The Desert of Arizona
Sunny 51 Degrees
I was a terrible athlete…
I don’t mean I wasn’t agile, or fast or swift, I mean I wasn’t interested. Competition never got me excited. I wasn’t mature enough back during my school days to understand you’re only competing against yourself. But I knew that competing against other folks just didn’t matter to me.
To me, it’s boring. Someone always “wins,” but I don’t care if it’s me.
What IS exciting to me are inspired people. People with direction. People with purpose. Seeing that spark of inspiration and energy travel from one person to another person… seeing that energy transform lives… that gets me excited.
I think there are basically two camps of people in the world. Those who are more interested in giving and those who are more interested in receiving.
You might think that creating a Platform and publishing it on a regular basis would put you in the “giving” camp, but that’s only part of it. That’s the part on the surface that people can see.
You can publish a Platform and STILL only be interested in getting. You won’t last. Look around, you don’t have to try hard to find examples. You can’t sustain the energy required if you are fixated on when you’re going to “get.”
Being on the “giving” side of the fence is a feeling. It’s an intention. It’s a flavor of energy.
It’s something the world can feel. You can’t sincerely give AND be needy at the same time. That’s why “givers” are so attractive. They are communicating at a level deeper than thought that they don’t need. It’s real, it’s true and it’s powerful.
That’s how they get, by the way. But the getting is an afterthought.
As I’ve developed the ability for “getting” to become more and more of an afterthought, my life has improved. And funny enough, I’ve received more than ever.
Waking up each day asking, “How do I play a role in making the world better today than it was yesterday?” is the way to develop the feeling. You do that enough and your energy flow starts to change.
You want clients? Then by all means, compete. But compete for more than “winning.” Compete for the opportunity to make a more valuable contribution to the lives of your prospective clients than anyone else is making. You’ll never “win” (there’s no finish line!), but you will help to transform the world.