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A recent study showed that expressing gratitude affects not only the grateful person, but anyone who witnesses it.

Researchers and social scientists studying gratitude have found that being thankful and expressing it to others is good for our professional health and happiness. Not only does it feel good, it also helps us build trust and closer bonds with the people around us.

These benefits have mostly been observed in a two-person exchange—someone saying thanks and someone receiving thanks. Now, new research suggests that expressing gratitude not only improves one-on-one relationships but could bring entire groups together – inspiring a desire to help and connect in people who simply witness an act of gratitude.

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When people witness an expression of gratitude, they see that the grateful person is the kind of person who notices when other people do kind things and actually takes the time to acknowledge them—meaning, they’re a good social partner. People who are responsive as social partners are really desirable people.

When a grateful person actually takes the time to step outside of themselves and call attention to what was great about the other person’s actions—that’s what distinguishes gratitude from other kinds of positive emotional expressions.

It’s easy to imagine how this should work in a workplace, where people are actually attending to and acknowledging other people’s good deeds and kindnesses. A whole group of people could be inspired to be kinder to one another, and, through this interwoven kindness, the group itself could become a higher-functioning group and a progressive company unit.

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