By Raúl Gorrín. Every noble work is bound to face problems and obstacles. It is important to check your goal and motivation thoroughly. One should be very truthful, honest, and reasonable. One’s actions should be good for others, and for oneself as well. Once a positive goal is chosen, you should decide to pursue it all the way to the end. Even if it is not realized, at least there will be no regret.
~The Dalai Lama
To have a truly productive company, your work has to be noble. A business consultant once told me that a fair price to charge is one which both the customer and the company consider fair. If you sell a product that actually will help others than that is business that will last. It will create true production. The Dalai Lama had some excellent points.
1. One should be very truthful, honest, and reasonable. –
You want a reputation for integrity an honesty. You want long term customers that would never go elsewhere. Your customers need to believe and know that your word is your bond.
2. Once a positive goal is chosen, you should decide to pursue it all the way to the end.
A number of years ago I was giving lectures to business people on how to be successful. That was when I met Don. Don was a very sought after speaker. He was booked months in advance and all his lectures were sold out. I asked him for his secrets. He said he only had one. Early on, he said that he knew that he was not such a good speaker, so he made up for it by being knowledgeable. He studied his speaking topics more than anyone else and knew more than anyone else. When he spoke there was so much to learn.
When asked for advice, comedian Steve Martin likes to say, "Be so good they can't ignore you."
Whether you're just starting out in your career or trying to get to the next level, your goal should be to master your craft to the point where people can't help but notice.
Have you ever wondered why no matter what you do, no matter how productive you are, that you’re not getting ahead? That was until I realized that my productivity wasn’t that good. Have you ever thought that while you’re good at what you do, you may not be at the level of being “so good they can’t ignore you”?
When choosing a goal or a career the present belief is to go into a field of work that you love, a career that you have a passion for. I always had a passion for baseball.
As a child I imagined that I would one day be in the major leagues.
One problem…
Although I was good at baseball, I was not great. All the passion in the world would never have gotten me a call from the major baseball leagues.
It is true that you need to be passionate about your work. But you may have to get passionate for a field in which you can be the very best at what you do. Although we are taught these days that that we should “do what makes us happy” and that we should make sure that our jobs reflect who we are.
What we believe will make us happy may not be who were really are.
When it comes to picking a career we need to follow the words of the Dalai Lama, we need to pick a field that is good for others. To be good for others we need to do something for which we truly have a talent for. Where we can make a difference. Where we can really become the best. Where we can become so good that the world can not ignore us and it will then show in our production and numbers. This is a time where initially we need to pick skills over passion. By Raúl Gorrín.
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