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Learn to Give a Trophy
Friday, 22 January 2010

Learn to Give a Trophy and Improve Your Relations


You walk to many living rooms in homes and receptions in most organizations and you will be met with cabinets that are full of stuff but mostly will be a trophy here and there that symbolizes an achievement of one nature or another. A trophy is not simply the item you will see in that cabinet but is going to be a real embodiment of the moment when the accomplishment was achieved. And so some people value their trophies so much they almost get to an extent of worshipping them. Of course there must have been a lot of effort put forth before one could get a particular trophy, and that I what we usually celebrate with them.


We do not take for granted a person’s skills and effort that contributed in getting the trophy in the first place. Some of the time there can be that unique trophy that one loves most and they will look for every opportunity to tell people about it. But generally the award and trophy one receives becomes a source of motivation to the person, and the rest of the people it becomes an encouragement fro them to also try and look out for where they can also achieve, because there is actually great potential in each and everyone of us human beings.
A trophy is a favorite gift token that is given by organizations and institutions in recognition of some achievement which has contributed to the overall good of the whole organization. It is a way of telling the person that we realize without you we may not have made this far, at least for now. So no matter what the value of the trophy is, it communicates a very special message from the giver to the receiver. Those organizations that have the habit of giving trophies and awards to employees reap a lot of benefits because the same people who receive them usually go out of their way to prove that there was more where it all came from.

A trophy given in recognition and appreciation acts as a good morale booster for the receiver and the same could apply if many more people would learn to use the same practice especially in homes and families or any where people have a relationship of any kind. Can you imagine how far your children or spouse would go if they knew they are appreciated for that little contribution they make so that the home becomes a better place? You can plan to give a small trophy for little achievements and efforts to people you relate with and you will see the difference it is going to make, sine human nature is all but the same.

 

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