"Engaging Your 'Special' People"  (It's All About The Thinking)

Only you know who is "special" to you! You haveto improve the work environment. As I grappled
your own criteria for determining who is "special."with the "what to do" questions, the man
Some people want to surround themselves with— I'll call him, Jim — who tends
power and influence. Others want people withthe indoor plants in that work environment
money. Some are title collectors. Still others wantcrossed my path. At that moment I chose to talk
knowledge and, quite possibly, wisdom in their lifewith him. "How did you get into the business of
spheres. But, I speak not of huge groups oftending to indoor plants in work environments?"
people that you feel are important to youJim smiled bashfully. "I have a degree in landscape
personally or important to something on whicharchitecture. I owned my own nursery and plant
you are working.store. One day, I accepted that I did not enjoy
ENRICHMENT — Rather, I refer tothe work I was doing. I really wanted to work
individuals who enrich my life as I engage them.with creating plant-scapes that made lives better.
For example, I was faced with a problem of how