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I was Thinking the other day about the difference in just doin’ your job and doing your job and then some. I was wondering if it could be said that the difference might mean just accepting your job and loving your job. Years ago I used to ask an audience, “How many of you love your job?” Then ask them to be honest and I’d ask, “How many of you hate your job?” Then I would suggest that possibly the reason you hate your job is because you just aren’t doing it. It must be a miserable existence to go to a job every day that you hate. When I had a wife and four children to support I was not raving mad about my job but I found satisfaction in performing my job at the best level I was capable of doing. I found my satisfaction outside my job by becoming a writer and a professional speaker. I approached those things with real passion and eventually found ways to apply them to a different job I was promoted to and my efforts led to a wonderful career. Did you ever shop at a farmer’s market? Some smart farmers weight out your purchase and then they might often toss in your bag something else as a free sample. A squash maybe. Call it his “and then some.” And just maybe next time you visit him you might comment on that squash and order more. This just might be a better, happier world if more of us would add some “and then somes” to our lives.
Recommended Reading
The Platinum Rule by Art Fettig
The Age Old Secret to Happiness and Prosperity. If you believe in the Golden Rule then, just maybe, you are one of those fortunate few who are ready to take a giant step forwaqrd in your lives to fame, fortune and a great new plateau of personal satisfaction.
Art Fettig has identified a little known key to wealth and happiness in his book The Platinum rule. I hope that millions of people discover this little book and apply this giving formula. Trul their lives will be enriched and certainly this will be a better world.” – The Wickman Formula, Executive Press 1991
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