10 Awesome Ways To Make Someone Feel Special

"It is the quality of our relationships that most determines our State"

People are Emotional. Emotions play a vital role in our social life. Generating positive emotions can be very rewarding in nurturing our relationships with people. However, not caring for the emotions of others or ignoring them, may sometimes result in big loss of genuinely good people in our lives. In the absence of good people, life may turn out to be hollow. And this hollowness is difficult to beat. So the whole idea is to generate positive emotions among the people whom we come across.

Making someone feel special is a great way to generate positive emotions. It shows how important they are for you. It gives you the chance to express your feelings for them. It gives them an impression that you care for them. When someone cares for us, it gives an extreme amount of satisfaction, happiness, confidence & fulfilment. We are happily compelled to reciprocate the same. It's a win - win situation!

We can make people feel special from any spheres of life - Family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, or strangers. When we make people feel special from all walks of life, our happiness, satisfaction, confidence & fulfilment level grows exponentially. So idea is to grow this circle beyond family. Bigger the circle of positive emotions, higher the rewards!

Now the question is how to make people feel special?

Here are 19 ways to make people feel special and nurture winning relationships with them -

1. Greet with a smile - Smile is the most pleasantly contagious gesture. It says "I am not harmful". I am "one of your tribe". Whether you meet strangers or known people, greet them with a smile, irrespective of your level of familiarity. It's magical & gives lots of warmth to others.

2. Look into eyes - Eyes are the most genuine form of communication. When conversing with people, look into their eyes & talk as if there is no one else around. People feel important & worthy when they are given attention, especially through eyes.

3. Show gratitude - Remember the help given by people in tough times. The help may be in the form of Ideas, thoughts, discussion, money, time or guidance. When you succeed in life, go back to these people and say thanks for the help they gave in the past. It's a great way of expressing gratitude. You may choose any form of expression, like -

* A Phone call

* An email

* A letter

* A beautiful bouquet

* Express gratitude on their Facebook timeline through a post or a video card or picture

* Pay a personal visit

4. Show respect - Pay respect to elders or those senior in ranks. Respect genuinely not just for the sake of it. At the back of their mind, they do notice whether you are taking their seniority genuinely or not. Win over them by paying due respect & borrow knowledge from their rich experience and wisdom.Few examples are -

* Don't interrupt in between, ask questions at the end

* Don't say, you disagree instead use words like you have different opinion or you want to add something

5. Give surprises - The best way to bring a smile on the face of people is to give them surprises. Identify occasions and send them any gift as a surprise at their residence or office.

6. Take notes - while meeting people in the formal atmosphere like clients or seniors, take notes in the diary. This captures their request, feedback or concern in the records & gives an impression that they are heard seriously. Also the notes taken are useful for your future reference.

7. Understand their preferences & interests - Find out the preferences & interests of people you deal in the life. Share ideas & thoughts based on their preferences & interests rather than discussing something that you like. This energizes them & opens up to winning conversations. It's a great opportunity to build strong rapport with people. To know about their preferences & interests, visit their profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram.

8. Send personalized greetings - Everyone has important dates in their life, like birthdays, anniversaries, promotions, retirement or arrival of new family members etc. Put extra effort to create a personalized image greeting & send. Use Google Images & applications like 'Skitch or Photo Editor pro' to create personalize greetings.

9. Sacrifice personal comfort - At times you are expected to give a favour to people who may put you in an uncomfortable position. It may mean sacrificing personal or family time. Don't hesitate, it's absolutely fine. People would return the favour with extra dividends in the future.

10. See off well - When people come to meet you at home or in office, keep courtesy to escort them till the exit. Share with them the best possible route & transportation to reach their destination back.