I’ve had the pleasure of training people to do creative work and social media management over the last few months.

At one point during one of the discussions, I stopped whatever I was doing, looked up at my client’s staff that I’ve been training, and said:

“What we’re doing here is nothing more than being kind to each other.”

It’s not about how much we can get done with these mounting tasks by the end of today. Work will never end. More to-dos will be added. Goals will move. New objectives will be set. In the end, no one will care about how much we have produced. Rather, how kind we treat each other along the way—that’s what truly matters.

Work is one of the ways that we strangers connect. Without this work or project, we may never have crossed paths, gotten to know one another, and helped raise each other’s game.

I’m here to help you become the best version of yourself, and in doing so, I’ll become the best version of myself as well.

So let us just enjoy whatever we have at hand, take a deep breath, and thank Allah for this moment.

She agreed.

“Now get back to work.”