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How the Gift of Giving Can Bring You Closer to Success
| Guest post by: Kris De Leon |
Article Overview: The gift of giving is perhaps one of the most important things you can do to get you closer to achieving success. It’s definitely important to focus your efforts on getting to your goal, but the one problem with goal setting is that you tend to have a “Me” focused attitude. You should focus on the gift of giving, and find a way where you can add value to someone else. Zig Ziglar said it best: “You can have everything you want in life if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”
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How the Gift of Giving Can Bring You Closer to Success
The gift of giving is perhaps one of the most important
things you can do to get you closer to achieving success. It’s definitely
important to focus your efforts on getting to your goal, but the one problem
with goal setting is that you tend to have a “Me” focused attitude. You should
focus on the gift of giving, and find a way where you can add value to someone
else. Zig Ziglar said it best: “You can have everything you want in life if you
will just help enough other people get what they want.”
If you want more courage, use the gift of giving and find a
way to encourage someone else. If you want confidence, instill confidence in
someone who needs it more. My mentor told me a story about how one of his
employees developed self-confidence by simply instilling confidence in someone
else. In this article, let’s call her Mary. When my mentor conducted a
performance review, he discovered that Mary lacked self-confidence to perform
her role to the highest standards. He knew that Mary had a great deal of
potential, so he decided to help her build her self-esteem and self-confidence.
My mentor knew that pep talks and positive reinforcement
were not enough for Mary to boost her self-confidence. He knew that Mary would
need to help someone else gain confidence in himself before she could develop
her own confidence. So he encouraged Mary to spend some time with someone who
lacked self-confidence. Mary knew a girl who lived in her neighborhood that
lacked confidence. Mary talked to the girl, and found out that she enjoyed
soccer, but did not excel in it, so she didn’t feel confident in herself. Mary
excelled at soccer, so she decided to coach the girl as her gift of giving.
After spending time coaching the girl, Mary noticed that the girl’s self-confidence
grow dramatically. When Mary saw how this girl grew in confidence right before
her eyes, her own self-confidence started to grow because she knew the value
she was contributing to the girl’s life. Once her self-esteem and
self-confidence expanded, my mentor mentioned that her performance increased
dramatically.
While it’s important to stay focused on your goals and doing
everything you can in your power to achieve them, take a step back once in a
while and think about what area in your life you would like to develop. Then
find someone who needs it more, and help that person develop in that area. Through
that gift of giving, you will see yourself making improvements in that area
without even thinking about. Just remember what Zig Ziglar said about helping
enough people get what they want first, and then you can have anything you
want.
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About the Author: Kris De Leon RSS for Kris's articles - Visit Kris's website Here are some of the challenges and problems I help solve for entrepreneurs and small business owners: - Help them gain clarity on their target market and ideal customer profile, and making sure their marketing message is crystal clear to them - Help them to drive targeted leads to their online profiles - Help them create an engagement strategy that gets their followers to actively participate, and rave about their business to their network of followers - Help them convert their followers into paying customers, and get their followers to spend with them time and time again. - Help them measure the results of their online marketing and social media campaigns so that their time and money is best spent on activities getting them results Prior to my career in online marketing and social media, I have strong international experience with a solid track record of building businesses in Japan and the U.K. I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000, and have a strong passion for adventure travel and learning new cultures. I speak business-level Japanese after living over 5 years in Japan, and I am also a certified Scuba Diving Assistant Instructor with PADI. Want to generate more customers and improve your bottom line? Grab your FREE copy of my E-book 5 Steps to Creating a Successful Facebook Marketing Campaign, and learn the proper way to build your fan base and convert them into paying customers. Click here to visit Kris's website   Facebook Marketing Campaign |
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