Het Mike, Another home run with this one. Sitting here reading this, I can feel the almost instantaneous difference inside me when I imagine "selling" someone a product or service versus asking them "how can I be of assistance" and seeing if my product or service might be of benefit to them. Thanks, Michael Music Director planetnerve8.com
Amin Shah
· 1 year ago
That distinction you made about Servers vs. Chasers as a trait in business people is so valuable. I hope to serve better and bring more value to my market with this new knowledge. Thanks.
Ed Anderson
· 1 year ago
Multiple points I wish I'd understood 20 years ago. I wonder if this is the 'fuel' behind those that are admired for wonder-inspiring inventions/adaptations like the light bulb and assembly line? Personal satisfaction from having redered service would seem to fulfill the gnawing need represented in the current office environment...
John Clark
· 1 year ago
Mike,
Great message.
When we start to leverage our true strengths to create the most valuable result for others, it's not long before people are beating down your doors for the service you provide.
The key is narrowing your focus to the area that you have the most intuitive strength in to the exclusion of everything else.
Keep up the great work and here's to Your LifetoSuccess,
I read somewhere also that you cannot help others without having a positive effect on your own endeavours i.e., by helping others you will surely also help yourself.
I will work on my language to that of service rather than a chase.
thank you as ever............
valentina
Linda R
· 1 year ago
Wow! That is something I pray for everyday. Who can I serve? Who can I help with my product and business? Whos life can I make a little brighter? I just never thought of it in those terms before. Now I don't have to feel like I'm not "with it" in not wanting to chase the all mighty dollar as my main reason for having a business! Thanks again!
Pam Murphy
· 1 year ago
There is a huge difference between selling and serving. Serving others gives you riches beyond money. I have often found myself at odds with others in the nutrition business because of our philosophical differences regarding selling and serving. Businesses built on selling don't have the foundation those built on serving have. Right on Mike!
Kathy
· 1 year ago
Hi Mike, I love the way you always manage to put things in a simple easy to understand way. I have been the grasshopper and the chaser and you are right, they are far from being the easy get rich quick way. I have now become the server, helping those with self-esteem, self-love and empowerment issues, I want to help people understand that there is help and it begins with yourself. Keep up the great work Mike, you truley are an inspiration! Live, Love, Laugh, Kathy www.becomelovable.com
Helena
· 1 year ago
Thanks Mike for your intelligent commentary and advise.
Also Thanks for the chance to post a back link to my blog
I invite readers to view and to make comments on how I could improve content. Or otherwise to contact me if they need some help with researching. (New Zealand or otherwise) I recently completed a reading or source bibliography on African American sources for the 1930s. This did stretch me studying on line from New Zealand but was fun!
I completely agree with you Michael. A problem that can surface is when the focus is on serving and you find yourself with very little money. Sometimes that's when servers can become chasers because they need money in the short term to survive and to continue serving.
Jeanne
Kathy
· 1 year ago
I am all about planting success seeds in my life and business. And, it is true, you have to commit to what you want to do and not move from one opportunity to another. You will lose focus and people will sense that.
Hey Mike you are awesome. This is the kind of push everyone need who decide to take action and build success one day at a time.Mike I need your help. How can I recieve your CD every month. Thanks
Robert Garcia
· 1 year ago
Hi Mike:
You always make so much sense...probably because you have so much to offer since you've been where we are and are here to help us.
Thanks for all the great advice.
Let me know if there's anything I can give back to you for all the great advice I've been getting the past couple of years.
Lose yourself into your prospects and customers. Create real value for them. LOVERAGE them.
LOVERAGE Them ---- Sharing this with my team ASAP.
L Shields
· 1 year ago
Mike you are so right, I have come to that realization in my life myself. Not only do I want to serve I want to give Gratitude at all time for being in a position to serve.
When I first started in this industry, I remember feeling you had to be chasers to keep up with what the company consider success levels, "talk to any thing breathing" I never felt comfortable with that and know that somthing about it didnot connect with who I am.
Thanks so much for all you give!
Shields
Ajit - Buoyancee
· 1 year ago
I have a panel discussion to talk about Nurturing Aspiration for Supporting Growth. These points have really helped me add value. Thank you Mike for helping me get clarity in these thoughts.
Kursten
· 1 year ago
Wow! Once again your coaching is right on time. If newbie entrepreneurs truly get this concept they will arrive at their preferred destination sooner than they can imagine!
This is really a breakthrough understanding. thank you so much, Mike!
Carol Schaeffer
· 1 year ago
Mike, You are a wonderful inspiration. Thank you for your uplifting and insightful messages. I have always made a point of putting my customers' welfare first, and get enjoyment from the responses I receive. I have worked with others who put customers' financial future in peril, which was encouraged by the corporation. It promted me to resign. It may take time for customers to realize you have their interest at heart, due to the ruthless individuals they encountered in the past. Thank you, Mike, for all you do to encourage serving and not chasing.
Ziona Etzion
· 1 year ago
Straight shift in paradigmn.
Effective analysis to enlighten!
Javier
· 1 year ago
Mike,
thank you so much for sharing that realizing of how peaceful and fulfiling and fun and satisfying and .... is to serve.
I appreciate you, Javier
Leah
· 1 year ago
Mike, this is a very motivating topic, thanks I have learnt a lot from you. Be blessed.
Dr. Robert Santry
· 1 year ago
Brother Michael, I appreciate your spiritual values added to the reason we engage in business. As a fan and practitioner of Edward Dimming's business philosophy (customer-focused business)I affirm give the customer what he/she wants. The customer will reward us and send other customers our way. Mit f. gruessen, Prof. Dr. R.M. Santry Ober-Ramstadt, Germany
Mohamed Tohami
· 1 year ago
Hi Mike,
Totally agree with you.
"You don't earn higher income, you ONLY earn the RIGHT to earn higher income" - Dan Lok
When you increase your personal value and serve more people, you earn the right for higher income.
Regards, Tohami
ashok narayan
· 1 year ago
mike what a service to the humanity who are chasing money by quick rich schemes,what an enlightenment to service , infact , i rejected one friend who came to me with such an idea, today,i told i love to earn by helping people to earn,and told him i am looking for dreamers who wants to build others, thank u mike , for me it is endorsing my view thank god thank mike my mentor god bless u
Rob Lagana
· 1 year ago
Having a passion to help people puts you in the driver seat with those words from Mike. I'm in the healthcare/IT business and the only way I would ever help myself earn money, is by making sure the client is always helped first. There are many simple ways of doing that... it's really not hard to give 100% customer service to their satisfaction and exceed their expectation at the same time.
Thanks Mike...this reminds me a lot of the chaser being something like the proverbial "used car salesman", the one who just wants to sell you a car, not caring if the car isn't what he says it is nor if it is really the car you need. We need to put more caring in our daily lives and the people we deal with...thank you for the reminder...you've given so many of us the daily "caffine" we need to get ourselves moving.
Jamie Reeves
· 1 year ago
top advice once again mike,
thanks for your daily dose of the good stuff
keep smilin:)
jamie
Babatunde
· 1 year ago
This is simply wonderful and the absolute truth! Please keep up the great work! God bless You!
I particularly love the coinage "loverage".
Shalom!
Babatunde
Walter Taylor, Jr.
· 1 year ago
This is the the law that Jesus taught his disciples! Let the greatest among you become the servant of all. If you want to become great, humble yourself (do what most are unwilling to do)and God will exalt you in His timing. This was a great read and I would love to repost!
Olufemi
· 1 year ago
I don't know how I'd change my thinking to this new idea - totally different from what I know previuosly. God bless you Mike! I'll try the new approach. Hopefully, it should work!
Warren Whitlock
· 1 year ago
A vital message that all of us need from time to time.
No matter how many successes I've achieved through follwoing these principles, I still see the same "shiny objects" of the get rich schemes and biz ops.
Entirely possible to loose focus with a single trip to the email IN box these days.
We have to dream big, plan for greatness.. but then choos a course and work it. Once you get that feeling that you know you are doing a great service to others, that should be your focus.
Now excuse me while I get back to serving
Taylor E. Stevens
· 1 year ago
Mike, Beautiful! It is my daily prayer, so powerfully articulated by you..." How may I serve?" Part of the integration for me has also been releasing the powerful religious notion that people who serve SHOULD do so with no thought of return. I found myself blocking the flow of my own prosperity by limiting core beliefs surrounding materiality/life of service. I do not serve FOR money, and money serves me in my service of the Higher Good. Thanks for the re-minder, and blessings in your continued life of valued service!
Roger Nuss
· 1 year ago
Great insight that should be practiced EVERY day!
Chris Bishop
· 1 year ago
Dear Mike, This is a very, very, very good inspired article It is like music to my ears, and norishment to my immune system,May God continue to bless you allways to keep up the good works. Chris B.
Nahyan
· 1 year ago
That is a great concept,
Earn money - not Make money Comes down to making oneself & service Valuable, the money will pour in afterward.
jerry hanson
· 1 year ago
thank you
Rufus III
· 1 year ago
Mike, I always have been a server. Service is who I'am! I'm ready to turn it up a notch! Thanks Coach/RCJ3
Roger Omberg
· 1 year ago
Mike, that,s bible stuff. Right on! Keep it up, this country is made of that same attitude---duty to perform, Sir.
dimitri
· 1 year ago
Dear Mike, Thanks so much for refreshing my mind with the truth you have sent me. Keep up the great stuff Mike your a legend.
Kindest regards, Dimitri.
Bill Baumgartner
· 1 year ago
Mike,
Thank you again. Another exceptional post!
I would like to 'serve' your readers by inviting them to the Gather Greatness Newsletter, the Newsletter of the Aspiring Entrepreneur.
It is filled with inspirational ideas and links to cutting-edge developments in the self-help industry.
Your messages are always so clear and inspiring. It is such a subtle shift in attitude at times from wanting the sale to wanting to give value to the customer, but it makes all the difference! If you love and believe in what you are doing, you need only share the benefits in service to your customer and the sales will happen without chasing.
Walter
· 1 year ago
I have been thinking about what business is really - from a perspective way way way far away from the everyday operations and stock gyrations and everything that people seem to think makes up business - the one common denominator that business breaks down into in all cases is one person - group or organization serving another person - group or organization or the population in general with either a products or a service or ideas -
If you or your company stops providing a service to anyone then you are no longer in business or you must shift your focus of what you do in some way so that you are in the serving mode once again - so from far away what we are here on planet earth are individual people or groups of people serving other people or groups of people -
There can be no other way of looking at all of this activity and if what is being done in any area of activity is not serving someone in some way that activity will sooner or later cease to take place!
linda
· 1 year ago
You are so right Mike - as always!
I hear this from my business partners all the time!
The most successful people in business are not those who are focused on THEIR success, but those whose primary focus is helping OTHERS succeed !
I love this quote from Zig Ziglar ; "You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”
Emrick
· 1 year ago
I completely agree with you! Chasers are indeed selfish in their intention to take accumulate and not helping the world. they barely get by, or are not satisfied ever. Servers are indeed unselfish. They always have more than they need, because they fill a need for people.
All Comments
Another home run with this one. Sitting here reading this, I can feel the almost instantaneous difference inside me when I imagine "selling" someone a product or service versus asking them "how can I be of assistance" and seeing if my product or service might be of benefit to them.
Thanks,
Michael
Music Director
planetnerve8.com
I wonder if this is the 'fuel' behind those that are admired for wonder-inspiring inventions/adaptations like the light bulb and assembly line?
Personal satisfaction from having redered service would seem to fulfill the gnawing need represented in the current office environment...
Great message.
When we start to leverage our true strengths to create the most valuable result for others, it's not long before people are beating down your doors for the service you provide.
The key is narrowing your focus to the area that you have the most intuitive strength in to the exclusion of everything else.
Keep up the great work and here's to Your LifetoSuccess,
John Clark
http://www.lifetosuccess.com
http://www.habitbustingsystem.com
I read somewhere also that you cannot help others without having a positive effect on your own endeavours i.e., by helping others you will surely also help yourself.
I will work on my language to that of service rather than a chase.
thank you as ever............
valentina
Live, Love, Laugh,
Kathy
www.becomelovable.com
Also Thanks for the chance to post a back link to my blog
I invite readers to view and to make comments on how I could improve content. Or otherwise to contact me if they need some help with researching. (New Zealand or otherwise)
I recently completed a reading or source bibliography on African American sources for the 1930s. This did stretch me studying on line from New Zealand but was fun!
Kind regards,
http://www.whats-up-helena.blogspot.com
Jeanne
Kathy
www.MoreTimeandMoney.biz
You always make so much sense...probably because you have so much to offer since you've been where we are and are here to help us.
Thanks for all the great advice.
Let me know if there's anything I can give back to you for all the great advice I've been getting the past couple of years.
Have a great day!
Robert Garcia
http://www.wealthbychocolate.com
Create real value for them. LOVERAGE them.
LOVERAGE Them ---- Sharing this with my team ASAP.
in my life myself. Not only do I want to serve I want to
give Gratitude at all time for being in a position to serve.
When I first started in this industry, I remember feeling
you had to be chasers to keep up with what the company consider success levels, "talk to any thing breathing"
I never felt comfortable with that and know that somthing about it didnot connect with who I am.
Thanks so much for all you give!
Shields
really helped me add value.
Thank you Mike for helping me get clarity in
these thoughts.
All the BEST!
Kursten a.k.a. www.TheMillionairCreator.com
You are a wonderful inspiration. Thank you for your uplifting and insightful messages. I have always made a point of putting my customers' welfare first, and get enjoyment from the responses I receive. I have worked with others who put customers' financial future in peril, which was encouraged by the corporation. It promted me to resign. It may take time for customers to realize you have their interest at heart, due to the ruthless individuals they encountered in the past.
Thank you, Mike, for all you do to encourage serving and not chasing.
Effective analysis to enlighten!
thank you so much for sharing that
realizing of how peaceful and fulfiling and
fun and satisfying and .... is to serve.
I appreciate you,
Javier
I appreciate your spiritual values added to the reason we engage in business. As a fan and practitioner of Edward Dimming's business philosophy (customer-focused business)I affirm give the customer what he/she wants. The customer will reward us and send other customers our way.
Mit f. gruessen,
Prof. Dr. R.M. Santry
Ober-Ramstadt, Germany
Totally agree with you.
"You don't earn higher income, you ONLY earn the RIGHT to earn higher income" - Dan Lok
When you increase your personal value and serve more people, you earn the right for higher income.
Regards,
Tohami
by quick rich schemes,what an enlightenment to service ,
infact , i rejected one friend who came to me with such an idea, today,i told i love to earn by helping people to earn,and told him i am looking for dreamers who wants to build others,
thank u mike , for me it is endorsing my view thank god thank mike my mentor
god bless u
Thanks for a Great article
Cheers!
Jay Catlin
www.lifesneaksup.com
thanks for your daily dose of the good stuff
keep smilin:)
jamie
I particularly love the coinage "loverage".
Shalom!
Babatunde
No matter how many successes I've achieved through follwoing these principles, I still see the same "shiny objects" of the get rich schemes and biz ops.
Entirely possible to loose focus with a single trip to the email IN box these days.
We have to dream big, plan for greatness.. but then choos a course and work it. Once you get that feeling that you know you are doing a great service to others, that should be your focus.
Now excuse me while I get back to serving
Beautiful! It is my daily prayer, so powerfully articulated by you..." How may I serve?" Part of the integration for me has also been releasing the powerful religious notion that people who serve SHOULD do so with no thought of return. I found myself blocking the flow of my own prosperity by limiting core beliefs surrounding materiality/life of service. I do not serve FOR money, and money serves me in my service of the Higher Good.
Thanks for the re-minder, and blessings in your continued life of valued service!
This is a very, very, very good inspired article It is like music to my ears, and norishment to my immune system,May God continue to bless you allways to keep up the good works.
Chris B.
Earn money - not Make money
Comes down to making oneself & service Valuable, the money will pour in afterward.
I always have been a server. Service is who I'am! I'm ready to turn it up a notch!
Thanks Coach/RCJ3
Kindest regards,
Dimitri.
Thank you again.
Another exceptional post!
I would like to 'serve' your readers by inviting them to the Gather Greatness Newsletter, the Newsletter of the Aspiring Entrepreneur.
It is filled with inspirational ideas and links to cutting-edge developments in the self-help industry.
Thanks again,
Bill
Gather Greatness Newsletter
www.gathergreatness.com
Your messages are always so clear and inspiring. It is such a subtle shift in attitude at times from wanting the sale to wanting to give value to the customer, but it makes all the difference! If you love and believe in what you are doing, you need only share the benefits in service to your customer and the sales will happen without chasing.
If you or your company stops providing a service to anyone then you are no longer in business or you must shift your focus of what you do in some way so that you are in the serving mode once again - so from far away what we are here on planet earth are individual people or groups of people serving other people or groups of people -
There can be no other way of looking at all of this activity and if what is being done in any area of activity is not serving someone in some way that activity will sooner or later cease to take place!
I hear this from my business partners all the time!
The most successful people in business are not those who are focused on THEIR success, but those whose primary focus is helping OTHERS succeed !
I love this quote from Zig Ziglar ; "You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”