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It's Not All About You
Now, I want to believe that I was rather less full of myself when I read this book in 2002 than I was in my earlier years. I had experienced my fair piece of personal and professional struggles, pain, and brokenness. I assumed I had at least encountered an adequate amount of trials and assessments to establish the world did not turn around me anymore. However these 4 words certainly hit me right smack dab in the center of someplace. That "someplace" ended up being a decent location. You see, the real question meant for most of us is, "What on earth are we here for?" I cannot answer that question for every person, but I would propose that we are either here for a terrific reason or we are here just for the heck of it. Assuming we are here for some superior reason than a chance accident, the following sound question becomes, "What exactly is our purpose?" I want to take the liberty to encourage you with the insight that our lives symbolize a purpose much greater than our individual personal contentment, joy, or happiness. To quote the book, "The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That's because we typically begin at the wrong starting point - ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like what do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose." We're here to serve. we're all writing chapters of our life testimonies -- both good and bad. Our actions decide the result of each chapter inside the book. But our book is also about other people. The insurance trade offers us with an astounding platform to serve. Once we peel back the sheets, we recognize that literally everything we seek to accomplish is directly associated to serving somebody. We serve our prospective purchaser, and we end up having a consumer. We serve our prospective new Agent, and we finish up with an additional member of our family. We serve the Agencies we characterize, and we wind up fostering the health and life of our work setting. The Corporation serves the field force, and we end up having a field force who strives to look after the welfare and profitability of the Company. Every sole dollar of new business sales generated as annualized life premium results from someone SERVING someone else. we're here to influence and inspire. John Maxwell is correct on point when he says that we won't believe in the leader if we don't believe in the message. Thriving agencies work on what I refer to as the Law of Attraction. Citizens end up being a part of an business because they believe in it and the message they hear and see. They end up with the wish to want what those in the Business have and believe if they partner with them they can get what they want. Our job is to live out our life of influence and inspiration in such a way that we display HOW to be profitable, and inspire them with the drive to be ready to do what it takes to get in position to win. The more we appreciate, believe, and accept that it's not about us, the more we will find ourselves blessed beyond our wildest imaginations. That's just the way it works. Stay Strong! Lead On! Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Want to know more advice for getting ahead? Check out |
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