While playing with
my friends as a child, before any game, we would choose captains and they had
to in turn choose us to be players on their teams. They would select the best
players first and go in that order of who was a better player. I was never good
at outdoor games and so inevitably I would normally be the last player to be
picked on any team.
Why was it that
the team captains always picked the best players onto their teams? Simply because
they hoped that those players would play very well and that would help them win
the game.
O-Offer
Isn't it true
that when we enter into a relationship with someone, we expect the best from
them? We hope that the doctor who’s treating us would give us his very best. We
hope that the shopkeeper we’re dealing with gives us his best product. We hope
that the other person in the relationship offers us their very best so that we,
and in turn they would be successful.
What about us? Do we give our best? The question I believe we
need to be asking ourselves is, “Do I offer my very best into the
relationship?”
Offering our
very best communicates our whole hearted commitment to that relationship. It also
shows how much we value, love and cherish them. An average relationship becomes
the best when we decide to stop giving average efforts and give our best.
Former UCLA
Coach John Wooden once said “Make every day your masterpiece. If we give our
best all the time, we can make our lives into something special and that will
overflow into the life of others.”
Take
Away Principle: An average relationship can become the best when we
start offering our very best into it.
Tips
on offering:
1.
Have a mindset to offer the very best.
Giving our very best starts with our attitude.
2.
Stop doing the minimum to get by and do
all that you can. Always ask yourself the question, “Is this the best I can
do?”
3.
Give what you can. Don't get emotional
and go overboard like for example while buying something for the person; don’t
get something you can't afford. Be rational.
4.
Go with them the second mile. Don't just
do what’s required but offer to do more.
5.
Ask the question, “What can I do for
them such that they can’t repay me for it?” and do it.
