Leave your unused coupons at the grocery store

Leave Your Unused Coupons at the Store

Coupons can be hit or miss, but some stores offer pretty sweet savings. Best of all, many of these stores don’t really care if your coupon is expired, they’ll accept …

Take the middle seat

Take the Middle Seat

If you end up in a middle seat for a flight of any duration, it will help if you accept early on that it ain’t gonna be fun, easy or …

Donate a gift card

Donate Unused Portion of a Gift Card

Welcome to Donate Your Card, where you can exchange your store and restaurant gift cards for a charity donation. You will receive a tax receipt for the entire full value …

Organize a block party

Organize a Block Party

Maybe you’ve just moved to your block, or maybe you’ve lived there for several years but still don’t know most of your neighbors. Deciding to organize a party in the …

Help someone change a flat tire

Help Someone Change a Flat Tire

Sooner or later, it’s bound to happen to most everyone. You’re driving along with your mind on the important meeting agenda, and suddenly your car pulls to one side and …

Return a lost item to its owner

Return a Lost Item to Its Owner

ALSO-Help your fellow before he loses his property. If you see your fellow’s property in danger, save it. If a flood is coming, lay down sandbags. If the wind is …

Compliment someone's style

Compliment Someone’s Style

“I love your sense of style.” This not only shows that you like the duds your complimentee is sporting right now, but that you’ve been noticing and appreciating their style …

Celebrate other people's success

Celebrate Other People’s Success

If you master generating genuine happiness for other people, not only will you find a cure for the envy, which can sabotage your success, but there are additional benefits as …

Tell a joke

Tell a Joke

“The human race has only one effective weapon, and that is laughter.” -Mark Twain If you want to impress somebody, make them laugh. If you want to connect with someone new, …

Hold the elevator

Hold the Elevator

The rules of riding in an elevator are unclear to many people. Are you supposed to hold the door? Should you speak to fellow passengers or not make eye contact? …

High FIVE!

High FIVE!

Sometimes, something so awesome happens, you just need to slap your hands against someone else’s hands. It’s called a HIGH FIVE, and these are some of the best ever! Source: …

Be a conversation starter

Be a Conversation Starter

These openers work great for beginning a conversation. They’re far more interesting than the standard “Where are you from?” type questions, and they are excellent conversation builders. 1. Tell me …

Make Eye Contact

Make Eye Contact

I’m sure you’ve heard that old saying, “It’s not what you say but how you say it that matters.” Most of human communication is nonverbal. One study at UCLA found that up …

Share a story

Share a Story

Writing and sharing a personal story can be a profound experience for the storyteller as well as for those reading. Stories about our personal experiences can awaken our awareness, stretch …

Leave extra money in the parking meter

Leave Extra Money in the Parking Meter

Why not put a little extra time on your meter for the next person in line for that fabulous parking spot?  Pay it forward.  Literally.  🙂 In the meantime, keep …

Take homeless children on outings

Take Homeless Children on Outings

Check out your local organization.   The Children’s Lifesaving Foundation (the CLF) is a non-profit, organization, dedicated to transforming the lives of  homeless  and  at-risk children and families in Los …

Help register people to vote

Help Register People to Vote

Rock the Vote has served as the leader in engaging young people in politics for over two decades. This year we are focused on registering voters, educating young people about …

Become a penpal

Become a Penpal

PenPal World has more than 2,000,000 members from all around the world and it’s growing fast. As a member, you’ll be able to write to any of the members. PenPal …

Help the mother with the crying baby

Help the Mother with the Crying Baby

We have all been that situation.  We are in the grocery store, airport, metro.  That piercing cry and the desperate mother trying to calm her baby down, and inevitably getting …

Generously share your knowledge

Generously Share Your Knowledge

As John Maxwell has suggested, you need to continually look for opportunities to add value to others. Chances are that you have a level of experience and knowledge others do …

Share your umbrella

Share Your Umbrella

A socially minded Hong Kong startup has come up with the fabulous idea of turning the humble umbrella into a tool for meeting new people, at the same time saving …

Let someone cut in front of you in line

Let Someone Cut in Front of You in Line

Look around you the next time you’re in line at the grocery store and allow someone with less items to jump in line.  Then enjoy seeing their positive reaction. Source: …

Pay it forward

Pay It Forward

There are numerous benefits attached to paying random acts of kindness forward and helping someone else in need. Specifically: Doing good for others can have a powerful, positive effect on …

Buy a stranger a lottery ticket

Buy a Stranger a Lottery Ticket

Virginia Beach, Va. – A Virginia Beach woman learned that talking with strangers may not be so bad after all. Chanel Skinner has a stranger to thank for winning $200,000 in …

Pay the toll for the person behind you

Pay the Toll for the Person behind You

I was driving over the Richmond Bridge on my birthday, feeling pretty good about myself after performing my first flying trapeze trick and knowing that I was going to pay …

Give away your parking spot

Give Away Your Parking Spot

One of the perks of being a senior at select high schools — like West Orange HS in Florida and James Bowie HS in Texas — is having the option to …

Don't interrupt when someone is talking to you

Don’t Interrupt When Someone Is Talking to You

Knock Knock. Who’s there? Interrupting cow. Interrupting cow wh…?  MOOOOOOOO! Source:  Readers Digest Don’t Interrupt When Someone Is Talking to You was last modified: January 14th, 2017 by Audrey Graziano

Leave quarters in gumball machines

Leave Quarters in Gumball Machines

Restless kids always run up to those twisting the knobs and begging their parents to give them a quarter. You know you did. Surprise them by leaving some quarters in …

Leave a generous tip

Leave a Generous Tip

Although you don’t have to leave hundreds of dollars, these tipping stories are sure to make you say WOW! Source:  The Week Leave a Generous Tip was last modified: January …

Help someone who needs directions

Help Someone Who Needs Directions

“Contribute to the world. Help people. Help one person. Help someone cross the street today. Help someone with directions unless you have a terrible sense of direction. Help someone who …

Clean your gym equipment

Clean Your Gym Equipment

Clean up after yourself. Always bring a towel—and use it. There’s nothing worse than getting covered in someone else’s sweat. Towels help keep surfaces clean, dry and germ-free. Most gyms …

Help someone with their grocery bags

Help Someone with Their Grocery Bags

 Helping out people with their groceries is a simple way to spread the love. Just make sure to ask if they need your help before doing so! Source:  Center for …

Volunteer Abroad

Volunteer Abroad

With Volunteer Forever, you can quickly create a profile and start fundraising right away. Volunteering abroad can be expensive, but it’s also a noble endeavor that your friends, loved ones, …

Leave flowers on someone's car

Leave flowers on someone’s car

When I returned to my car after doing an errand, I found a beautiful flower placed carefully on the windshield. It was fresh picked, but I didn’t see any flowering plants …

Place positive notes in public places

Place positive notes in public places

On doors. On computers. On buses. On library shelves. Each sticky note contains an inspiring quote — like “Be as happy as a bird with a French fry” — and …

Hold the door for someone

Hold the door for someone

One takes a risk by holding the door open for people who are entering or exiting a crowded establishment. Sometimes, you innocently hold the door open for a few people, …

Say Thank You

Say Thank You

It’s what your parents always remind you to say. Now you can dazzle your friends and relatives by saying it in 26 different languages. Source:  Fact Monster Say Thank You …

RSVP

RSVP

Many people think themselves overworked and busy, and I can see why sending a reply to an RSVP is low on the list of priorities. But it is ironic that …

Before you speak, THINK

Before you speak, THINK

Before you speak, THINK… T – is it True? H – is it Helpful? I – is it Inspiring? N – is it Necessary? K – is it Kind? Source: …

Be encouraging

Be encouraging

The ability to give encouragement comes from a grateful heart.  A heart of love.  And a heart to bless others. Encouragement is a selfless activity. Those who make a point …

LISTEN. Really listen to someone

LISTEN. Really listen to someone

Listening is one of the most important skills you can have. How well you listen has a major impact on your job effectiveness, and on the quality of your relationships …

Say “hello” to a stranger

Say “hello” to a stranger

No one is ever going to be offended by having a stranger say hello to them. In fact, they will be grateful! Because nine times out of 10 everyone else …

Share an overheard compliment

Share an overheard compliment

Compliments are little gifts of love. They are not asked for or demanded. They tell a person they are worthy of notice. They are powerful gifts. But compliments work only …