidewalk. Apparently, they were trying to go the wrong way on the moving sidewalk and, like salmon, were swimming upstream against the current of people. The speaker shared how he saw them, noticed them, went to get a bottled water, returned, saw them struggling again and got on his plane. As he sat on his plane, he regretted not helping them and wondered what happened to them. He missed his opportunity to take his Vitamin H for the day.
Just like the Boy Scouts motto (Do A Good Turn Daily), we should never pass up the opportunity to take a daily dose of Vitamin H.
Brandon Caudle loves Customer Service. You can find him talking about it at www.customerservicevoodoo.com
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Paying it forward,
Strengthening the community muscle through daily exercise.
Dr Phil(G.) rec’s vitamin H -
Good for the soul and the heart
a true Me2We method
It is always important to help others in need in whatever way we could.Each time you help a person in need without expecting anything in return,you feel fulfilled and happy for the rest of the day,week or even months knowing that you have touched someone’s life.