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Celebrate your YOUness

6/19/2015

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Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin…
Long, long, ago in a land far, far away there lived an old man. Each day he went to the stream with two earthen pots hung from either end of a pole. One was perfect, always full of water, the other was cracked and leaking, only half full when he got back to the house.
One day the cracked pot said (stick with me) to the man, ‘I’m so ashamed’.
‘Why on earth would that be?’ asked the old man.
‘I’m hopeless!’, said the pot, ‘water leaks out of my cracks all the way back to your house and you never get home with two full pots of water. I’m a failure.‘
“‘You couldn’t be more wrong’ laughed the old man, ‘you’re a wonderful pot. On the way back home look carefully at the side of the path and tell me what you see.’
All the way home the cracked pot paid attention, and at the end of their walk the old man asked him what he’d seen.
‘Flowers’ answered the miserable pot. “I know they’re beautiful, but it doesn’t help me. It was nice to look at the flowers but here I am only half full again. I’m still leaking. I’m still a failure. I’m so sorry old man.’
The old man smiled. ‘ You daft old pot’ he said, ‘There’s no need to be sorry. Did you not notice where the flowers were growing?’
‘Well yes,’ said the puzzled pot. ’On my side of the path, why?’
‘All these years I’ve planted seed on your side of the path. And every day as we walked back from the stream, you’ve watered them, and the seeds have grown, and the flowers have bloomed for all the villagers to see. You are a wonderful pot. Because you are the way you are, the village path is full of beautiful flowers.”
The cracked pot glowed with pride and happily watered the path for ever after, content that he was after all, a wonderful pot.
Sweet story, but how does it relate to you and your business? There are a few key learning points:
  • Don’t compare yourself to others; focus on what you do best
  • All too often we focus on what we haven't done, what we're not good at - take time to look at just how far you have come, what you've achieved already, and how much you've learned
  • Never think you have to be perfect or that someone else is - we all have flaws
  • Remember you are unique and special and have a lot to offer the world - look for the flowers in your life
  • Value yourself and what you do for others. Your business helps the local and national economy, you may be providing people with jobs, you may support the local community, you may be a great dad, mum, child, you may simply make people smile every day…
  • Make sure you make the people around you feel valued too.
    Tell them how special they are; the positive impact they have e.g. in your business, with your customers; because you can train them and and then trust them to do the job to your standard
    If you’re thinking something good about someone, tell them, otherwise it’s a wasted thought. Don’t assume they’ve seen the flowers growing.
Do one thing: Brainstorm all the good things you do and all the value you add in your life as a whole, and in your business specifically, as a person and as a business owner. Then take the time this evening to celebrate your YOUness.

For more information on how MPL can help you visit www.mariannepage.co.uk or contact me on hello@mariannepage.co.uk
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