I had an experience a few weeks ago that made me realize once again that…
In friendships/life/business things aren’t always what they seem.
I try and try to never judge a book by its cover but I find myself doing it at
times and then it always seems that I am proven wrong.
So the next time you walk into that sales call with a new client that you think
won’t spend any money…don’t assume…you never know until you begin
asking questions and digging deeper and finding out what that clients and its
business are really all about.
The same goes for life…when you see a neighbor that wears sweat pants every
day…once in a while they turn out to be millionaire entrepenuers who do tons
of charity work for your city.
My story was just more of a friendly reminder that this is a practice I need
to constantly remind myself to do because until you have walked a mile in
their shoes you just never know.
I was on a trip a few weeks ago and on the plane a lady behind me talked
RELENTLESSLY (haha) to her older mother. I was having trouble reading my
book so I tried my I Pod and then I could hardly hear the White Stripes and
Kanye over her.
So the flight was over and I wound up being at the same hotel as the two of
them.
I found out the next morning that lady was probably talking so much to her
mother and was so excited she was there was because her mom had cancer
and wasn’t expected to have made it to the trip.
She was so damn excited because she was having one of the last and
hopefully most special memories of her life with her mom before she eventually
would lose her life to this terrible disease.
I looked at her differently the rest of my time there and I yelled at myself
inside that things aren’t always what they seem.
Always be open minded in business, relationships, and all aspects of your life
because you never know what will happen if you actually open the first page
of the book and begin reading as opposed to just judging the cover and
tossing it into the trash.
And I would have gladly had that lady talk into my ear the whole flight back
if it had happened.
Thanks so much for reading everyone!
CARPE DIEM!
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