Take Time To Get Your Shoes Shined
Kathy and Lenny had just landed at Chicago's O'Hare airport when they overheard a man gleefully bellowing, "Shoe shine! Who needs your shoes shined?" Kathy looked down at her dull shoes and took the man up on his offer.
With a smile on his face and a sparkle in his eye, he looked up and said, "What do you do, ma'am?' Kathy responded, "I am a motivational speaker. How long have you been shining shoes?' "50 years," he exclaimed. WOW! Curious, Kathy asked, "How do you stay motivated to do this for 50 years?"
He responded, 'I get up every morning, stand up, put my feet to the floor and remind myself it is NOT about me...it is about YOU, the customer - making YOU feel good and restoring new life to your shoes.'
Lenny has observed humans and has noticed that many times people forget that life is not about them. The more we remind ourselves of this, the happier and more motivated we will be.
Lenny's Challenge: Take 60 seconds and ask yourself, 'When I interact with others, is my first thought about me or them? Do I tend to forget that life is not all about me?' What can you do today to remind yourself to focus on others?
Recognizing its not about me is 100% your choice! Shed or You're Dead (TM)!