Okay, so now that my post’s title got your attention I want to get to a very serious topic. As a writer my mission is to get you to read my work. That’s where marketing comes in, hence a title that ‘punches you in the face’. Now that you’re here I will get on with my topic!
Servitude to others is so often overlooked and the importance of it is rarely taught. For those that think this will be some sappy topic; servitude directly impacts business and earning potential.
When I say servitude and serving others I am talking about adding value to others. Doing things that add value to others without any sort of accolade.
Jim Rohn has a great quote
You get paid for bringing value to the marketplace, and if you’re not very valuable you don’t make much money
Think if you brought lots of value? You would make lots of money.
Now I am not talking about bringing the boss coffee every morning and serving him in that sense. When I mean value adding you need to find out what natural hurdles individuals have. Find out where they’re stuck or need assistance and use your strengths to come up with a way to overcome the challenge.
I think professional sports is a great analogy for this. Let’s use a hockey team for example: there are players out there that are very very good at grinding pucks out of the corners and there are players that are very good at putting that puck into the back of the net. The player that gets the puck out of the corner drastically adds value to the player that can score when he puts the puck on his stick.
Okay, so I know I mentioned accolades earlier and usually when the pass is made the player gets an assist; therefore recognized. However, even better example, let’s look at the equipment trainers. When an equipment trainer can take a dull skate, get it sharpened, and back on the players foot without missing a shift… that is huge added value.
These trainers serve the players. The better they are at serving the players the more sought out they are. Simple math, when your more sought out you are paid more!
What you put out to the world will come back to you. If you set out to serve others and add value to them, you will then in turn have people add value to your life. Professional sports make such great analogies because majority knows about them. A great team is never comprised of one or two good players. It is always made up of a variety of skill sets that compliment and add value to each other.
This is the way the large organizations run, the way countries are run, and if we get in the habit of adding value to others and acting out of servitude we will all reap the rewards.
Add value to others and people will add value to your life. Together we will all achieve greater success.
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