‘It’s Not About You’

Is it really about you? Life is not about us. It is about other people. When you put other people first, they will put you first.

In business and in life, when you respect and love other people, when you focus on making the world a better place, you are not helping the world; you are helping yourself.

Life is not about you because you need other people to get things done. No matter how smart you are, there is so much you can do alone.

According to Bob and John, ‘Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interest first.’

‘It’s not about you. … It’s about them.’

The best way to increase your influence is to give it away.’

‘Anyone can come up with a vision. The hard part is holding.’

‘Keep seeing in your mind’s eye where it is you’re going even when nobody else does. Especially when nobody else does.’

‘Give people something good to live up to– something great- and they usually will.’

‘Embrace the hurt and it deepens you, makes you a richer person. Deny, reject, hold it at bay, fight it off, and it simply hardens you.’

‘Sometimes it’s time to move to a bigger building.’

‘You can lead only as far as you grow. And you will grow only as far as you let yourself.’

‘What you have to give, you offer least of all through what you say; in greater part, through what you do; but in greatest part through who you are.’

Source:

Bob Burg and John David Mann (2011). It’s Not About You: A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business