THE THING
Here’s the Thing! Real Men sell their goods. Real Men do what they are good at doing and they spend most of their lives getting good at what they do. So, what are you “good” at, what are your goods?
When you find your “goods”, the things that you do well (good), you will make a fantastic living by sharing them with others. Real Men also sell only good products. They cannot sell inferior or substandard products or services because they know that they are not good enough. They have to believe in the quality and the standard of the actual products they sell. Products must be very good or better than others.
Too many people work in companies doing stuff they are not good at, and because of this they spend most of the time hating what they do. The result of this is a world of poor service and faulty products. Real Men find out what they are good at, which is generally something they enjoy doing, and they try a career that allows them to sell and market their goods. I hope you get the play on words here? When you join your goods to good products or services – you live a good life.
THE REWARD
When you sell your “goods” you basically wake up every morning being yourself.
When you sell your goods, you really don’t call it work, you just do what you do well, wherever you find yourself.
When you work with what you are good at, people will find you.
The greatest gift you can give anyone is your goods.
THE HOW TO
- Ask yourself what you are good at and then steer your career in that direction.
- If for some reason you don’t know what you are good at, ask someone else who knows you. Tell them that you are on a self-development programme and you need to ask them a question.
“When you think about me or you hear my name what are my best attributes, personal or professional?” - The list you get from all the people you ask will generally create a pattern of words and you will find your good. You may be good with people, have an eye for detail, be a big picture thinker, analytical, hard-working, honest, loyal or any number of traits. These are your goods; these are your gifts; these are your differentiators that differentiate you from anyone else. Find out what they are and work on them to make them better.
- Keep improving on what you do well; keep improving your goods!
TROUBLE SHOOTING
- I don’t think I’m really good at anything, I’m more of a Jack-of-all-trades and good at none.
Then let that be your goods! You are a jack-of-all-trades, the go-to-guy in almost any situation because you know bits of everything and you are competent in most things. When they need an expert you can steer them in that direction, but you will be able to help everyone, everywhere almost every time. That’s a pretty good, good! Now spend more time perfecting one or two things that you do so that you can be a jack-of-all- trades and a master at SOME.
WISDOM
“A happy life is the one which is in accordance with its own nature.” – Seneca