In mid-September, my friend Landon was thrown a surprise birthday party. He’s very much a details guy (try playing him in any game and you’ll see) so I thought he’d probably catch wind of the party. However, he arrived to a rousing crowd and no one leaked the news. He was stunned and later said he didn’t come down for almost two days from the emotion.
I returned home late in mid-October 15 from a sales trip down to Atlanta. I came into work the next day and was eager to tell our team about our promising meetings, but I ran into a snag. When I arrived at the office, I found 72 balloons all over my desk held in place with streamers, a poster with a Michael Scott quote, brownies, cookies, Todd’s Raving Fans t-shirts and a card… for National Boss’ Day. I was stunned and thrilled.
For some reason we’re connected to the idea of celebrating people upon certain dates or worse yet at their funerals. My advice is don’t wait for a holiday, birthday or some special occasion. Boss’ Day truly caught me off guard as you can see in the video below and surprise birthday parties are great, but everyone likes to be appreciated. People need to know you care and there’s no better time than today. Make it special.
