Mike Litman - Latest Comments in Chasing vs. Serving

Re: Chasing vs. Serving

Emrick — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:20:04 -0000

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.

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linda — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:53:43 -0000

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.”

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Walter — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:14:37 -0000

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!

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Randy Rolfe — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:17:45 -0000

Thanks Mike -

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.

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Bill Baumgartner — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:07:50 -0000

Mike,

Thank you again.
Another exceptional post!

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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

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dimitri — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:59:53 -0000

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.

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Roger Omberg — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:36:08 -0000

Mike, that,s bible stuff. Right on! Keep it up, this country is made of that same attitude---duty to perform, Sir.

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Rufus III — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:16:39 -0000

Mike,
I always have been a server. Service is who I'am! I'm ready to turn it up a notch!
Thanks Coach/RCJ3

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jerry hanson — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:31:08 -0000

thank you

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Nahyan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:03:42 -0000

That is a great concept,

Earn money - not Make money
Comes down to making oneself & service Valuable, the money will pour in afterward.

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Chris Bishop — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:21:59 -0000

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.

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Roger Nuss — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:55:45 -0000

Great insight that should be practiced EVERY day!

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Taylor E. Stevens — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:22:29 -0000

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!

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Warren Whitlock — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:17:21 -0000

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

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Olufemi — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:05:23 -0000

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!

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Walter Taylor, Jr. — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:16:21 -0000

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!

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Babatunde — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:09:02 -0000

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

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Jamie Reeves — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:53:22 -0000

top advice once again mike,

thanks for your daily dose of the good stuff

keep smilin:)

jamie

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eva — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:44:18 -0000

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.

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Jay — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:25:57 -0000

Hey.. thats the truth.. and nothing but.

Thanks for a Great article

Cheers!

Jay Catlin
www.lifesneaksup.com

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Rob Lagana — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:12:28 -0000

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.

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ashok narayan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:51:17 -0000

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

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Mohamed Tohami — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:45:18 -0000

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

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Dr. Robert Santry — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:46:10 -0000

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

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Leah — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:59:27 -0000

Mike, this is a very motivating topic, thanks I have learnt a lot from you. Be blessed.