Help Others Mentality

“Successful people are always asking, ‘how can I help others?’  Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘what is in it for me?”  Brian Tracy

Based on the quote above, are you a successful or unsuccessful person?  When we shift our focus from ourselves to others, we gain power and strength in our abilities to be successful in life.  I’ve experienced this in my own life.

During the Holidays, this feeling of focus on self or on others can intensify.  Thankfully, I believe many of us turn our attention to others and for this reason, we love the Holidays!  If we can learn to help others first, no matter what time of year it is, we will find greater happiness and satisfaction in our life and we will more fully reach our true potential.

So what are we doing that shows we have a “how can I help others” mentality?  Do our actions prove this?  One of the most successful, liked, and well respected people that I work with has this attitude.  She is always sincerely worried about others and is constantly helping others.  In fact, I’m amazed by her mentality and wish I was more like her.  To my surprise, she seems to always be able to achieve more and get more done than others even though it appears as if she rarely has time to do her own assignments because of her great example in always helping others.  At one time she became ill however our company did everything we could to keep her around and accommodate her needs because of what she means to us and the value she adds to our organization.  I know she is successful because of her “helping others” mentality.

Becoming the type of person who is always asking ‘how can I help others’ will make us powerful leaders.  This Holiday Season and throughout the year let’s try and develop our “help others” mind set.  If we truly seek to do this, we will be happy and successful in 2014.