Be Extraordinary: The Greatness Guide Book Two: 101 More Insights to Get You to World Class. Робин Шарма
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Название: Be Extraordinary: The Greatness Guide Book Two: 101 More Insights to Get You to World Class
Автор: Робин Шарма
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Личностный рост
isbn: 9780007385591
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The man I met in Mexico City is a leader. A hero. An inspiration. Why? Because he has taken what life sent him and turned what most of us would spend our days crying about into gold. He now has prosthetic ears. He’s healthy and remarkably vital. He has achieved superb success in his career. He has found great love and joy. He has more friends than most people I know (far more than me). And he is stunningly positive in a world where people who have nothing to complain about spend most of their time complaining about trivialities.
You can curse the darkness, or you can light a candle and show up as a leader. Life is all about how you exercise the choices available to you. And your daily choices stack up to craft your destiny. Day by day. Week by week. Month by month. Year by year. David Mejia knows how to make the choices that will raise him to his own personal mountaintop. So do you.
You can curse the darkness, or you can light a candle and show up as a leader.
Woke up this morning with the following line from Mick Jagger’s solo album Goddess in the Doorway screaming through my head: “No use getting misty eyed, it all screams by so fast.” True. Life really does scream by.
Why postpone what you can do today to some time off in the distance? Why put off playing your greatest game as a human being to some point in the future? Why delay having a remarkably good time until you are old? The other day I read about a young woman who was reflecting on her retirement savings plan. She said, “I want to make sure I’ve saved up a lot—that way I can have at least some fun at the end of my life.” I don’t get it. Why wait until you are old to love living?
I’m in no way suggesting that you neglect the importance of planning for your future. Take the long view and prepare for a full life. As always, it’s a balance. Do your plans. Save for retirement. Be strategic. But at the same time, live in the moment. Play full out. Take daily risks. Smart. Emirates Airlines has an ad that asks: “When was the last time you did something for the first time?” Smart.
So fill your days with color. Hunt for the best that this very day will bring. Laugh a lot. Love a lot. Dream a lot. And if there’s an opportunity that the coming hours present to you—and we both know there will be—seize it. Because life screams by. So fast.
Why delay having a remarkably good time until you are old?
Question for you: Why don’t we see being “noticeably nice” written into any job descriptions? There’s a ton of stuff in those descriptions about what needs to get done each day, but nice is just an accessory, it seems. An add-on. An afterthought. I don’t get it.
I believe that being nice is, in many ways, the very lifeblood of a world-class business. Being nice to teammates (so they love coming to work each day) attracts and retains superb talent. Being nice to your suppliers (so they go to the wall for you) is excellent for operations. And being nice to your customers (so they keep coming back) is the best way to grow your community of loyal and passionate followers. Nice is what builds enduring businesses. Here’s an example.
Went to my local deli yesterday. Felt like some protein and veggies for lunch. I was in an ultra-creative mode and wanted to feed my brain well. I decided on a portion of turkey and a snow pea salad. I asked for what I wanted. The young woman behind the counter replied with a smile, “The rule is to sell the turkeys whole but I’m going to go see if I can break it for you.” A minute later, I had my piece of turkey. She added with a wink, “I’ll give you the one with the most seasoning—you’ll love it.” And on it went. Helping me. Wowing me. Being stunningly kind to me. A delicious experience of exceptional customer service. Because she was uncommonly nice.
Guess where I had lunch today? I returned there because, like most human beings, I do business with people who treat me well. Who doesn’t want to help the nice ones succeed? Nice got my loyalty. It got my repeat business. It generated an evangelist. To world-class businesses, nice matters. So JBN. Daily.
Nice is what builds enduring businesses.
It’s so easy to beat yourself up over mistakes you’ve made. Too many among us live in the past rather than loving the present and building a dazzlingly bright future. Some people stay stuck for years over something they did or a failure they experienced. Sad. A life is a terrible thing to waste.
But let me ask you a question: Is there really such a thing as a mistake? First of all, no one tries to fail or mess things up. Every one of us wakes up in the morning, walks out into the world and does the best we can do based on what we know, the skills we have and where we are on life’s journey. But even more importantly, every so-called mistake is actually a rich source of learning. An opportunity to build more awareness and understanding and gain precious experience. Experience that will help us do, feel and be even better. Everything that has happened to you in your life—the good and the difficult—was necessary to help you become the person you are now. Why make it wrong? So, just maybe, there are no mistakes. Just maybe what we could call failures are actually growth lessons in wolf’s clothing. And just maybe the person who experiences the most wins.
Everything that has happened to you in your life—the good and the difficult—was necessary to help you become the person you are now.