Support your spouse whatever they're into. Make time and take time to help your spouse find their passion and their calling. Even if you don't like it, even if you don't understand it, make time to make them feel important. Do things or get involved and things that will help them find their calling and learn to enjoy that, or at least tolerate it. It shows your spouse support and helps them enjoy a very fulfilling portion of their life and to be the best they can be. After all, it's the right thing to do and models that thing for others.
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Some drives are worth it. If you're going on a sales call, make sure you're fully repaired ,specifically if it's more than an hour drive one way. Go in and ask your questions, do your discovery, share your information as to why people should choose to use the company you work for and make it worth the drive. If you do the right prep and are ready to win, many times it's worth the drive. Plus, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others.
Make sure you clarify a question someone is asking. Otherwise you may give an answer to a question that wasn't asked and you may take an unnecessary amount of time conversing about the wrong thing. Explain the why once you clarify. If the conversation goes the wrong way, stay focused to get the conversation back on track. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others.
It is awesome when you add new additions to your family. I am excited to announce my great nephew's arrival, L. L. Watkins who arrived at 7:09 at 7lbs 4oz and 21 3/4 inches. Take time to cherish and enjoy them, while they enjoy time with you. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others.
I had the opportunity today to share best practices with a colleague out west. It's awesome to pick up other's ideas and share your best practices so collectively each of you can become better than you were. It's how you get better. Take time to share best practices with those you like, respect, and trust. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way others.
if you are married, engaged, or in a serious relationship…spend time talking with her. If you are a married man like me, my wife likes spending quality time with me where I am actively listening, without my cell phone on, in my pocket, in my hands or near me. Turn off the tv or video games. Turn the music down low or off if needed and focus. Pay attention to her and listen to her every word. Engage in conversation and grow together. It's the words from the conversation and the listening, the focused listening, that really matter. I work to become interested in what ever she wants to talk about. It takes focus and dedication. I better at sometimes than others, but i Need to remind myself to fill her love tank like in the book, "The Five Love Languages," so she not just hears me tell her j love her, but she feels it. Live is more than words, it's action, and from my experience it starts with listening. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others.
Are your work colleagues like family. Some of the best companies I have worked for I have experienced this, including my current company. When you are doing life together at work, getting better, making money for the company and yourself, having fun, and enjoying what you do...its a great feeling. If you don't have this currently, what could you do to create this environment? Work to create this or preserve this if you already have it. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others.
Happy bosses day to all the bosses. Today is recognized for celebrating great leaders. Leading people can be challenging at times but if it's your true calling leading people is such a blessiing. Thanks for all the great leaders out there that I've worked for and known. Being a great leader is about changing lives and helping people to become better than they were before you knew them. Plus, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others.
"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will it hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain."
-Exodus 20:7 Where do you keep important things that you will need later? Do you have a habit of putting things on top your car or trunk and then driving off and they disappear? Make sure that you put things that you'll need later where they should be. In the hustle and bustle of life, I don't recommend anyone place anything on top of their car for any period of time. There are just too many situations where I continually hear about cell phones, important documents, tickets to events, or other important things that are lost after being placed on top of a car, then the car drives off and it falls off. So take time to put things in the right spot so you will have them later. After all, it's the right thing to do and it models the way for others.
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"Modeling the Way" BlogMark A. Watkins is a Region Sales Manager in the Midwest with Rollins, Inc. and strives to Model the Way as a Sales Leader, Teacher, Visionary, Innovator, Problem Solver, Coach and Mentor. Archives
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