Sometimes I sit and wonder what I will post today, what will be of value to those reading this blog! Strange thing is, I find after a while I am typing and without thought. Then I find I have typed too much and I do some editing, oh well, today I know I will post about focus, what my aiming point is in the short term.
A friend told me many years ago not to focus on the result of my efforts, the money. He said,"Help those around you that need help and offer help to those that don't know they need it". I never paid much credence to that, in fact I probably dismissed it but I can't recall exactly my thoughts at the time. It wasn't until recent times my friends words came back to me in a brilliant flash. It came to me when I was reading about mentoring. I made the connection immediately and this is what that connection is:
In my business, mentoring is very important. It takes knowledge and focus to mentor. Point is, mentoring is providing wisdom through teaching. It is enabling someone to tackle tasks, decisions and the 'day to day' stuff with the right attitude with a smattering of the 'how to' knowledge through experience as well. Mentoring is about providing direction, leadership and trust. Mentoring does not focus on the reward, it must focus on the help and the guidance to get on and stay on the right path. Continue and practice the philosophy of helping others that are struggling and those people on the sidelines will see your wisdom and want to follow to.
Success, however you deem success to be, will follow. To focus on the end game is to focus on failure. We all need a mentor to follow, a leader to aspire to. Greatness is not by accident but by design. You just need the right design.
TTFN
A friend told me many years ago not to focus on the result of my efforts, the money. He said,"Help those around you that need help and offer help to those that don't know they need it". I never paid much credence to that, in fact I probably dismissed it but I can't recall exactly my thoughts at the time. It wasn't until recent times my friends words came back to me in a brilliant flash. It came to me when I was reading about mentoring. I made the connection immediately and this is what that connection is:
In my business, mentoring is very important. It takes knowledge and focus to mentor. Point is, mentoring is providing wisdom through teaching. It is enabling someone to tackle tasks, decisions and the 'day to day' stuff with the right attitude with a smattering of the 'how to' knowledge through experience as well. Mentoring is about providing direction, leadership and trust. Mentoring does not focus on the reward, it must focus on the help and the guidance to get on and stay on the right path. Continue and practice the philosophy of helping others that are struggling and those people on the sidelines will see your wisdom and want to follow to.
Success, however you deem success to be, will follow. To focus on the end game is to focus on failure. We all need a mentor to follow, a leader to aspire to. Greatness is not by accident but by design. You just need the right design.
TTFN
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