We Each Try To Do Our Best!

Bill Gates is hanging out with the chairman of
General Motors.

"If automotive technology had kept pace with
computer technology over the past few decades,"
boasts Gates, "You would now be driving a V-32
instead of a V-8, and it would have a speed of
10,000 miles per hour. Or, you could have an
economy car that weighs 30 pounds and gets a
thousand miles with a gallon of gas. In either case,
the sticker price of a new car would be less than
$50."

In response to all this goading, the GM chairman
replies, "Yes, but would you really want to drive a
car that crashes four times a day?"


Aah! The game of "One Upsmanship". This little quip
also speaks of the idea your reputation precedes you.
However, let's draw another point from it today.

Notwithstanding the field conditions for each product
is different and each must meet different criteria we
still find each is trying to do the best they can. There
are times when I am not so sure about that concept
where large corporations are concerned because in
the world of man there is what we call politics and
large corporations are right in the middle of playing
games most of us don't fully see or comprehend.

However, I have never met a man, woman or child who
didn't think they were doing the best they could. What
they are trying to say is they are doing the most their
present level of knowledge permits. Often one simple
idea can render one's level of performance a hundredfold
better. So when you see someone straining at something
walk over to them and begin to share ideas. Sometimes
just knowing you are watching and that you care is
enough to give someone a boost.

Here is an idea that will boost anyone's performance at
any task, without fail. Have a person stop what they are
doing. Have them sit down, get quiet, and get a picture
in their head, in their imagination, of them doing the
very task they were doing. Have them see themselves,
in their mind, doing the job as if it is easy, as if they
had done it a hundred times before, successfully,
easily. Then have them get up and get back at the job.

If every person did that before they started any job, then
all jobs would become easier, get done better and
faster, and each person would have a better life.

Think on that for a bit ...

We Each Try To Do Our Best!

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Internationally syndicated columnist, Ken Darby authors many
articles found in newspapers and magazines throughout North
America. He is the author of
The Saga Of Pinehill, The Adventure,
ISBN 1-4137-4723-X a thrilling adventure filled with life's lessons,
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