Respond & be in control, not React!
A jobless man applied for the job of “sweeper” at Microsoft.
The HR interviewed him..
Then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
“You are Appointed” he said.
“Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the forms to fill in”.
The man replied “But I don’t have a computer, neither an email.”
“I’m sorry”, said the HR manager…
“If you don’t have an email, that means u do not exist. And who doesn’t exist, cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all.
He didn’t know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket.
He then decided to go to the supermarket & buy a 10Kg tomato crate.
He then sold the tomatoes in a Door to Door round. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital.
He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60.
The man realized that he can survive this way, and started to go every day earlier and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day.
Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. 5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US .
He started to plan his family’s future, and decided to have a life Insurance. He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email. The man replied, “I don’t have an email.”
The broker answered curiously, “You don’t have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?!”
The man thought for a while and replied,
“Yes, I’d be a sweeper at Microsoft!”
Learning from the story
- Whatever is happening in real time, it is happening the way it was supposed to be. Resisting it, is futility, what matters is what next and how we respond to the situation.
- Internet/email/facebook/whatsapp is not the solution to our life. These are mere tools to make our life and business easy. Do not let them take over our life, let not the solution become a problem.
- Social media, email,What app notifications are no less than unnecessary thoughts arising in our mind. Stopping these notifications and using these tools in spare time is one of the hack to effective time management and to stay focused.
Questions to ask our self
- What is that I am resisting now which I should accept and move on and make the best of the situation to convert in to an opportunity?
- Whatever time I am spending on social media and whatsapp, is that really adding value to my life and business?
