How To Escape? Understand, Really Understand, The Rules Of Life. Rule 3

The back-story: the stuff from which many of us would like to escape...

Rule 1: You Can Do Anything, But You Can't Do Everything.

Rule 2: You Need To Be Before You Can Do Before You Can Have

Rule 3: If You Want THings To Be Better, You Need To Be Better

If you want things to be better you can: (1) wait for them to change; this is a weak strategy as they may never do so. You can (2) move somewhere else; this also is a poor strategy as they may just be as bad elsewhere or (3) you can change you; this is a great strategy as this one is totally under your control and it is a fantastic example of portable equity i.e. a skill you can take with you.
Beacuse: you get what you put in. Put more in and you will get more out. Agreed, maybe not immediately. But you will eventually. Raise your standards and the returns will increase and interestingly, disproportionately so i.e. there are amazingly good returns for just small increases in standards. Consider the scale of standards:
Dire,  Poor,  OK,  Good,   Very Good,   Excellent, Outstanding, Awesome. The standard you choose to offer dictates the return you will get. If the service you offer as a restaurant is regularly dire, your return will be dire i.e. your restaurant will fail. If you offer very good, you should be OK, but rarely will you be packed out. If your service is awesome, then you will always be full, tips will be good and your business has a guaranteed future.
It’s your choice.

Vipul-age 9-was a difficult child no doubt. His elder sister had been more straightforward and his younger brother was still a toddler. But Vipul! Exasperation was the word. And his father had pretty well given up. And his mother really didn’t know what to do. Until one day Vipul’s dad went on a course at work where they were looking at the whole business of emotional intelligence in the work-place and one point struck him about relationships: sometimes you simply have to put more in before you get the return. It really struck him. He decided to try it. Nothing happened immediately, but within a month Vipul’s behaviour was transformed. Vipul’s father had raised his standards. He decided to be at the very least an excellent dad. For things to be better, you need to be better.
Each day, read and consider these statements until they become part of your new wiring:
» Excellence will be my minimum standard. » I realise my standards are my choice, even in the face of adversity from friends or colleagues. » I will consistently raise my standards in all I do.

The Rules Of Life, free PDF download ; the amazon book.