Karma means that for every event that occurs, there will
follow another event whose existence was influenced by the first. Furthermore,
the second event will reflect the traits of the first, being pleasant or
unpleasant depending on those aspects of the first. In other words, if the first
event is positive, so will the second one be. If the first one is not positive,
so will the second one be.
Put in common business talk, this means that if we do
something nice for someone, someone will do something nice for us. The return
act may not be directly an act of the person we helped, but it may be an act of
someone totally disconnected from either us or the person that we helped.
In other words, if we do something nice for someone else, we
will receive something good in return. On the flip side, if we fail to act in a
positive manner, we will not receive a positive return act. Our negative acts
will result in negative acts received by us.
From “out of the blue” something happens to us that is very pleasant,
making us feel so good, validating our actions toward others. Maybe someone
invites us to a new networking group, maybe someone refers new business to us,
maybe we get an invitation to lunch; it can be anything.
Perhaps these things that come to us, good or bad, are the
result of our marketing towards others; perhaps these things that come to us
are the result of singular, spontaneous acts that we perform towards others. It
does not matter if these actions by us are part of our grand plan or just our normal
way of operation; they all result in return acts towards us.
Do these resulting actions come from the people that we
directly impact? Not necessarily so; they can come in round-about trails of
varying lengths. We may or may not receive these actions from the people that we
directly impacted. The resulting actions may come from those that we “touch”
directly or may come “out of the blue” from someone not even close to
involvement in our daily lives.
In practicing Gratitude Marketing, and as we move through our
business lives, look for opportunities to engage in better behavior towards
others, not because it may result in something good for us in return, but
because it is the right thing to do. In addition, it will make us feel better,
in our mind and in our heart. Let this behavior be our standard mode of
operation, toward everyone, at anytime.
Gratitude Marketing is the habit that entrepreneurs must add to their mindset. It makes entrepreneurs better business owners, and the resulting great karma doesn’t hurt the bottom line either. Please leave me your comments, or email me at Jim@JimTeasley.com, or call me at 360-314-8691.
Gratitude Marketing is the habit that entrepreneurs must add to their mindset. It makes entrepreneurs better business owners, and the resulting great karma doesn’t hurt the bottom line either. Please leave me your comments, or email me at Jim@JimTeasley.com, or call me at 360-314-8691.
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