| January
1 , 2008
Putting Other People First
Interview
with John Maxwell author of Winning
With People |
Mike
Carruthers:
People who are good with other people tend to be more successful. But what does
that mean to be "good with other people?"
John Maxwell:
When I speak of good with people I'm talking
about the fact that other people like them. It's just having, what I would call
a "likeability" to where people want to be around them.John
Maxwell, author of the book Winning
with People… There
are some people everyday who are just what I would call "other people conscious."
And they're the people you see who are very good in relationships. They get up
realizing that except for one single exception the world is composed of others.
And they get up basically saying, "I'm going add value to people today."
And then there's the other kind of person who gets up and they basically say,
"I wonder who's going to add value to me?" John
says it's not easy to do to put other people first. It takes conscious effort,
and a good way to start is to keep in mind what John calls "the learning
principle." Basically
it says each person that we meet has potential to teach us something. And I think
the moment that I begin to understand that I can learn something from anyone it
makes me become a better listener and gives me much more respect to other people
which really adds a tremendous amount of value to relationships. But
why put other people first? You
cannot continue to help people and add value to them and think of them first without
there being a major maximum return for you down the road. You don't do it for
that reason but there is always a major reaping if the sowing is correct.
At
somethingyoushouldknow.net, I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should
Know.
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