November 26 – Too focused on keeping score? Is your approach to giving with an expectation of getting something back? Have you found yourself saying, “If I do this, they should do that?” Or “I have referred their business multiple times, and they haven’t referred me once.” Are you continuously comparing what you are doing with what others are doing?
Life, business and impact don’t work in straight lines. The biggest misconception around giving, collaborating or serving is that reciprocity is direct and proportional. When you are focused on scorekeeping, you are limiting your mindset to a more transactional way of being. Giving that is transactional is not truly giving. Giving that is truly altruistic is transformational. Giving without expectation opens your sphere of opportunities. Giving with a genuine focus on assisting, helping or elevating builds trust. Giving without expectation creates a ripple effect of influence. Giving is a blessing to others, not a measurement of others.
Take an MM&I Moment to awaken to how keeping score is limiting your opportunities. Where are you tallying instead of trusting? Where are you expecting something in return for what you have already given? How might opportunity already be unfolding in ways you have not recognized yet? What might open up if you let go of expectations of reciprocity and focus instead on bringing memorable value? What pathways have you opened that you are not seeing as a result of referrals you have made to others? What seeds are sprouting that could be nurtured with greater focus? An act of kindness strengthens your reputation long before it strengthens your revenue. When trust precedes you, opportunity expands around you.
Wide Awake Quote of the Week
“To do more for the world than the world does for you – that is success.” – Henry Ford
Yours in dreaming wide awake,
