That one minor gesture brightened my day! I started to think, "What a great world this would be if everyone had consideration for others." It's a shame that that's not the case currently. It's obvious that common courtesy is lacking in society today. Just drive down a major highway and you'll see that.
What we all need is a little NICE.
Operation NICE encourages individuals to be proactively NICE. Stop by to read some positive, upbeat news stories (yes, they exist) about nice people. Download some tools (coming soon!) to help you in your quest to communicate the concept of niceness. Share a story or two about how someone made your day.
It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game ever starts.
- Addison Walker
About MeHi there! My name is Melissa Morris Ivone and my goal in life is to be as nice as I can possibly be. Here's a little bit about me. I live in New Jersey and work in Philadelphia as a graphic designer. I love crafting. I'm married to a wonderful (and kooky) man. And if you really want to know more about who I am, you should check out my personal blog or even my sketchbook or my pictures. Thanks for reading my blog!
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Hi Melissa,
I found your Melissahead blog through Artsy Fartsy and I just read your latest post about being nice. I had a similar experience at a McDonald's - the employees were so friendly and it seemed like they really were glad to assist me! I go back to that McDonald's as much as possible because their great attitudes truly make a difference! I love the idea for this new blog...I will definitely check back often. Thanks!
This is wonderful, Mel! I look forward to using your "nice" tools, and hope your blog inspires others to do as they would have others do unto them! You certainly have inspired me!
Hurray! What a great concept for your blog. I found you through A Little Hut. I've just subbed to your blog and am excited to keep up with you.
Well hi there stranger! ;-) Just found this through feterie's blog. What a great concept!
Hello Melissa
Operation nice is a fantastic and refreshing idea. If only this concept could be embraced into corporate culture... arhh...I dream.
In today's time poor society short cuts are taken. Unfortunately for many their short cut of choice includes being nice.
Much of society also perceives niceness as soft and weak. This is partly due to individual fear and insecurity. For change to begin some one needs to "stand up" for being nice and you have done that, congratulations!
When I appear to be one of the only few at work being nice and I start to doubt "niceness" your site will remind me to "stand up" for being nice.
So, thank you Melissa!
Deb Ferguson
Hi Melissa
Your blog is so fantastic! There really is nothing nicer than being nice. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment otherwise I may never stumbled across Operation NICE!
Thanks for your positive energy Melissa! I found your site on Veer and I had to repost it on my blog! (http://designfix.collarfree.com) It's shocking how an act of kindness is so rare that it actually surprises me. I hope we can change that. :)
Hi there! I was just referred to your site. I love the whole concept! I'm the one that will tell you how great you look or what beautiful eyes you have, just because. I know how great it is to get compliments from people. I also have a habit of making sure managers know when an employee is good to me-whether it be a store or a restaurant. What a great feeling! ;)
Hi Melissa! I just randomly came across your blog from Stleberry...which I found from a comment on The Martha Blog...anyway, so glad I found your blog! I couldn't agree more with you...I consider myself a pretty nice person and am very proud of it!
I'm putting your badge on my blog to spread the Nice! Look forward to reading more from you!
Aggie :)
Hi Melissa,
An article about you in today's Sacramento Bee motivated me to respond.
On a daily basis I look for situatiions in which to offer a compliment or praise to a stranger.
Two weeks ago, I complimented an airport bathroom attendant on how clean his station was. His response was a huge smile. He shared that on one had ever praised him nor his work on the job. A human, personal connection occurred at that moment. Wonderful feeling all day that a simple word of praise could have such a powerful effect on a stranger's affect.
I've thought many times of creating a t.v. station, Positive New Network, PNN. We need more positive information to be shared, too much negativity nearly everywhere.
Best to you and yours from a former Jersey City native.
John P. Trotta
It's ironic that this started your blog, nice idea that it is. As I understand elevator etiquette, the gentleman is supposed to board first. This stems from the days when elevators were not the safest of modes of transport: the gentleman would board as a test of the elevator's safety (if it was empty, at least). Further, it is deferential to enter first, because the last to enter is the first to leave. Which means while the nice gesture was well-intended, it was technically not nice.
If everyone felt just a little bit better about themselves and their fellow man, maybe they wouldn't have to buy "things" to make them feel noticed or worthy.
WOW! MY KIND OF THINKING! I believe - really BELIEVE - that old saying, "If you see a man without a smile, give him YOURS." The power of a GENUINE smile, a kind word, a small goodness is HUGE. I think you ROCK and my friend Laura at My Little Orange Kitchen linked us to you! I hope you won't mind if I mention this on my blog, too!
hi,
what a wonderful concept.the world will be a better place when we act more thoughtful and nice to all. i came here through scoutle and am happy finding this blog.i am an artist and i have created 'motivart' with quotes printed on my paintings to motivate myself and others .
found your blog through stacy julian's All Together Too Happy blog. I love this idea. I posted about it on my private blog to share the inspiration of Kindness that you share with others. Great idea!
Very nice to meet you Melissa! I love your blog, and I visit often. Keep it up it's awesome!
I totally totally agree with everything you say in this first entry. I'm glad to meet you! I"ll be back...Maria
LOVE THE IDEA!!!! Operation NICE reached Kuwait...
http://ra7alah.blogspot.com/2008/11/be-nice.html
What a fabulous blog. I'm loving operation nice. Will spread this amongst us brits, we could do with a little NICE here too! Very inspiring :-)
Yay! I love being NICE! Your blog is the bestest way to start my new year!
Hi there
I found your fab blog and fantastic idea through The Toy Society. The funny thing is I was bemoaning the lack of niceness around us and said we should start a Ooo Be Nice campaign, you've already done it. The fab news is unsurprisingly as the bloggy world is full of lovely folks, lots of people have said to me I want to join in too!!!
So, if it's ok with you, I'm going to put a link to you on my blog and start spreading the niceness throughout the UK. Keep up the great work.
Twiggy x
Wow! I found this blog's button on another blog and I'm so impressed by your initiative. I would love to join you. I will definitely become a follower of your blog to see what comes next.
- Teresa Jane :)
I like nice! It's so necessary as it provides us with a polite and gentle society. Thanks for creating and blogging this site!
Hi Melissa,
You had such a wonderful idea and iniciative! The world need more nice people. I think it really makes a difference to be a nice person. Let me join in your operation!
Have a really nice day!
Nice is very nice! It makes me grin.....
So simple and such a brilliant idea!
=0) I'm in!
I love this idea... After all, it's nice to be nice ;)
I'm in too x
Fantastic Idea, Fantastic Approach and Fantastic Follow Through... You had me at 'nice'... More awesomeness for my G-Reader... Thanks!!!
My grandma always used to say "it's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice". I'm in. I love the idea.
Aloha Melissa!
Love your blog! I just stumbled upon it by reading Lori's blog at www.TheDirtyLowDown.blogspot.com
Keep up the positive posts!
Barb Sasaki
www.SasakiBags.blogspot.com
What a breath of fresh air to find another positive blogger! My blog, Customers Rock!, tells good customer stories from companies treating customers well (as opposed to all those blogs that feature rants). I would love to be more involved with what you are doing, as I feel I have found a kindred spirit.
Keep it up. You rock!
Love this! I know you'll have enough material to post every day. I am also one of the nice guys and I hate that I've gotten cynical about it rarely being reciprocated. You've renewed my faith!
This is such a fantastic idea!!
You are wonderful. I like to think I'm a nice girl - although sometimes my cynicism combines with herd mentality!
I hope one day to wear your badge, on my blog, proudly!
Wonderful idea! I'm going to look around the blog now and wallow in the nice!
What an awesomely cool thing to do! I love your site! :)
Oh, this blog is so cool! I came across you through Suldog. I'm all for spreading the nice.
I came across your blog through one of my students. I am a teacher at the American School of Doha in Qatar, and I teach a middle school elective called, Be the Change. The basic premise of the class is finding ways to make a difference in the world. One of my passions is random acts of kindness, and I am trying to instill that in my students as well. I gave them an assignment to search the web for sites that relate to our class in some way, and one student responded with Operation NICE! I was thrilled to visit the site and read about someone with a similar desire to make a difference through niceness! Thanks for being a pioneer in this area!!
Just wanted to say you are awesome to create such a cool and needed site.
I posted a little something about your blog/s (love it/them!) as well as about your bakeless bakesale. I hope I didn't get any of the facts mixed up and that it brings some cupcake sales along the way :O) Blessings, Susan
Just want to say I am so glad I found this blog! Love It! Good for you and many blessings for your niceness! :D
Best. Idea. Ever.
Awesome!!!!!! Glad I found this--it made my day. Where is the button?
i just ran across your blog today, and love everything about it.
Thank you for brightening my day before it had even started. :)
-krista
oh, and i swiped a button, and linked to your blog on my sidebar.
<3
Tips for being nice:
-Smile
-Don't judge other people
-Laught often
-Read the book Don't sweat the small stuff
-Tip well
-Worry less about the rules and show more kindness
-Avoid pointing out others mistakes
-Say hello to people when entering a room
-Share your passions with others and be interested in them as well
-Avoid negativity and contant complaning
I just found your blog! Yay! Wouldn't it be nice if everyone was?
Melissa, What a great idea! Sometimes I get flack for being overly optimistic and positive, but I definitely think that being nice makes me and the people around me feel happier. Keep up the good work!
hey there, its pretty amazing that i stumbled upon your blog today, as my blog today was about this very thing.
i too have taken a vow to do at least one nice thing a day.
lets keep it going!
I love the concept of this blog. It's nice to know there are others out there that still care.
NICE can help the world go round.
what a brilliant idea to say it loud.
:)
Loved discovering your site.
I'm on your team for this mission!
Tara
Oh what a wonderful story! Kudos to you for starting this fantastic idea!! I'm going to post your button on my blog at http://imeondesign.typepad.com/blog/
I just stumbled here and I am SOOOO glad that I did.
This is a FABULOUS idea and I so want to follow your blog and also see if I can't encourage others to follow!
I will be adding your button and blog link to my sidebar!
Melissa,
I just recently started a similar blog focusing on staying nice. I am so happy to see more people out there seeing niceness as a positive trait and not a weakness.
Keep up the good work! I've linked the operation nice logo to my blog. Thanks!
Sincerely,
The Nice Girl :-)
alwaysthenicegirl@blogspot.com
My mother used to tell me you can always find something nice to say about a person's appearance and you should always do so. One day I pointed to very large woman who was dressed really wildly and asked my mamma "What about her what's nice about the way she looks?" Without hesitation my mamma responded "She has a lovely hat"
I am a person who always loves to feel ourselves very happy and so glad in this way we can give a smile and joy to others.
I am fed up of negative stuff on the web, so I googled "karma nice stuff" and this was top of the list. Realised that my wife needed a cheery comment so I have put a post-it note on the door for her. Great stuff!! Have sent this link to a few friends; hope it doesn't cause an internet melt down. What a great idea. Spread the word and keep it up.
I just came across your blog from a link in a blog that was a link in another blog-lol.
I started blogging because I wanted to help people see the positive in life. I started a weekly kindness club prompt about 5 months ago-love when people choose to be kind to each other.
Hi, Melissa! This is a very inspiring thing you've got going on. Some of the posts made me teary-eyed. I'm so glad that I came across your website because I'm very passionate about helping other people.
Keep up the great work and God bless! The world needs more people like you. :)
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I enjoyed your entries on Toxic Words - such great thoughts and a wonderful reminder to watch the words I use - to be positive and kind and use words to build up rather than tear down. :)
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Hello Melissa,
I like your energy, you sound NICE!
The world sure could do with more nice gestures these days and that starts with each of us...
.. we all need to be the change we want to see!
Peace.
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