Your words can be the canvas for your masterpiece or the old newspapers that catch grease and dirt on the floor of the garage. They can encourage and uplift others or they make them angry quicker than a punch in the nose. So choose your words wisely regardless of your status or your mood that day. Your words are the legacy that people will remember you by.

Ultimately, people will not remember you for your accomplishments, but they will remember your style, your words and how you treated them.

So please remember the next time you are tempted to say something not so nice, that we are all fighting battles of some kind. So please be kind no matter who you are, where you are or what your position may be in your personal or professional life. Just a few kind words can change somebody's world forever, but regrettably, mean words tend to be remembered more often.

And especially while you are in the office, please remember the old adage that "it's nice to be important but more important to be nice."