Does everyone know about this? Or is it just me and my husband who talk about Herograms?
If you don’t know, a Herogram is when someone emails you and they’re like: “Thank you for this, you did a great job. Well done, we’re so grateful.”
Boom!
No “but”, no “and also” no “and so”. Just “you’re awesome”.
There is nothing better than getting a Herogram. Very occasionally my editor at The Times, Nicola Jeal, will send me a Herogram. Actually I think it’s only been once. It was very short, like “Great to have you in the paper today,” or something. That from your editor is a big deal. I was like dizzy with little hearts and birds tweeting round my head for hours.
Sometimes my husband and I send each other little Herograms at about 10am when the school run is done and dusted and we are settling down to the serious emailing business of the day.
“Listen,” we will say, “you did so well to sort out batting back XXXX for the XXXXXXX. It was really inspired to tell them that XXXX instead of XXXXX!!!! ha ha ha! what do you want for dinner.”
But, it is also very important to send Herograms, you feel me? You also have it within your power to make someone else feel that boss for a day. And I do believe that it improves everyone’s mood and therefore performance to receive a (an?) Herogram.
So if everyone sent 1 Herogram today, via text or email, (face to face is very advanced. I have occasionally done a F-2-F Herogram and it’s intense for an Englishwoman), to anyone, to a builder, a teacher, a friend or a spouse, the world would spontaneously improve.
Haha I loved this, great post! Especially “F-2-F hero gram is intense for an Englishwoman”. (Have I just herogrammed you?) I think we do do this but we’ve never given it a name. I told my husband he’d done a good job touching up some paintwork yesterday, I got one for ironing his shirt at the last minute (we were having a stereotype day). I think I also did one for my mil for cooking dinner at the weekend. I also try and give the kids verbal ones whenever I can – does it count with kids? – to make up for all the times I will inevitably lose it with them. I try and keep the account balanced you see.
Cindy you guys are Herogramming like pros xxx
Brilliant! (Birds tweet) Though I need to extend it beyond the family, without inadvertently flirting with the postman or anything.
What a great post !
I’ve been trying to do this sort of thing more, kinda “be the person you’d like to meet”, so am telling my friends when they look great, and finding something nice to say to friendly assistants in stores etc., “Your lipstick is such a great colour!” to my butcher (yes, she’s a she). People are always so happy to hear something nice. I text my hubby a heart when I know he’s having a bad day at work, and make an effort to drop a note to friends when it’s been too long. Random acts of niceness, I do think they make such a difference.