"There is no limit to what you can achieve as long as you are passionate about doing the right things for the right reasons."
Good Morning Folks,
I hope you are all having a PERSONAL, PASSIONATE, and PRODUCTIVE week!!
Every Friday we send you off to the weekend with an inspiring message selected by me personally from all the daily motivational messages circulating inside our company, authored by employees across all geographies and roles.
That in mind, I am pleased to introduce one of our Dallas Experience Managers, Stephen Lafley, and his post, "The best way to predict the future is to create it!" Here's Stephen:
When I first started off in the work force many years ago, I can remember being in a job interview with a fortune 250 Company. The District Manager asked me to tell him what I thought I would like my future to be with them. I told him that I wanted to be successful, happy, productive but mostly employed. I knew deep down in me I had enormous drive, fortitude and had what it took to be successful.
He then asked me to define what success meant to me. I can remember sitting there thinking of all of the things that I wanted to say, but when I said them in my head they sounded so cliché. I knew that what he was asking me was how I was going to be successful with them and what I would bring to the table. Not what is success, but how to achieve it. I was just 20 years old and had not worked in such an environment. I thought for a moment and then told him that success would be to achieve his position and eventually move further up the ladder. Not knowing if I blew the interview, I had to just wait to hear if I got the entry level job or not. To my surprise I was offered the job. Once the 90 day trial period ended and I was doing well, I asked the District Manager why he hired me. He laughed and said that he saw it in my eyes, the passion and desire to do well and told me never to sell myself short as I have the power to create my future.
After 36 successful years with this company, I have now since retired from them and have started a new career with FSO. When you give a 100% in everything you do, always being positive and work hard, you create your future. Success does not happen by chance, you (we) make it happen. Having a dream without action is just a dream. Having a vision of where you want to be in the future and acting on it, is building that future.
There is no limit to what you can achieve as long as you are passionate about doing the right things for the right reasons. Like Mitch's "See 2020 clearly" vision, he is predicting our future and we are here to help him (us) create that vision. As the company's future grows, so does ours. So, predict your future and act on it every day.
Thanks, Stephen! Appreciate it.
There is so much excitement and activity going on throughout the entire company. We have a great team and this is our time. Each day we show our prospects and our clients a REIMAGINED way to go to business. That is why they hire us.
You have value to bring, a contribution to make, and your happiness is on the line. BELIEVE in the service you provide and the passion you sell from within.
Make a difference - catch someone doing something good… make it count.. make it great and always SMILE!
Enjoy your weekend and Love Life!
Mitchell D. Weiner
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