Tag: making the world a better place

Thanking Others

I spent the weekend
with two loved ones
– an older loved one
and the younger loved one
who voluntarily takes care of her.

The extremely bitter
older loved one
didn’t say thank you
to the younger loved one
at all,
not once
during the entire weekend.

I was shocked
by the lack of gratitude.
And I told her that.

She said
if she said thank you
every time
he did something for her,
she’d be saying thank you
all the time.

I told her
yes, that’s what
she SHOULD be doing.
If he takes the time
to help her,
she should at least
take the time
to say two words in return.

Saying thank you
does a number of things.

It makes the other person
feel appreciated.
That alone is worth
uttering those two words.

But it also reminds us
that the other person
didn’t have to take
that action.
They could have ignored us
and walked away.
That’s ALWAYS an option.

It builds gratitude
within us
and gratitude
is the key to happiness.

Yep, we often increase our own joy
by thanking others,
by uttering those two short words.

Say thank you..
for the other person
and for yourself.

Be Of Service

I think there’s nothing
more confirming
of the sh*tstorm we are in
than
scientists switching from
trying to stop climate change
to
trying to make these
‘last years’
comfortable for
the inhabitants of the world.

Being of service,
as many scientists are saying,
is a good motto
for all of us,
especially for business builders.

Our products or services
should add value
to the world.
They should make lives easier
or happier
or better in some way.
They should serve
their target markets.

Yes, make a profit
(if that is your goal)
but also
be of service.

Your Sales Meal Leftovers

A loved one
is a skilled, in demand salesperson.
He almost ALWAYS has
a lunch or dinner
with a prospect or client.

Yesterday, he had three dinners.
Yep, three.
He was expected to order a meal
at each dinner.

Eating with people
is a bonding activity.

And he was expected to order a ‘good’ meal
so the clients and prospects
felt free to order
‘good’ meals also.

That extravagance makes them happy
and happy people buy products/services.

My loved one couldn’t finish his meals.
He wasn’t that hungry.
And he was making conversation
most of the time.
He didn’t have time to eat.

So he asked the servers
to pack his meals to go.
(Not wasting food
sends the signal
he won’t waste
his clients’ resources.)

My loved one made jokes
about how he’ll be hungry later.
The clients/prospects laughed.
Everyone was happy.

When he left the restaurant,
and he had a moment alone,
he gave the meals
to the homeless.

That made more people
happy.

Take the leftovers
from your breakfast/lunch/dinner meetings
with clients/prospects.

Use them
to make someone’s world
a bit better.

How To Use Your Power For Good

Leah Jeffries
has been receiving
a lot of hate
after being cast
in the new Percy Jackson TV Show.

Racists are justifying
these attacks,
saying Jeffries’ character
was white in the books
and she should be white
in the TV Show also.

The author of those books,
Rick Riordan
has very publicly
addressed this.

“You are judging
her appropriateness
for this role solely
and exclusively
on how she looks.
She is a Black girl playing someone
who was described in the books
as white.
Friends, that is racism.”

THIS is how
we use our power
for good.

We call others
on their bullsh*t.

And, as business builders,
we DO have power.

We influence
how our employees,
our partners,
our customers
treat other people.

Use that power
to make this world
a better place.