r/happy • u/DrGrizzley • 4d ago

The ripple effect of a kindness from a student, to my instructor, to me.

I'm a specialist instructor for a Fortune 500 and I coach our newer folks on how to be a public speaker. Today one of my prospective instructors, she made a career change from engineering, had her first live teach. And I really mean first, she's never done this before.

Unfortunately she made a mistake at first and started to flounder in front of her students. I was watching to see how she'd handle it and one of her students hopped off mute. She said that she remembered the first time she'd had to teach a class and how nervous she was, that it's okay if she need a moment to reset, and was so kind that immediately a bunch of other supportive messages popped up. She regained her footing and did great.

The ripple effect came because she was then in a meeting with her old Eng team and someone struggled. She used the same type of kindness and helped them get back on track. Her old manager thanking her and complimenting her on helping out. Now he and I are talking about offering some specialty training she can do to help that team. I'm incredibly happy that moment of kindness opened all sorts of doors.

So if you've never considered the ripple effect of a kindness there you go. Also a newly promoted instructor is now celebrating with her hubby

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u/justfreehouse 2d ago

I love this so much. Kindness is contagious!