Men.
Yes, this message is directed at men, primarily. Why? Because…
We are NOT, historically, very good at this.
Men, let this serve as a reminder. If you’re already a master here, you can move on to something more meaningful and more worthy of your attention. You can move on to closing a deal, calling back a potential client, solving a pieces/parts problem at the factory, or fixing any number of other personnel or some such problematic area at your place of work.
Slow down for a moment and remember this.
Remember that you have something beside your crackberry to give your attention. You have something beside your work. You have someone significant that would really appreciate you remembering….
Them.
Today, ask your significant someone a couple curious questions and see where it leads. Go wherever they lead. Give them your full attention and lose yourself in their world. Discover something small and maybe something big. Remember that what our spouse or our best of friends really need is so simple and seemingly so rare.
They need to know that you remember. That you care. AND, that as crazy as it sounds, that you’ve been thinking of them.
What gets all your best thinking?
Who gets what’s left?
Who is left behind?
How would your significant other answer?
Tell me more, my friend.
Tell me more…
BUILT TO LEAD 