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How Strange That We Waste Time and Horde Money
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry,
the philosophy which does not laugh and
the greatness which does not bow before children.
Kahlil Gibran |
You want more sales.
More profit. For those that can see the bigger picture, there's a Eureka! moment in this rather unusual strategy.
If the entire population
of the world was reduced to a small global village of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today;
There would be 60 adults, 33 children and 7 senior citizens.
Only 33 people would have access to clean, safe drinking water.
Only 7 people would have a car. (Some have more than one)
Half the children aren't even immunized.
Half the adults don't know how to read.
More than half the people struggle to live on $2USD per day or less.
If you have safe drinking
water and a car parked in the driveway, you are already among the wealthiest people in the world. How easy it is to get wrapped up in
the things you don't have and forget to be grateful for things you have and take for granted.
Want more business
growth? Do this today. Reach into your pocket. Take out a twenty dollar bill. Go buy a gift
for a child. Drop it off at your local Salvation Army. Or a comforter. You'd be
amazed at how many children wish simply for warm covers at night.
Don't just write them a check/cheque, although you can do that, too. Giving cash is not the same as giving your time.
Time is the only commodity you can not earn more of when you've spent it.
How strange that we waste time and horde money. Frittering away that which we can't replace, and hording that
which we can. Give a little of your time to someone
whose life will be better, even temporarily, because of you.
Do something for someone else every day, without expecting anything in return. Let someone go in front of you
in line. Hand a cup of coffee to a homeless person. Compliment a sales clerk who is having a bad day. Leave a flower
on someone's desk and don't tell them it's from you.
In over two decades, I have never seen one single business owner grow their business without first growing
themselves as people. As you grow, so shall your business. Trust me on this one.
P.S. If you have children, take them with you. We can't buy them compassion or ethics like running shoes, but
we sure can teach them by example. If your kids use the Internet, take them to http://www.thehungersite.com
and show them that they can click on the yellow "give food" button every day. (You can, too) Corporate sponsors
provide a cup of food for every click.
P.P.S. The "global village" numbers are derived from the writings of Donella Meadows, a brilliant woman that
the world lost in 2001. The full breakdown of our global village was published on a poster for the Earth Summit in Rio
de Janeiro, in June 1992. |
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