OG MANDINO / MOTHER TERESA

"Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again."

Og Mandino
1923-1996, Author

 Augustine "Og" Mandino II (December 12, 1923 – September 3, 1996) was an American author. He wrote the bestselling book The Greatest Salesman in the World. His books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into over twenty-five different languages. He was the president of Success Unlimited magazine until 1976 and is an inductee of the National Speakers Association's Hall of Fame.
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Some people make a difference in the world.  I believe Og Mandino to be one of these people.  Here is a man that was known worldwide.  He was so very famous.  He did well financially.  Yet as we re-read the quote stated above, he was a kind and caring person.  From what I have been able to gather, he lived his life this way.  He walked the talk.  Success didn't go to his head.  He didn't say one thing and do another.

How can we be more like this?  It seems like the world has conditioned to ask, "what's in this for me?"  Many of us don't do things "just because."  We are nice to someone because we hope it will come back to reward us.  Or we are nice to people because of their position.  We suck up to the CEO but are rude to the janitor.  Can you remember the last time you had extraordinary customer service?  How did that service make you feel?  Will you go back to that establishment?  Now think about when you received bad service.  What was that like?

Here is a TIP FROM A MAN... treat everyone with care and dignity.  Reach out.  Don't try to measure how the kindness will impact your career.  Let's do things "just because."  Read what Mother Theresa had to say:

What a great opportunity each of us has.  We can influence the world one interaction, one person at a time.  Pay it forward.  Others are watching.  Perhaps others will imitate your behavior and be a little kinder, be a little more honest, be a little more compassionate.  

Enjoy life!