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Philip Rosenthal - You know what happens when you say 'hello' or 'good morning?' You make a connection. And isn't that what being human is all about? · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com Welcome to The Daily Quote, a podcast designed
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  to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Andrew McGivern for November 21st.
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  Hello. Today is World Hello Day, a
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  global celebration of communication and peace.
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  Founded in 1973 by brothers Brian and Michael McCormick in
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  response to the Yam Kippur War, World Hello Day promotes a
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  simple idea. Conflict should be resolved
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  through communication, not force.
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  The tradition is beautifully straightforward.
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  Greet at least 10 people today. That's it.
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  No grand gestures, no protests, no petitions.
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  Just say hello to attend people and demonstrate that personal
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  communication can change the world.
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  Since its founding, World Hello Day has been observed in 180
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  countries, supported by Nobel Peace Prize winners and embraced
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  by world leaders. It's proof that the smallest
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  acts, a greeting, a smile, a moment of acknowledgement can
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  build bridges. Television producer Phil
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  Rosenthal captured this perfectly when he once said, you
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  know what happens when you say hello or good morning?
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  You make a connection. And isn't that what being human
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  is all about? Rosenthal understands that every
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  greeting is an act of recognition.
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  When you say hello, you're saying, I see you.
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  You exist, you matter. In a distracted world, heads
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  down, earbuds in, eyes on screens, a simple hello is
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  radical. It breaks the bubble of
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  isolation. It acknowledges shared humanity.
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  It creates, even for a second, a connection.
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  World Hello Day reminds us that peace doesn't start with
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  treaties or negotiations, It starts with the willingness to
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  acknowledge another person's existence.
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  Every conflict resolved began with someone saying hello and
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  choosing communication over silence.
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  There's an older man who walks the same route I do every
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  morning in the trail, and for weeks we'd pass without
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  acknowledgement 2 strangers avoiding eye contact.
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  One day I said good morning. He looked surprised, then smiled
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  and said good morning to you, too.
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  Now we greet each other almost every day.
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  I know his name, he knows mine, and sometimes we chat about the
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  weather or talk about our latest bear sightings or other wildlife
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  in the trail. That simple good morning
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  transformed my walk. What was once a solo routine
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  became a moment of human connection.
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  All because someone said hello. So today, greet 10 people and
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  say hello. Say hello to your barista, your
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  mail carrier, your Co worker, the stranger in the elevator.
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  Make eye contact, smile and acknowledge their presence and
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  notice what happens. Notice how it feels to connect,
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  even briefly. Notice how most people light up
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  when you say something and you actually see them?
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  World Hello Day reminds us. P starts small.
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  It starts with hello. It starts with choosing
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  connection over isolation, and it starts with you.
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  So go ahead, make 10 connections today.
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  Be the person who says hello. That's going to do it for today.
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  I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off for now but I'll be back
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  tomorrow. Same part time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.