Have you ever heard the phrase, “If you will take care of me, I will take care of you.” ?
It sounds pretty harmless… but what if the other person doesn’t live up to their end of the bargain, wouldn’t you be a little disappointed.
My mentor, Jim Rohn, said “The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development. I used to say, “If you will take care of me, I will take care of you.” Now I say, “I will take care of me for you if you will take care of you for me”.
Now when you examine the “new” twist on an phrase “I will take care of me for you if you will take care of you for me”, even if the other person doesn’t live up to their end of the bargain, you have secured your well being by taking care of yourself.
The fact is you have been given more talents and abilities than you can ever develop in a lifetime. Your responsibility is to develop these talents and abilities to an extent that will benefit the most people.
And when you do this the universal success laws will see to it that you will be compensated for you using your talents and abilities. Again it is your responsibility to put yourself in a position where there are people who would be willing to for your services.
If your talents are that you can repair refrigerators, you may not find a big market for this talent in the arctic circle. But you may find a huge call for it in any major city that lies around the equator.
Your ability to position yourself in a market place that you can profitably market your talents and abilities is a great gift you can provide to others.
The greatest gift you can give to anyone is your personal development.
Make sure to take steps to learn what your unique talents are. You can take a simple test at http://www.kolbe.com and it will lay out a very detailed description of your unique talents and abilities with suggestions of career fields that may work best for you.
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As Always, Here’s to Your LifetoSuccess,
John Clark
That's a nice new perspective shift from what I say, which is that the greatest gift you can give someone is your presence. See http://www.focusedbusinessaction.com/2008/11/the-… Either way, they are both about managing your own "being", rather than focused on the other person. You are care-giving (coming from choice) rather than care-taking (coming from obligation).