Every day it is dog eat dog, me first, beat the competition. It can be tough having this competitive attitude while maintaining a compassionate side.
I am continually impressed with my friend and coworker Bill Turman. I met Bill 8 years ago when I first started with Nex-Tech. Bill understand the balance between work and personal life. The last couple of days, Bill and I took on a project to Epoxy our garage floors. During this process Bill tells me a story about how he saw a guy standing outside his church with a towel for a coat. Trying to see if he could help this person, Bill ask him what he was doing there. (Many would have walked by). Not speaking English, the person could not communicate with Bill. Bill called a friend on his cell that spoke many languages and had them figure out what the problem was. Bill found out that the person came to Kansas looking for work. Not knowing how to help, Bill gave the person the coat off his back so at least he would be warm.
Do you have people in your life to keep you compassionate? These type of people make all of us a little better along with the world around us.
1 comment:
Steve, great story..way to many times in this world we rush on by trying to move forward in our own careers. If we just stopped for two seconds to help someone we would then be able to be helped when it is our turn.
Stuart Crawford
Calgary, AB
http://www.stuartcrawford.com
http://www.thewealthyprofessional.ca
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