“Do You Allow Service to Save You?” We have so many things happening and so much on our plate on a daily basis; it can be overwhelming, frustrating and discouraging. We are expected to keep it all together and continue to excel in our professional and personal life, yet everything keeps bombarding us. It is easy to allow it to take over our lives and get us down, depressed and feeling like the weight of the world is on our shoulders.
What can we do? How can we not only survive, but Thrive? Where can we turn for peace, empowerment and a thriving life? Believe it or not, it is Service. Yes, “Service Will Save You!”.
Gandhi said: “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” I too have found this to be true! I have watched hundreds of clients do this too! Now, it is your turn.
Service is the most powerful when we are at our lowest point. Meaning, if you are depressed, do service. If you are frustrated with your employees, do service. If you are having problems in your significant relationship, turn to service. When we are willing to take our focus off of ourselves and put our focus on how we could assist someone else, our focus changes. Things get better. Stuff isn’t so heavy and hard. It is when we get out of our own way that we can see how to do better, do more and move forward faster. Service is always the answer! Think about it, when someone does something for you that you perhaps could not do for yourself, how does it make you feel? When someone assists you to make a deadline, create that next amazing thing or just drop by something to you when you are feeling down, how does it make you feel?
One of the easiest ways to up-level in this area quickly is to ask yourself good questions every day. Questions like: “Who can I serve today? What can I do? How can I change someone’s life today? Who needs me? Where can I serve?”
You will often hear me say this: “It’s the little things we do on a consistent basis that ultimately change our lives!” ~Kris Barney It’s true. If you are looking for change in your life, start with service. It is the fastest way for you to see change. It is almost instantaneous. Try one of these today:
Smile at someone
Say Hi to a total stranger
Give a heartfelt compliment to someone
Acknowledge a co-worker for something they have done
Show genuine appreciation to your significant other
Message or call someone that comes to mind
I promise this works every time, as long as you are genuine and authentically mean it.
In my book, “Leadership from the Inside Out – Are You the Leader YOU Would Follow” one of the traits that I teach is SHOW Sincere Service. I teach that there are two types of service: Simple Service and Sincere Service. Let me explain what I mean by placing service in these two categories.
First is Simple Service: This is something that we do daily. It is expected, even required. We have signed up for this. Every person does some kind of simple service. Let me give you some examples: you choose to be in a relationship such as marriage, which means you choose to serve that person regularly. You choose to be a parent, so you have chosen to serve that child for the rest of your life! You sign up or agree to take a community or church position or be on a committee. It will come with service. Or you have accepted a job, and it comes with a considerable amount of service in working with co-workers, as well as customer service.
Some of the ways you may feel about Simple Service are:
Obligated
Feel guilty
Can create stress
Feel it is required
Feels like it takes effort
Second is Sincere Service: Sincere Service is service that you feel deep within your heart. You are changed by performing this service and are a better person for having done it. It raises your character. It is defined by superior service to others. It is doing something for someone else that they cannot do for themselves. It is treating a customer with excellence because it is what is best for them—it is in their best interest. It is putting our own interests or agendas aside. It is showing gratitude for your client because you genuinely do care about them. It is being genuinely happy for others’ success.
Some of the ways you may feel about Sincere Service are:
Raises your character
Moves you forward
What you put out you get back, multiplied
Creates Abundance
Builds relationships
Creates Loyalty
Gains Respect
Isn’t this what we all want? As you focus on Sincere Service the personal benefits are incredible, but also consider the business, work or corporation benefits also! You will:
Build Relationships and Connection
Create Abundance
Make your challenges and trials easier
Gain Loyalty and gain Customers for life
Get Referrals
Increase Sales
Service truly is a game changer. It is easy to do and immediately changes your life. How can you shift into Sincere Service right now to create the life you want?
Albert Einstein said; “Only a life lived in the service of others is worth living.” This is so true! Who likes to be around someone who is always complaining or always has it worse than we do? We do not like to be around someone who is always playing the victim.
It may not jump right out to you how I define these words into creating a different outcome, just by seeing the words. I invite you to watch another 15 minute video that I have titled: Show Sincere Service that goes into detail about what I mean by these words and the action behind them. I break it down and detail it out quickly and easily for you to see what I mean by this concept and the acronym SHOW. If you are just willing to do things a little differently and implement this concept on a deep level, you will see dramatic results!
Watch our episode today to see how your life will be affected by upping your service and asking “Do You Allow Service to Save You?.”
depressed and feeling like the weight of the world is on our shoulders.
almost instantaneous. Try one of these today:
Isn’t this what we all want? As you focus on Sincere Service the personal benefits are incredible, but also consider the business, work or corporation benefits also! You will: