Nobody taught me a business

Nobody taught me a business. Although that's probably not a an accurate statement. My mother was in business she was in the nursing home business and took care of elderly people out of her home. She never looked at it as a business. She never focused on profits or money. So but at the end of the day there has to be no question that watching her operate and operators is an interesting word that I'm using was extremely elucidating. Especially the way she would deal with people. So I I'm going to go out on a limb and say that one of the biggest successes or contributions to success would be my not so much ability to read people but more an empathy to feel people and that has been for the good and for the bad. But it definitely gives me an insight into what people want and is enabled me to I think that that's been one of the key factors in my success is that I'm always listening to the other person and trying to meet their needs while still reaching my own goals.

— from Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation) · GB written

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The first: you control the process, never the outcome — so pour everything into doing your part well, and then make peace with whatever results, because a decision made and an effort given in the right spirit is a success even when the world calls it otherwise. The second, and it is the engine under all my own success: listen. The deals I closed, the life I built, came less from being clever than from paying attention to what other people actually wanted and finding a way to get there together. And hold Rabbi Tarfon close: you are not obligated to finish the work, nor to be perfect — only to do your maximum. — Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)

She never talked about profit. But the way she dealt with people taught me more than any course could have — and looking back, I am sure that one of the largest contributions to whatever success I've had was less an ability to read people than an ability to feel them, an empathy that gave me insight into what people actually wanted. I was always listening to the other person, trying to meet their needs while still reaching my own goals. — Leadership & Business (Leadership/Business)

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