Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. Albert Einstein

It is said that when you do something you like, then, the rest comes by default or automatically.

I insist that you pay special attention to this because when you focus in success it seems the more you want it, the more it slips over your hands and it seems a never ending quest.

Then you realize that there are many people in the world who seem to be successful just for nothing and that in every task they perform, they achieve excellence and more success, causing a frustration to people that put special efforts in getting there.

Success is simple but as Mr. Einstein said try not to become a man -or woman- of success, but rather try to become one of value.

Let's say you add value to every single thing you do or put value in every single action you perform. This will cause your peers or clients to notice that extra effort or extra value you put and they will start making you a favorite person to deal with.

They might start asking for you tom come more often to take their provision list or they'd rather to receive your phone call instead of dealing with someone else in your company.

You might then be called by your boss who will tell you that there are clients you satisfy properly and to keep it that way.

Now you have more value in your company; and guess what? You could ask for that raise of salary or rank you think you deserve. After a while you could have an extra value to negotiate with your boss to get what you want or get a better position in your company.

No matter what you do, if you can add that extra concept more than one person will notice and you'll become more and more important not only in your job, but in your whole life; it's a concept to develop.

That concept can be applied to a boss as well as to an employee.

If to a boss; it will make you look better as a more competent and more capable person to be in front of your employees and they will prefer to be under your supervision instead of moving to another departments in the same company.

If to an employee; will make you look better in front of your superiors and they might start considering you for a raise or to be candidate of promotion to a higher rank.

Is it difficult?

Not really, all you need is to pay attention to what you do and how can you do it better or make a slight change that your clients or friends would like to receive while dealing with them. Is that simple.

Then you have to develop the habit to keep adding value to what you do. The rest will come automatically.

Ivan Caballero