Good People Day 2008

I've been sick the last couple of days, so I didn't have much time to type this up.  I actually have been sleeping for about 90% of the last 48 hours.  I'm barely going to make this post on the right date, but it still counts, right?

If you have never heard of Gary Vaynerchuck, you should really check him out.  He's a good guy, and produces some great stuff.  I'm a big fan of his wine show over at Wine Library TV. That is his daily show where he tastes wines and gives good advice about wines in general.  If you're even the least bit interested in wine, you should check it out.  He also has another daily show at GaryVaynerchuck.com where he covers a whole variety of topics, including personal branding.   On yesterday's show, Gary made a call to action that we declare April 3rd, 2008 as Good People Day.  He wants everyone to spread the word about good people, and to talk about someone that is a good person.  This seemed like a good thing to do, so I thought I'd join in and do my part.

I wasn't sure whom I should talk about as a good person, and since I left myself so little time I'm just going to have to wing it.  I think I'm just going to talk about a group rather than one person.  That group would be the Wal-Mart greeters.  Those old people are always really friendly.  They have to stand there and put up with so many lousy people, but they still smile at everyone.  It doesn't matter how unfriendly you are, the Wal-Mart greeter will always be nice.  I don't know if it's just because they're all old and have nothing better to do, or what, but I think that they're good people.  So next time you head to your Wal-Mart, make sure to smile at the old guy at the door, and let him know he's a good person.