Daily Job Search Advice from the CEO of Attorney Resume
The most happy and successful people in the world are masters of sharing. The most unhappy and consistently challenged people, both emotionally and financially, are poor at sharing. When you find people who are alone and miserable, in most cases they are also not the sharing kind. When you encounter people who persistently are unemployed, or have difficulties getting ahead in their jobs, most of these people too will have problems with sharing. In fact, wherever you go in the world and whomever you meet, as a general rule, the people who do the best in their careers and lives are good at sharing.
It is possible to have financial success without sharing, but this success is never long lived. People who achieve financial success generally are providing consistent value of some sort to people, or groups of people. The value they are providing has a financial merit. In some cases, certain people may achieve financial success by being at the right place at the right time; nevertheless, people typically never succeed in the long-term unless they know how to share. For example, this type of person may end up in a profession that does very well during an economic boom; however, when that boom goes away he or she is left without a job. And without possessing the quality of knowing how to share, he or she may be unemployed for a long time.
One of the most important things to realize is that our careers and lives will always be more rewarding when they have more to do with giving, sharing and contributing than taking. In fact, our entire lives and careers can be transformed when we start to realize and embrace this idea. The only way you can achieve true joy and fulfillment in your life is to concentrate on giving and providing value–not solely on what you will get in return.
Most of us are taught in so many ways that becoming happy and fulfilled has more to do with taking than it does with giving. When we search and interview for jobs most of us are more concerned with what the job will give us than in what we have to give. When you concentrate on what you can give and not just on what you can take, everything changes. When your actions in your job and life are to impart and help others, you will do far better than if your actions are always about helping you alone. The more you concentrate on yourself and your own needs, in most circumstances, the worse you will end up doing.
You need to be concerned with giving and sharing. You need to make the value you provide to the world and those around you of utmost importance. When you are focused on the value you are providing the world, and you make this your greatest objective, you will begin to experience the greatest levels of success.
When you are doing business with any establishment, you reward the good work of the establishment by buying more from the business, or by telling others positive things about the company you are doing business with. The purchases you make from the business are used to pay the workers. The business and all of its workers will experience financial success in relation to how well they are doing their jobs, and how they are providing value to you, the customer.
If you do not feel you are getting enough economic value from the business at which you are shopping, you will shop elsewhere. If you shop elsewhere, the first business you tried will have less money to pay its employees and to show potential profit. A company that is constantly losing revenue will be forced to cut costs in order to stay in business. When a company analyzes its costs, it will look to see if its employees are generating an economic return greater than their expense to the company, and if this is not the case, the company will start to eliminate employees.