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Insight of the Day #1
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Do Little Things In A Big Way
Dr. Andrew Linick is a good friend and business associate of mine. He's one of the world's highest paid copywriters, a grandmaster in the martial arts and an excellent speaker/entertainer. Andrew and I have worked together for years and have often shared the stage when conducting seminars in various parts of the world.
A few weeks ago, I was reading something Andrew had written and
decided I would share it with you. Andrew was writing about talented
people who fail and others who appear quite ordinary are extremely
successful.
Quite often very talented people fail because they believe they
are too big to do the little things, while the most successful
amongst us are quite willing to do the little things. They truly
are big people.
Andrew went on to explain how a successful balanced life is
comprised of a lot of successful days put together, and each day
is made up of a lot of successful activities, each activity
completed in an extraordinary way. Our lives are made up of many
small parts and we should capitalize on small victories,
recognizing that extraordinary achievements come from people who
are often considered to be very ordinary.
Realize that nobody is ordinary; every person is extraordinary.
Here are six simple rules that Andrew suggests and any person can
follow:
1. Stop thinking of yourself as ordinary.
2. Never refer to yourself as an average person because there are
no average people. Our problem stems from acting as though we
are average.
3. Consider every person a very important person. Dispense with
the status quo in your personal and business life.
4. Develop the attitude that there are no small parts in the movie
of life, there are only small actors.
5. Do the smallest of jobs in the best way you possibly can.
6. Organize your small victory list every day and make them all
important activities. Complete each one enthusiastically.
Everyone expects us to have a sense of urgency for life's big
things. Life measures us by how we engage ourselves in the little
things.
Don Nagle
Keynote Speaker/Author/Seminar Leader
*(The publisher of Modern Opportunity has the final decision regarding which quotes to use.
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