Entering into networking partnerships is a form of Gratitude
Marketing. We are marketing ourselves and our businesses, and we
should show our appreciation for others. That is what we discuss here each and
every week, isn’t it? Well, it should be Gratitude Marketing; otherwise we are just
looking to get what we can for ourselves.
How about the time that we spend in marketing through
networking? I’ll bet that you spend lots of minutes, hours, and even more in
this effort every week, if not every day. How do you measure that time? Perhaps
you record the time spent in each meeting, each project, maybe each telephone
call. Maybe you should not record time in this manner; maybe you should just
count the deeds that you perform in the interest of others.
When we undertake making Gratitude Marketing our guideline
for our networking, we determine that we will try to assist others in improving
their business, in improving the lives of others, and in making everyone else’s
success become a reality. We do this by our encouragement, by our gratitude for
their business and efforts towards us, and by advising them in how they can
improve themselves and their lives.
This takes a toll in time from our own lives and businesses.
However, we must not look at the time spent; we must look at the deeds that we
perform. We also must look toward performing more and more of these deeds than
we routinely do perform. Whatever the number that we perform, it is never
enough. There is always another deed that we should be completing for someone
that can help them. Being a giver is a never ending lifestyle.
Don’t misunderstand; I do not mean that we should start
keeping score on the deeds that we perform for anyone. If you are doing that,
stop immediately. That is not what we should be doing. Karma doesn’t work like
that, anyway. What you do for someone will not be repaid by something from
them; it will come back to you from somewhere that you don’t even suspect or
even expect. The deeds that we do for others should not show in a tally system
or count listing of any sort. Just do for others, and the result will flow for
all.
So, stop keeping track of the time that you spend in helping
others and trying to make the lives of others better. When you stop, you will
find that there is so much more time to do so much more. You will be surprised
by how much more that you can accomplish. Remember, there is always someone
else that needs your helping hand or your kind thought or gesture.
As you go
through your day, try to look for more opportunities to make others feel your
gratitude or experience your assistance to them. Then, see if you don’t feel
better by not tracking the time spent doing this.
Afterwards, you can let me know how this makes you feel by leaving me your comments, or you can email me at Jim@SOC4Now.com, or you can call, or text, me at 360-314-8691. Let’s see if we can start keeping time in deeds done, but let’s don’t keep score on the number of good deeds that we do for others. That’s not good karma.
Afterwards, you can let me know how this makes you feel by leaving me your comments, or you can email me at Jim@SOC4Now.com, or you can call, or text, me at 360-314-8691. Let’s see if we can start keeping time in deeds done, but let’s don’t keep score on the number of good deeds that we do for others. That’s not good karma.
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