The document discusses bringing kindness into business and life. It argues that people are often less kind at work than in personal life for no good reason. Being kind to colleagues, customers, and others has magical effects on both the recipient and giver without expecting anything in return. The author urges readers to make a conscious effort to be kind to everyone they meet for a day and says they expect people to report feeling better as a result.

1. We’re Aiming to Share Good Feeling…
BRING KINDNESS INTO YOUR BUSINESS AND INTO YOUR LIFE
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I’ve been thinking about how we behave toward each other a lot over the past few months. And I realised
that we are ‘different’ when in the ‘formal confines’ of our business & workplace to how we are outside
that arena – or dare I say ‘in general life’. Why? There is no reason to be. Work isn’t some alien planet,
there’s no law against being ‘you’ in work, and it won’t make you a bad person. The stark reality is that in
our ‘Business Body’ we are less kind to others than we have a natural tendency to be. We show less
emotion in this place.
Ricky Gervais recently had aired his new TV show Derek, a show that drew mixed reaction; but in an
interview Ricky explained that Derek was what you had when everything is stripped away from a person
except Kindness. I was taken by the character from the first word and it was then I realised I had to begin
my campaign/crusade/mission to encourage everyone who worked to be considerate and to BE KIND AT
WORK. Kind to colleagues, customers, suppliers who are after all, just people. Derek said “Kindness is
Magic” and you know what; he’s right. It has a magical effect on the people receiving a kindness and a
magical effect on the person performing the kindness. Go On, give it a go.
There is no distinction between ‘in business’ and ‘in life’, if you are kind to others then eventually
someone is kind to you.
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The Hall, Lairgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU17 8HL, UK
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2. Being kind however, means that you have no expectation of a return. Being kind to customers,
colleagues, associates, and other business contacts is no different to being kind to your mother. If it is,
you have misunderstood what being kind is.
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We are talking about a ‘feeling’. I am kind to others (I hope) not because I want something in return, but
because it makes me feel good afterwards and it is enough just for me to know that. I don’t need, or want
to tell the world about it.
The level of cynicism in some business is disheartening and indicates that genuine kindness and sharing
is n’t really happening in lots of people’s lives.
Scarlet Opus Limited
The Hall, Lairgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU17 8HL, UK
VAT No. 894 8503 74 | Reg. No. 06246744

3. The young people of today (Millenials as they are known) share as a natural act. They don’t have the
same need to ‘own’ things as previous generations. It is they who have begun the ‘sharing for free’ rave,
only they did n’t feel a need to label it (perhaps they knew that we old gits in business would eventually do
that for them).
I urge everyone to be kind to every person they meet for a day.
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If at the end of it you don’t feel good, indeed better than you ever did, then clearly there will never be a
need to read anything I write ever again so you benefit anyway!
But I fully expect lots of you lovely readers to email me (phil@scarletopus.com) with great stories of how
you felt, what happened, and that you have indeed been more successful in business as a direct result of
actively seeking opportunities for you to be kind to suppliers, colleagues, employees, collaboratives,
customers, and anyone coming into contact with you and your work.
To reassure the cynics, I am not a person of any religion, cult, or ‘do-gooding’ group. My work at Scarlet
Opus gives me an awareness of many global issues, innovations, creativity, and learning to a level and
degree that I’ve never enjoyed before. In this business I ‘found’ sharing content in my work. I liked what I
read, so I tried sharing what I knew. I liked it even more, and the accompanying feeling, and so
endeavoured to keep it going.
Scarlet Opus Limited
The Hall, Lairgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU17 8HL, UK
VAT No. 894 8503 74 | Reg. No. 06246744

4. And you know what? I’ve given a lot of time to networking over the past 2 years – a lot. I’ve helped lots of
people find and gain new business by giving advice that aided them, or making an introduction. BUT, I
have NEVER in those 2 years of networking efficiently and according to all of the teachings, ever gained
one order or new client as a result of it. But I would n’t change a thing.
So share for free and without expectation, it is the way forward in life.
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Be kind in business especially and see what that does to your own popularity, career progression, and
standing in the company community. You won’t intend for anything to happen because you’ll simply be
enjoying sharing and getting ‘that feeling’ (you’ll know what it is when you get it) after you’ve been kind to
someone and the impact on that person is visible to you. That statement above said ‘life’, which includes
business and is not separate from it.
If you’d like some help exploring how Kindness can be introduced into your workplace (no matter how
large or small it is) please call or text me (+44 7896 088 996), email me (phil@scarletopus.com), tweet
me whichever you like… Speak to you soon; don’t leave it too long I’m looking forward to it!
Phil
Scarlet Opus Limited
The Hall, Lairgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU17 8HL, UK
VAT No. 894 8503 74 | Reg. No. 06246744