Years ago, I took one of those
useless personality profiles that permeate the sales world. It was easy to skew
my answers, so the profile fits
what the employer wanted. Not meant as a
critique of those senseless tests. However, at the end was a question I have
never forgotten. “What would you like written on
your tombstone.” Most people will joke about it. Sell your beer stock; he was a jackass and proud of it, etc. I
took the question seriously, for some reason, and tried to live my life by my
answer.
Many times, I have said, about
leaving my job, “Give it a few months,
and it will be like I was never here.”
No one wants to be forgotten. No
one wants to think that the time they’ve
spent with someone meant nothing. No one wants to feel like they aren’t important.
Don’t forget where you’re from
and it won’t forget about you.
Realize everything you do makes
some difference. Pat yourself on the
proverbial back now and then. You have tremendous effect on those around you. Look at your friends and you will see you.
Oh, my response to the question. “Today
the world is a smaller place.”
Remember you are always in the
right place, at the right time if you have the right attitude.
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