Leadership Lessons from a Dishwasher
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After I retired from a successful career in engineering and business, I ended up washing dishes at The Sparrow Bakery, near my home in Bend, Oregon. I did not think I would continue to learn leadership lessons in my new role. How wrong I was…
3 Quick Lessons from My Time at The Sparrow Bakery:
#1 – Leave Work at Work
The first week at work, co-worker Kyle told me to leave a pair of old shoes at work. That way, I wouldn’t track the debris from being in a busy kitchen all day into my house. In the same way, don’t contaminate your family relationships by dragging in the dirt from your day at the office. Leave all that at the office so that you can focus on them.
#2 – Except When it’s Good!
One of the benefits of working at a bakery is the ability to take home stuff off the “staff rack,” or day-olds at the end of the shift. Walking home from Sparrow, I would text neighbors to see who wanted some treats.
Bringing some joy from the workday, good news from a coworker, or praise for a finished project is a GOOD thing to bring home from work.
#3 – Everybody Counts!
Pastry bakers are the stars, baristas are the artistic geniuses, but without clean dishes, everything grinds to a halt. In the workplace, it’s easy to forget that even the unsung, unseen, and lowly-paid people are essential to the overall effort. In fact, if the dishwasher calls in sick, it might have more impact than if the boss can’t make it in. At Sparrow, everyone knows that, and treats the dishwashers with the same respect as other team members and helps out when they have a few minutes.
Questions for Leaders:
How can I bring something GOOD home from work—something good that happened, people stepping in, upping their game? Recognition from management for success on a project?
Who is the dishwasher at my work? Is it the secretary, the mail person, or the janitor? How can I do something to see them today, to acknowledge their essential role?
Glen Van Peski is a dishwasher/philanthropist living in Bend, Oregon. His book, take less. do more.: Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity, Gratitude, and Curiosity from an Ultralight Backpacker (Forefront Books, April 16, 2024), contains the stories of how he accidentally started a successful backpacking gear company, became a dishwasher at The Sparrow Bakery, and many more.
Dear Dan, You find a way to learn in every situation. Thanks for sharing
A recurring leadership lesson. It takes the contributions of everyone on the team to keep the doors open and lights on. Every role is significant.
Wow, those were very powerful quick lessons. I have always believed that “everyone counts” — GREAT READ, GREAT REMINDERS!!
This post certainly resonated with me because I struggle to “leave work at work”. I am at a point where it is consuming too much of my evening and weekend time. Finding the balance is such a challenge. Additionally, this post confirms my perspective on the value of all team members – dishwasher, secretary, janitor, whoever – we can’t function well without all cogs running smoothly!
Recognizing that everyone’s job is important otherwise we are driving on 3 wheels.
Practicing(habit) to share the good happenings at work with your spouse. is one way to bring good to home. I am sure when you miss saying that question will come from your spouse.. so it is useful to have her/him as an accountability partner for sharing good from work.
the Janitor who washes my coffee cup comes to my mind.. i gave him some goodies the other day and thanked him for his service..
This looks like a great read with wonderful life lessons.
As a pharmacist you learn quickly that the pharmacy assistant or technician, the cashier, and others in the pharmacy are essential to being able to do your job. Some pharmacists I have worked with seemed to feel that their position was superior to others. While we all have different roles, all contribute to effectively, efficiently and most importantly safely dispense medications to customers. And as mentioned their absence was felt if another couldn’t be called in. Now I’m answering phones, ringing people in through the check out and not concentrating as much on my role, advising, consulting and making sure people get the health care they need.
Your posts are always concise and always pack a power punch! My favorite part of this post – #2: spreading the light and joy in our work is especially important as an educator and I think it also serves to fill our personal cups back up as well! 💕
Leaving work at work resonates with me because I work from home, my office is visible 24 hours a day. I need to remember once I shut down the applications for work, I’ve left for the day!
Good for you, you’re ahead of me. It wasn’t until I started washing dishes that I really got good at leaving work at work.
Short, simple, but truly valuable lessons! I love all of the memorable analogies. So much to think about and practice. Thanks!
Yes, it looks like a great read. Powerful comments, as usual in this column. Life lessons are always great to read and share. I would love to get a copy.
The messaging is so simple but so true. In this post pandemic world
Where the workplace is “everywhere”, your home office, car, bedroom….it is important more than ever to make a conscious effort to disconnect. Thanks for this reminder!
Leadership isn’t complicated! This post is a great example of how simple it can be! Great insights!
And a reminder, though not in this post due to brevity, that we can lead from anywhere in an organization.
I’ve learned many life lessons as a backpacker, though keeping my pack ultralight was not one of them 🙂
Often times, the most impactful and important advice is the most simple. A workplace can become one’s environment of comfort and joy. More workers can imagine it and create it and begin to bring those work experiences home. Lives will be transformed. Thank you for writing about what we know can be true for all of us.
Great reminder that EVERYONE counts and contributes to a great team!!
I have been brining home the mess and misery from work and never considered that there are good things happening among the mess. I always welcome and appreciate the reminders about gratitude and finding ways to add more to my life.
Dan, so encouraging to read this morning! Wow. I run a non-profit ministry, and the “weightiness” of leadership can seem to make so many things complicated. I found the principles in this post refreshingly simple! Thanks for giving a lift to my day! Mark
So true! Our most beloved and appreciated person here at school is our lead custodian. She sets the example of servant leadership for all of us!
I think this is a very good article! #3 for me is so impactful (Everybody Counts!). I try to treat everyone from janitors to the CEO with dignity and respect. Every person has value and offers something to the team and it is critical to approach each person in life with that in mind!
This is a great way to find positivity in everyday. Thanks for sharing insights.
This is a model for ALL workplaces that can be adapted….not all jobs have a “staff rack” but there is always good that may sometimes be hidden and not smell as fresh!!!
It’s often the small, seemingly insignificant things that provide the most inspiration. I look for moments like those.
Seems like a great book for both leaders and individual contributors. I recall a story of a CEO grabbing a mop or broom to take care of some spilled material prior to a big meeting instead of calling in someone else to do it. This story has always stuck with me. This example seems to really highlight #3.
Excellent conversation. I used to think a thank you in an email to a behind the scenes person was good but now try to see the person so I can look them in the eye and thank them
Good stuff! Excited to read the book.
I struggle with the balance of what to leave at work and what to bring home. Good reminders for me!
These lessons provide further evidence of what I continue to find remains true: It is the simplest things that have the widest impact. What great “treats” from his experience at a bakery.
Thanks for sharing this quick lessons. Great reminders for everyone!
I love the simplicity of the lessons.
Very insightful lessons that require humility and are a great reminder to me!
It is especially hard to “leave work at work” when you work from home. I suppose I should take a few minutes at the end of the day, after I logoff, to sit in my office and pray and journal before I join my family.
What an amazing reminder that we can find golden nuggets for leading and life in the places we least expect them. I was struck by the “leave work at work” truism and how I might apply that on those days that I work from home. Maybe leave some dirty shoes at my home office door as a reminder. I’ll be adding this book to my library!
Great reminders on separating work life from home life!
It takes a team to do a good job. And the more everyone helps each other, the stronger the team is.
Love the exception of only bringing the good from work.
Great points. Balancing the art of working from home (done it for over 10 yrs) can be challenging to keep boundaries. Although I’m not a baker, there are other aspects of my work that have been good over the years to bring home. Interested to read more.
Dan, thank you for sharing this great lessons. I particularly like #3 Everybody counts. In each of our days we have many behind the scenes people to thank, for without them many process would stop or slow to crawl (much like if the dishwasher did not show up).
A question to reflect on – what is my contribution today? And what is its multiplying effect on other people and process?
Very good approach to work and co workers. I love the line about when there are no clean dishes everything grinds to a halt.
Love all 3 of these headers AND need to do a better job at each!
The image of tracking home dirt resonated with me – I have worked in a bakery as a kid and the flour goo sticks and doesn’t come off easily till it is hard and crusty. Bringing home goo or finding hard stuff in my home – not my goal. “Everybody counts” is also so true – at work, at home, and as we live out our lives.
Wow! That first one hit me square in the face. As the sole supervisor at my field office I struggle to find a “daily” outlet to share my experiences (and yes frustrations), but dropping it all on my wife when I get home is not working and I need to do better.
These lessons are a great reminder of how to work each day! There are so many people that have an impact on the day to day grind.
Such a great reminder, and I couldn’t agree more! One of the things I love about the amazing school where I work is that EVERYONE is included in all of our appreciation efforts (such as teacher appreciation week). We do this with the idea that we are all teachers, regardless of our titles. 🙂
We can learn so much from the dishwashers, janitors, assistants, etc. They are the heartbeat of most organizations.
When “everybody counts” is your culture it’s hard to build silos!
What a lovely world we’d have if everyone could understand the EVERYONE counts and how a kind gesture or word improves the day. Most of the time it’s not difficult, and even when it is, it’s usually worth it! I love that without dishes, the rest of the bakery team can’t shine . . .so many other areas where I think that applies. I’ll carry that one with me.
Short and to the point with valuable advice.
Great reminder that it takes every job to make an organization go and that we learn from everyone as leaders! Looks like a great read, thanks as always for sharing this with us.
These are great lessons to live by!
I work at a hospital. Everyone is important and has a crucial role to play. I make it a point to know the names of as many people as possible, regardless of their job. I learned this while working in the kitchen at a hospital during college. I felt invisible when clinicians saw me delivering trays or visiting patients, and they did not say hello. I never want anyone to feel that way when I pass them in the hospital halls. And interestingly, my favorite days were those when I manned the large commercial dish washer, a solitary role that allowed me time to think about how important my education was, and how I would make a difference someday.
While all of these lessons are spot on, my biggest take away is that Glen lives looking for the lesson. I imagine that is a mindset that he has cultivated over a lifetime. I want to be like that. Thanks Glen!
I am always looking for the lesson… that’s why I look forward to Leadership Freak every morning!
Excellent lessons to live by and to strive to do each and every day. Thank you for the post!
I have always believed that everyone counts. Too many look down their noses at someone who they believe does the menial or dirty jobs. Without those hardworking folks, any organization will struggle. Showing folks appreciation goes a long way, be it the janitor, admin, security, team member, manager or CEO. Always be kind!
Intriguing title. I’d love to be an owner of the book.
I love the idea of this book and look forward to reading it, regardless of whether I gain a free copy or have to buy it!
What a wonderful article to communicate how every person is important and has a purpose. I truly enjoyed the portion of taking the good home. In a time where there is so much talk about the negativity at work, it is more important than ever to share and bring home the “GOOD”!
Love this topic! Lead with gratitude. I brought in doughnuts one day for the facilities staff and you would have thought I brought them gold – it is easy to make someone’s day and let them know they are seen and appreciated! Thanks for the great reminders. 🙂
Wisdom can’t be predicted from job title. Once when I was a tax preparer a guy came in late season and my coworkers scattered so I got the assignment. He was poorly dressed and in dirty clothes. Yes he was not a wealthy client and he made smart decisions about his taxes. He had a menial job and did not own a phone. But I took copious notes of his recommendations about poetry. He turned me on to Chinese poets and some American gems I had not previously known. You can learn from anyone, anywhere.
I just switched careers after 24 years, sort of a step-down, to regain a chunk of life, and there is NO REGRET. We all add value, stand on level ground, and need to be purposeful in specific seasons. I’m learning to be ok with downtime and reclaim joy.
The people who make this world run are often overlooked. What a shame… because their contributions can make or break your whole day in an office environment. Practicing gratitude and taking a moment to SEE people is so important! I look forward to reading more in your book!
Nail on head yet again! Every year, when school starts, I remind my mentees that they need to take care of themselves and take ownership of their time and work. Thank you for putting these succinctly and quick to reference. This will be shared with the mentees and colleagues alike.
Great topic today, everyone is important to the organizations success regardless of title or position and can provide knowledge, experience and suggestions from their life experiences. As with the author; on the surface the person is a dishwasher and underneath they are a person with lived experiences.
The dishwashers make the organization truly run well. I always befriend my “dishwasher” in any situation. They know the ins and outs and are ready to lend a fresh persepective to any situation.
Looking forward to reading the new book!
Love this! My son has been sharing stories from his job (his first) and alot of it revolves around how each person in the kitchen works together (or not) and how it impacts the whole crew.
Awesome article! fingers crossed for the book giveaway!
This also works in tandem with servant leadership. We teach our children that there are equal chores at suppertime. Someone cooks the food, another sets the table, gets the drinks, and just as important, we all help to pick up and put away the dishes. In most cases, the cook gets all the glory, but as this article mentions, without clean dishes you have nothing to serve your guests on, so start teaching the “everyone helps” mentality at home and respect for each other will grow abundantly.
Great messages! This looks like one of those books that I’d wish I’d read as a younger adult! Would love to share with my kids so they get these lessons as early on as possible.
Quite interesting & inspiring! Leadership lessons through a dishwasher is fascinating. Liked the simple learnings with a daily routine sschedule that a dishwasher follows. Getting a respect of colleagues and guests for the assigned work is of utmost importance for the self-respect and satisfaction is noteworthy.
Keen to read the book contents and get motivated to remain occupied with dignity and pleasure after the retirement.
Great article! All three points resonated with me. I find the first one pretty hard to do, since I work 100-percent remote. I’m working on it.
So simple, yet so profound. Thanks for highlighting these for us Dan. Looking forward to reading the book.
Dan, great post and I look forward to mining more of Glen’s wisdom, knowledge and experience in leading/guiding others in the workplace. From what I’ve read here in your post, I want to pass this book on to my youngest daughter, 25 years old, who has catapulted into a leadership position at a local non-profit and is feeling pretty overwhelmed. I’d be blessed by a copy of this book.
Looks like a fantastic book!
I loved this reminder! My grandfather was a school custodian and my grandmother drove a school bus. I learned early on that without the custodian, the secretaries, and the bus drivers, nothing would run correctly at school! I have made sure that I never forget we all have a role and we are all important.
Wonderful reminders. I work in the School Kitchen and am always looking for input on leadership. I would love to have a copy of the book to share with my kitchen staff.
Simple lessons that we sometimes take for granted. Everyone is important in an organization and should be treated as such. Great reminders!
Great reminders! My colleagues and I were discussing this very same point this morning. Thanks for the great content and points of reflection.
I love these reminders. #1 can be difficult when so much affects you during the day. And #3 is so important – I work in an industry where rank is king, and when you don’t have that you can be seen as a lesser. I work hard to not do that. Thank you for this!
Interesting read. I have often considered the lack of a work-related ‘political chip’ in my brain as a deficit After reframing, I appreciate the lesson and am standing a bit straighter this morning. Everyone counts is a much better perspective. Planning to share the good stuff learned. Thank you.
This has been my million dollar question… I feel like I’ve gotten to a place where all I bring home is stress and impatience and nothing positive for my family. Is it time to rethink my career choices or take a new outlook. Looking forward to reading this.
Having a heart of gratitude is such a gift to others… but really to yourself. It takes training to develop a habit of gratitude and understanding how your words positive and negative impact others. Thank you!
Definitely going to pay more attention to the dishwashers in life. They definitely deserve more recognition then they get. Thanks for sharing this perspective and reminding us to leave the dirty shoes at work.
These are some great lessons! I am going to share them with my team of leaders. Thank you!
Love these thoughts, and if you are leading the team don’t be afraid to step in where needed! I can cover phones for an hour to make sure our admin support get a lunch break away from their desks!
Thoroughly enjoyed these three points!
You can tell Glen Van Peski’s heart and character through his willingness to continue learning after a successful career as an engineer. His long-developed characture and wisdom offer what we all need to hear on a regular basis.
Thank you for sharing! I look forward to reading the entire book, learning and than passing it along to others!
Some of the best lessons come from unexpected places, sounds like an interesting read!
Love these lessons. With humility comes learning. With generosity comes blessing. With gratitude the world is opened up is many ways, a bad day can turn to beautiful when looked at with a different view. I love treating ALL with the same respect as treating the CEO of the company. Every single person and job keeps a company running. I would love to read your insights from this book.
The concept of valuing the part that each coworker does is so incredibly empowering and affirming. Sounds like a great new book!
Love these insights. Especially that everyone matters. Thank you for sharing!!! The book sounds amazing!!
I try to let my family know about the little victories that I had. I also communicate if I had a rough day, but I do my best to not let it sour the mood. Its important for your family to be involved in that part of your life. Wish my parents had talked more about their work so that I could have that exposure.
As for the “dishwashers”, I try to write thank you cards periodically for those people that help me and do things to help make the workday easier and better.
Thank you for your newsletter. Very thought-provoking.
Learning to be a leader is a day to day job and it’s nice to get at refreshing view of leadership.
Great insights to follow daily and I plan to share with my staff. Thank you!
As a Director in childcare, these brief lessons are a great reminder for the environment myself and my teachers are in daily. Every team member is important and needed to attend to make the day run smoothly for children and teachers alike. Thank you for the insight to share with my team!
It is always important to recognize and appreciate all employees in your organization. Everyone wants to know they make a difference.
There is something good in every day 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
“Leave work at work” hardest thing to do when in leadership. Working on it each day to remind myself my cup has to be filled to fill others.
“Take less, do more.” That spoke to me today. H
I love this! Remain curious in others in order for growth and rapport to blossom. We can learn so much by just being curious and asking questions to listen and to learn from others. Seek out each day to talk to a colleague you may know little about to spark curiosity.
Great advice! Leave the bad, take the good, share the joy!
Leaving work at work has always been a focus of mine – not always easy to do, and essential to living well. I love the “take less. do more.” title!
I’m retired a little early due to family care giving needs and I was just wondering what kind of part time job I would enjoy; a dishwasher in a well schooled bakery sounds interesting and I definitely like the benefits! Thanks for opportunity.
Once again Dan you made my morning with a nice anecdote. I enjoy your insightful and thought provoking articles but it is equally nice to be reminded about some of the small and basic ideas that are just as important in our daily activities.
Even at a very young age, I remember witnessing my dad have professional relationships with everyone he worked with. I was astounded to learn that a few of those “work friends” were the custodians who cleaned his building. Everyone does count!
Simple, but incredibly effective and honest.
I see this all the time, people doing flashy work get given the credit, people toiling to keep the lights on can be passed over, but their work is critical.
Leader in every chair- we are all leaders for good or bad, learning to lead with grace and humility that understands how to bring out the best in others is leadership at its finest— yes I want a free book!!
Great message! As an HR executive, I have a small plastic chair on my desk to remind me that I make decisions that impact people who are not in the room to give their ideas. It makes me keep in mind that everyone counts and everyone’s opinion counts.
Hello to all,
Dan, I wish you could have a book give away every day. It brings out the responses. Which I thoroughly enjoy. Even though your daily message is the main dish, the responses are the dessert. I have learned so much from both. I love the idea of having “work shoes”. This could apply to any work place. Teaching shoes, banking shoes, construction shoes, on and on. Thanks for what you do and thanks to each responder for the dessert!
I can’t wait to read this book. The realness and understanding that everyone in the company counts! We were all dishwashers at some point in our careers and have to understand that there is potential in everyone. A good leader brings that out.
Thanks for the timeliness of this post. I’ll meet with all of the detective and patrol sergeants (the ones who give meaning to the culture that we articulate at our police department: you matter like I matter) later today. I was pondering how to address one of our wellness initiatives that encourages officers to leave work at work. That’s particularly hard for many cops, more so for the most committed and passionate. Points #1 and 2 will help me speak to leaving work at work.
I’m a chief of police in one of the largest cities in our state. Point #3 in today’s post is something I’m reminded of every day. Murders don’t get solved, drunk drivers don’t get caught, school zone speed limits don’t get enforced without the work of the patrol officers. And the patrol officers don’t know where they’re needed without our call-takers and telecommunications team. When the radio system goes down, we all pretty quickly remember who keeps the emergency services running.
Great reminders and advice. Deceptively simple.
Very good post. Simple, effective, and concise. The lesson includes “the best advice doesn’t always come from the top.” Thank you.
For a short post, this sure packed a punch. Less was truly more in this case. Just purchased the Audible, but wanted to compliment you once again, Mr. Rockwell!
I am looking forward to additional insights from the book like these 3 great lessons.
What a great reminder that everyone and every role matters, from the bottom up! I also loved the reminder about what we should and shouldn’t be bringing home – I’m going to work on that 🙂
These are great, always learning no matter where.
I write a weekly update to staff and students/ families sharing all of the “glimmers” of the week. it improves my mood and reminds me that there is good in each day.
Leave work at work! We are so connected these days it can be hard to do this if we don’t take deliberate steps to be sure we put up boundaries. For me home is relax and recharge, not work.
Oh my goodness… I love it and am sending this to all my hospital Food Services Leaders — and also my leadership mentees….such great lessons for us all to learn!
Look forward to reading this book. Leaving work at work is so much easier said than done. I try, and fail, on a daily basis. I’ll keep trying until it works.
Great ! The Everybody counts one is something my grandparents taught me as well! And I have lived by it my whole life!
Great perspective! Everyone matters in an organization.
Since being introduced to the Leadership Freak a few months ago, I have found this resource to be extremely beneficial in navigating my leadership role! I would love the opportunity to receive a book and be able to continue my studies.
Great reminders for everyday life! Sounds like a very interesting read.
What a poignant reminder of respect and responsibility. In my training of new hires, I always make it a point to tell my cashiers and associates that they are the most important part of our team because they drive sales and customer experience. Without them, there is no business.
Wow, great information in such a small read!
Always great tips and easy to relate to. Thank you!
Bringing home joy from the workday is a double-blessing; it highlights those items that I am grateful for and it also has the opportunity to teach/bless the recipient of that shared joy.
This was so simple yet so powerful! Can’t wait to read the book. I will be to thank the “dishwasher” at my workplace this week!
Great insights. Lots of unsung hero’s out there keeping things going. Leave your dirty shoes at work so you don’t drag the dirt home. Love it. It’s always good to get changed when you get home from work, so your mind and body can be with your family and not still at work.
A powerful (and clever) reminder and analogy. Thank you for sharing.
What a powerful and important message! I always learn the names of the custodial staff members and greet each of them every day. i used to compliment the toll person on the GW bridge ( when they were there ) on her great manicure and had a ten year friendship with some of the other toll takers. I always tell my children to recognize the humanity in every person they meet. It does not take much time or effort and it means so much to each individual.
I love all three lessons, so applicable to any job! #3 has been my motto for many years. My father always told me in life you treat the janitor the same way you treat the CEO, they are no different. As you mentioned sometimes it is the dishwasher that has the biggest impact on the restaurant when they don’t show up for work. Thanks for the reminders!
Everybody counts. In my early 20’s, I took a job with a worldwide environmental consulting firm that was a limited partnership at the time – Dames & Moore (founders were Trent Dames and Bill Moore). I was an administrative assistant when I started there, and I very much felt that I counted just as much as anyone on the team. It was an unusual experience and I think I have been looking for that ever since, though my roles have changed. I look forward to reading the book.
Life lessons are easy to see when you’re curious. I appreciate the simplicity and reminder of these from Glen Van Peski!
Love the idea of leaving work at work. As someone with young children I strive every day to leave my feelings of work at work before going home.
I love both the reality and the symbolism of the example of having a pair of work specific shoes. Such a great reminder. Also love the sentiment of everyone being essential – so true but so often forgotten!
It is hard to leave my work at work because I work from home. However, I love the idea of focusing on the good that happened during the day and leaving the negative behind!
Dan, I am appreciative of these simple nonjudgmental messages. They can be heard as supportive but lead to any individuals personal growth, within their own capacity to understand and act.
As someone who manages kitchens, this hits home and is what I continue to preach, but much more eloquently! Thank you!
No matter how valuable or important our contribution to addressing any issue is, we must never allow ourselves to believe we solved the problem single-handedly. There are ALWAYS others whose contributions, no matter how seemingly small, enable ours to be of value!
Good stuff. I remember being new on the management staff in a well established restaurant. Of course working all positions and understanding process and procedures was essential. Following the completion of training, my schedule continued to include an AM Shift as a dishwasher prior to our weekly afternoon management meeting. Some thought this unnecessary, though I believed it maintained the connection cross-functionally within the building, as long as you put in the effort.
I think one of the reasons I like my hour-long commutes is that I have the time to decompress before I get home – leaving work at work (particularly when it’s been a difficult day. And in the mornings, I have time to think about my day before it begins. I can plan how I will manage the challenges that arise before I’m there. It’s sometimes my favorite part of my day – the commute. (Unless there’s a wreck that makes it far more than an hour. Then, I hope I still have enough time after I get through delays to decompress from that as well. And I usually do.)
“In fact, if the dishwasher calls in sick, it might have more impact than if the boss can’t make it in.” – Promoting a sense-of-belonging and valuing everyone’s contributions is a passion for me as a leader and a facilitator of leadership training. This is a one-liner I will quote for years to come.
Definitely agree with taking home the GOOD. I find at least one good thing about my day to share / celebrate with others. I find these good things keep me coming back for more.