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Episode 328: Kindness · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast
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  Speaker 1: by Joe Wattis. We wish to entertain, instruct, and motivate.
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  Speaker 3: A woman gets on a crowded bus with her baby.
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  Speaker 3: The bus driver looks at the baby and says, Wow,
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  Speaker 3: that is the ugliest baby I've ever seen. Shocked and furious,
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  Speaker 3: the woman storms to the back of the bus and
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  Speaker 3: sits down next to a stranger. She says, that driver
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  Speaker 3: just insulted me. The man replies, you should go up
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  Speaker 3: and give him a piece of your mind. Go on,
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  Speaker 3: I'll hold the monkey for you. Welcome to this week's
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  Speaker 3: episode of Positively three sixty five. Today we're shining the
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  Speaker 3: spotlight on something incredibly simple but incredibly powerful, kindness. In
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  Speaker 3: a world that sometimes feels sharp, divided, or distracted, kindness
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  Speaker 3: can seem like a soft skill, something extra, but in truth,
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  Speaker 3: kindness is a force. It uplifts others, disarms conflict, and
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  Speaker 3: builds bridges where walls used to exist. And the best part,
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  Speaker 3: you don't need money, status, or perfect timing. You just
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  Speaker 3: need to care and take a moment to show it.
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  Speaker 3: So let's talk about why kindness matters now more than
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  Speaker 3: ever and how even small acts can ripple in big ways.
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  Speaker 3: But first we have our trivia question of the day.
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  Speaker 3: Are you ready for it? Here? It is what popular
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  Speaker 3: social movement began in two thousand and four, encouraging people
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  Speaker 3: to do random acts of kindness anonymously. We will have
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  Speaker 3: the answer when we come back. Hey, they're amazing listeners.
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  Speaker 3: for listening and happy reading. Welcome back. Do you know
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  Speaker 3: the answer to this week's trivia question? The question was
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  Speaker 3: what popular social movement began in two thousand and four
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  Speaker 3: encouraging people to do random acts of kindness anonymously. The
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  Speaker 3: answer the Kindness Project, also known as the Random Acts
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  Speaker 3: of Kindness are a K movement. It started gaining traction
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  Speaker 3: in the early two thousands, particularly with the launch of
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  Speaker 3: websites and communicate communities dedicated to anonymous good deeds like
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  Speaker 3: paying for someone's coffee, leaving encouraging notes, or helping a
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  Speaker 3: stranger in need without expecting anything in return. The movement
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  Speaker 3: reminded the world that kindness doesn't have to be grand
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  Speaker 3: to be powerful. It just has to be genuine. Here
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  Speaker 3: is the beautiful thing about kindness. It's contagious when someone
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  Speaker 3: does something kind for you, even something tiny, like holding
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  Speaker 3: the door or offering a smile. It lights something up
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  Speaker 3: in your brain. You're more likely to pass it on
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  Speaker 3: to someone else, and then that person passes it on
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  Speaker 3: and on it goes. Kindness creates momentum. It also rewires
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  Speaker 3: our own experience. Studies show that practicing kindness boosts serotonin
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  Speaker 3: and reduces stress, not just for the person receiving it,
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  Speaker 3: but for the giver too. It connects us, It reminds
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  Speaker 3: us of our shared humanity. It brings meaning to even
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  Speaker 3: the smallest moment, and in tough times, when the world
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  Speaker 3: feels heavy or confusing, kindness is a form of resistance.
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  Speaker 3: It's how we say I still believe in good, I
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  Speaker 3: still choose love, I still care. You may never know
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  Speaker 3: the full impact of a kind word or gesture, but
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  Speaker 3: someone will feel it, and that might be the moment
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  Speaker 3: that keeps them going. Let's close with this. Jennifer Duke's
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  Speaker 3: Lee once said, in a world where you can be anything,
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  Speaker 3: be kind. Yes, you never know what someone else is carrying.
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  Speaker 3: Your kindness might be the light they didn't know they
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  Speaker 3: needed today. So hold a door, say thank you, offer
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  Speaker 3: the smile. The smallest kindness could be the biggest moment
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  Speaker 3: in someone else's day, and it costs you nothing. Kindness.
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