7 Good Minutes: Extra - The One-Line Trace: Find the Person Your Work Helps

At the end of a flat workday, pick one routine thing you did. Not your biggest win. A report, a delivery, a repair, a phone call.

Then ask one question: who is a little better off because this got done? If your first answer is a department or "the company," keep following it until you land on an actual person. A customer. A coworker who didn't have to stay late. A family you'll never meet.

Finish one sentence in writing: because I did this, someone can do that. If you honestly can't find anyone at work, look closer to home. Keep the sentence where you'll see it, and save real thank-yous right beside it.

Don't expect a sudden love for your job. Some days the trace will feel like a stretch. What you can reasonably hope for is a workday that feels a little less like a conveyor belt.


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