see your own gifts
Why Appreciate Yourself?
Give yourself the gift of insight. We often overlook our own achievements, qualities, and the value we bring to others. Sometimes we doubt ourselves and who we are in the world. Invite Insight is here to change that. Our platform allows you to invite the people who know you best—friends, family, colleagues—to share the qualities they admire most in you. Over a series of days or weeks, you'll receive private, heartfelt appreciation notes that will give you increased self-awareness about yourself and the particular gifts you share with the world.
“When have you seen me most alive/happy?”
“What’s one thing you appreciate about me?”
“What do you think are my biggest strengths or greatest strengths?”
“When did you see me at my best?”
People use Invite Insight campaigns as a tool for:
Birthdays or other milestones without having people buy you needless stuff.
Self awareness during a career shift or job change to understand how others see your unique gifts and contributions.
Staying supported in times of need, like breakups, layoffs, and illness.
What You’ll Get from an Invite Insight campaign:
Surprise and delight: Every morning, you’ll get a new personal appreciation note from someone who loves and care about you. Who is it going to be today?
A Deeper Understanding of Yourself: Over a period of days or weeks, you’ll see how others see you, what your gifts are, how you show up in the world.
Emotional Resilience: Studies show that feeling appreciated lowers stress and anxiety, and creates joy, meaning, and connection.
Why Invest $20 in Yourself?
Understanding yourself and your gifts is one of the most basic forms of self-awareness. Invite Insight creates the rare opportunity to see yourself through the eyes of those who care about you. When you let yourself being appreciated by the world, your gifts appreciate for the world.
1. Start an Invite Insight Campaign
Enter your name, email, and a Start Date. We’ll send you a link.
2. Everyone writes Appreciation Notes
Share the custom private link with your friends, colleagues, and loved ones, asking them to write heartfelt Appreciation Notes: What do they appreciate about you? What do they see in you that you can’t see in yourself? The campaign is official once we get 7 Notes.
3. You get appreciations for days on end.
We do the rest. On your Start Date, we’ll start sending you one note privately per day. Each note is a delightful surprise helping you feel supported and helping you see yourself for days on end.
“This is one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself. I urge everyone to do it.” — Sarah
“I did this for my 40th birthday. I can’t believe how people saw me so lovingly; the memory of this will last a long, long time.” — Ben
Frequently Asked Questions
+ What is an Invite Insight campaign?
An Invite Insight Campaign is a series of at least 7 Appreciation Notes, which we send to you privately one day at a time. It's a tool that creates joy, meaning, and connection; you get to see how loved you are by the people in your life. It's a way to privately see the gifts you bring to this world
+ When do I use it?
Most people use Invite Insight during times of celebration or transition:
- Birthdays or other milestones without having people buy you needless stuff.
- Self awareness during a career shift or job change to understand how others see your unique gifts and contributions.
It's a sort of digital ritual, a way for you to be seen and acknowledged during life's transitions. We also get a fair number of campaign starters doing it to support someone going through a difficult time: a major illness, or a breakup, or a death in the family.
+ How do I start an Invite Insight Campaign?
Fill out the form on our website, which will take you about a minute. We’ll email you a personalized link that you share with friends, colleagues, and family. Seven Notes launches a Campaign.
+ Why start an Invite Insight Campaign?
The world feels like a better place when we are appreciated. Our bodies actually change chemically when we feel valued, praised, and blessed. You can do that for your Recipient for days on end. Check out what our Recipients are saying.
- Because often times we don't see our unique gifts, or how we positively affect others. An Invite Insight Campaign shows you how you ARE, not what you DO, and how your way of being is so special to everyone around you.
- Because the world feels like a better place when we appreciate others. 95 percent of people felt at least somewhat happy when expressing gratitude, and over half felt extremely happy. Asking people to write Appreciation Notes makes them healthier, more energetic and optimistic, more empathic, and less vulnerable to clinical depression.
+ How do I get other people to participate in the Appreciation Campaign I’ve started?
When we send you your personalized link, we’ll also send you a sample email you can edit and forward to your friends, colleagues, and family.
Share via email, text message, on FB or Messenger… as long as you share that personalized link, anyone can participate. They can spread the word too by sharing the link with others.
+ How much does it cost?
$20.
+ I just got asked to write a Note for someone. How do I write a meaningful Appreciation Note?
Great question! Take a moment to think about the person you’re writing to. Why are you grateful for them? What's great about them? The more specific you can be, the more meaningful your Note will be. Some prompts that might be helpful are:
- Can you recall a time when the Recipient did something that made a big impact on you? You could tell them about that and thank them for it.
- Is there something special about the Recipient that you can see makes the world a better place? You could describe what that is and why it’s special and important.
- Is there a funny story that comes to mind that makes you smile or laugh to think of it? You could tell that story to the Recipient in your Note, and thank them for brightening that memory.
You don’t have to be eloquent, just write from the heart. Be genuine and that’s going to shine through.
+ Can I see some examples of great Notes of Appreciation?
Yes! Click Here.
+ Who can read the Notes? Are they private?
Only you the Notes. See our Privacy Policy for more info.
+ More generally, I'm still concerned with privacy. What do you do with my personal information?
We totally understand, given what tech companies do with private personal data. Thankfully we're not that, just two guys in a garage trying to make the world better. We won't sell or exchange your personal information. We want the experience to feel as good for everyone as possible, so you'll never be served ads. Any of the information we collect from you is only used to operate an Invite Insight Campaign, including communicating with you and others in the ways you have agreed to. You can read our full Privacy Policy here. We aren't trying to make a bag of money doing this; we genuinely are doing this to help people see themselves and their gifts.
+ Can people still contribute notes to the campaign after it has started? Or is the start date the deadline for all notes? Can I write multiple Notes?
People can still contribute Notes after the start date. They can also contribute multiple Notes if they like.
+ How long can an Appreciation Campaign go for?
Theoretically, the Campaign can go on forever! The average campaign lasts around 20+ days. The longest one we've had is 150 days.
+ I created an Invite Insight campaign for myself, but now find it awkward to get these Notes. What’s up with that?
Yes, sometimes it feels uncomfortable when so many people tell you wonderful things about yourself. But that's sort of the practice: accepting that other people love you and genuinely think you're amazing! We at The Appreciation Effect really believe that gratitude is the secret sauce of happiness: for ourselves, for our community, for our world. That’s why we like to talk about accepting appreciations as the practice of “Grateful Receiving.” Receiving other people's appreciation lets others express gratitude, which is a gift to them. And your Grateful Receiving is really a gift to you too. For more in-depth information on receiving Appreciations, you can go here.
+ My Invite Insight campaign started. Do my Note writers know when I receive their Note? I feel internal pressure to send an individual thank you every time I get a Note.
We’ve got your back on this one! Note writers don't know when you receive their Note. When your campaign is about to end, we'll let you know. Then we’ll send you a link to write one thank you note that everyone will get. That way you can just relax and gratefully receive the Appreciation Effect without feeling pressure to respond to everyone individually as the experience is happening
What Recipients say:
“I was overwhelmed by how thoughtful these were — and how nice it felt to be seen.”
“Everyone should have the opportunity to know what makes them special and valued by their most cherished friends and loved ones.”
“I’m so grateful for my friends and family who took the time to write these things about me. It’s something I go back to every time I need it.”
If you had three words to describe your appreciation experience, what would they be?
“Loved, seen, acknowledged”
“Connected, grateful, celebrated”
“Loved, hugged, replenished”
“Seen, beheld, valued”
What Campaign Starters say:
“It’s so easy it is to start a campaign. And I love seeing my Recipients during the day, thinking, ‘They were appreciated and loved today.’ I keep on thinking of people I want to start campaigns for.”
“I love how simple and quick the process is. I love how clear and easy the signup is. And then you do the rest of the work for us? Brilliant.”
“Using the Appreciation Effect helped our family express positive feedback when we were in a bad habit of asking each other to change an unwanted behavior. It was easy to set up, not complicated to use, and simple enough for even the grandparents to participate in. Thank you!”