What is good business? Smartness or total transparency? Anyone can put forward a case for smart business negotiation and dealings. Margins and profits are important. However, those who work with transparency, operate at a different level. Smartness doesn’t mean lack of transparency but still there is a fine line between the two. Smartness pays in the short term. Transparency pays in the long term.
Become a shock absorber. Let people share their pain and concerns with you. Rather than being reactive, empathise with them. Just by lending your ears and speaking a few comforting words you can make a positive impact on them. Most people can solve their own problems. They just need someone with whom they can share their moments of agony, pain, failures and challenges. Be that person. You don’t need to help them. Just be with them.
Success is never a eureka moment. It comes bit by bit. It takes years of hard work. You don’t win games in the last shot. The first one was equally important. The house is built not by the last brick. All the previous ones were equally important. What you do today will result in what you achieve tomorrow. Do it well. Success is incremental. It shapes up bit by bit. Focus on every bit.
They will appreciate you. Not because they mean it but because they are simply returning the favor back to you. It’s a game in progress; I talk good about and you talk good about me. That way the ego of both is satisfied. Stay away from this game. You probably need more practice and more hard work. Real appreciation can encourage someone to change the world. A fake one won’t even allow you to change yourself.
I don’t want to prove anything to the world. I am sick and tired of it. Each time I do something they ask me ‘what next?’ They look for my achievements before they could consider me worthy of their attention. I don’t want their attention anymore. I just want to live a simple life oblivion to everyone. I want no one to know me. I want to roam free of this unsaid pressure of performance. I am done.
You have to believe in yourself. Never let anyone define you. When a door closes on your face you must know that you are made for a bigger playground. It is when you are rejected you should doubt the ability of the world to judge you. When you fail your resolve to be successful should multiply. When people laugh at your vision, you must smile at them; for you know that they are the same people who will clap for you when your moment arrives.
We all have pain. We all are hurt at times. How we deal with it defines the type of person we are. Some people bear it themselves and become stronger over time. Some spill it over to people around and they remain weak for ever. For them, hurting others seem to be the best medicine to lower their pain. They do this to cut their pain which never works. Sharing pain with a few can help but passing it on will only aggravate the situation; for them as well as others. Be strong.
I thought I will mend my way from today. I couldn’t. It simply passed by like all other days. I remained busy in things that won’t matter at all after a few years from now. In an attempt to achieve more in the short term I am clearly losing out on my long term goal. Still, I am unable to let go of things. I am addicted to my routine day in and day out. I must change it to change my future. I will try again tomorrow.
A major part of life goes in deciding what to do which satisfies the soul. Each time we zero in on something, something else seems to be a better choice. The doubt; that our choice may end up being the wrong one, we continue our search for a perfect goal. The unsaid competition with the world also plays it’s part. We look for simplicity though we end up making life complex. Don’t seek the world’s view. Ask your own soul and you will find the answer.
Be with me. Don’t leave me. I need you. I am passing through a tough time. Encourage me. Motivate me. I know I have a lot of deficiency. I promise to improve. Include me in your life. I know you won’t benefit much but I will. I promise to do the same when I reach somewhere and someone is looking for my help. A little confidence in me today is all I need. Be with me. I need you.
