People, period.
Jason October 18th, 2006
I am not of the mindset that we shouldn’t care what anyone else thinks. I just don’t care what people who don’t care about me think about me. LOL… what a sentence. Otherwise, I think it’s pretty important that we pay attention to the opinions, thoughts, and feelings of others. They are signals pointing out opportunities for us to serve, and a service-mentality is key to all kinds of success, particularly financial.
We are built to interact with other people, and if we plain don’t care about other’s thoughts, opinions, feelings, etc, our relationships probably aren’t going to work out so well. Remember: Success=Happy. And because we’re built to live in harmony with others, at least at some level, People become a big part of the “Happy.” How many people do you know without at least some strong, nourishing relationships that are very happy?
Now, for the dollars and cents of it: Money is simply an expression of our relationships. Joan Sotkin at ProsperityPlace.com does a great job in her podcast illustrating this principle. The more people we serve and interact with, the more money comes to us as a natural byproduct. Money is simply exchanged because you cared enough about what someone else thought, wanted, or needed, and then provided some kind of service that filled that desire. Want more money? Find a way to fill a gap. Find something that people want, and they will pay you for it. Find a big gap, and fill it in a big way, and they’ll pay you big for it. It’s a pretty simple equation.