Productivity Coaching - It's A Better Use Of Time To Give Than Receive
- Date: 2009-07-23 - Word Count: 307
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This is Dave Crenshaw. I am here at Beautiful Sundance in Utah. You can see behind me we have got the amazing stream. I just got done with a group called NetWeave and this was started by my good friend Jason Payne who is an outstanding financial planner and someone with the highest integrity that I know. [Dave's note: this informal group was created by Scott Asbell of Rocky Mountain Mortgage, as well. The term NetWeaving comes from a book by Robert S. Little and Donna Fisher]
I just wanted to share a principle with you that really came to my mind when we were spending all this time with NetWeave. The whole point of this group was to find ways to serve others. "They" always say that it is better to give than to receive. I certainly agree with that for so many reasons; but it is also more efficient and productive to give than to receive and here is why.
There were 18 people in that room and if we had spent our time in that room trying to convince each other how wonderful we were or trying to talk about "why you should do business with me," it would have been extremely unproductive, it would have been a waste of all that time. But instead everyone in the group focused on how they could do things and serve each other during that time and we got lots done. I have a list of probably 40 different actions items that I can take away from that group. It's just such a powerful principle. The next time that you are in a situation where you can get to know people and you want to do business, you want to improve your business, remember that it's better for you to give and more productive to give than to receive.
I just wanted to share a principle with you that really came to my mind when we were spending all this time with NetWeave. The whole point of this group was to find ways to serve others. "They" always say that it is better to give than to receive. I certainly agree with that for so many reasons; but it is also more efficient and productive to give than to receive and here is why.
There were 18 people in that room and if we had spent our time in that room trying to convince each other how wonderful we were or trying to talk about "why you should do business with me," it would have been extremely unproductive, it would have been a waste of all that time. But instead everyone in the group focused on how they could do things and serve each other during that time and we got lots done. I have a list of probably 40 different actions items that I can take away from that group. It's just such a powerful principle. The next time that you are in a situation where you can get to know people and you want to do business, you want to improve your business, remember that it's better for you to give and more productive to give than to receive.
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