The golden rule in business and career

One of the most important questions everyone in business must answer correctly, in order to succeed is:
• How do you view that person you are dealing with across the counter or table?
• Does he or she see you as a friend or as an enemy?
• Are you really thoughtful and considerate of the people you are dealing with in business?
• Or is your main focus on making the sale and reaping the benefit for yourself?

You must correctly answer these questions if you want to build a successful business and career. You must treat the person across the counter with respect if you want him or her to keep coming. “….whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” Matt.7:12 NKJV

This is the Golden rule of life: You’ll always reap from whatever you sow (Gal.6:7). If you want to be treated as a king, and you want people to be attracted to you, then treat them as kings and queens. Honesty and simple courtesy will go a long way toward improving your business and building a successful career for you.

Most of the customers who quit doing business with you, quit because of the way they were treated. Also, most people that were sacked were sacked because of their poor attitude to employers, coworkers or clients. Your attitude to your employer, co-workers and clients will determine your life span in the company you work for. Your impact in the marketplace is determined by how well you treat your customers/clients.Stop believing that rudeness in return to rude people is the answer.

A SOFT answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. [Prov. 25:15.]; Prov.15:1 AMPC.Stop making a “scene” in public places as the manner of some are. It can mar your public image as a business person. Many business people don’t know that making serious efforts to be nice to people is good economic sense.Zig Ziglar said: “Losers think in terms of replacing customers; winners think in terms of maintaining customers and adding new customers in order to build their business bigger and better.

For lasting success in business/career, you must learn how to invest the same energy you invest in money into managing and building healthy relationships. If you want to keep people around you and your business all the time, you must place value on people.You must rate people above profit, if you want to excel in the marketplace. Brain Tracy said: “Everything in life and business is relationship.”

If this is the case, then you must give your best in making people around you feel good. Only the customer-centred companies will stand the test of time in this highly competitive age. Your commitment to treating customers well will determine your relevance in today’s marketplace. The ability to treat people well is one of the abilities employers look out for before they hire any employee. A person that is poor in relating with people can cause a great deal of harm to your business.
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