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When it comes to the concept of leading and living a life of a leader, not just in the workplace or even at home, but being a stable leader of your path in life, service is important but often underrated. You see, to get the true enrichment we may want service is key. Your ability to serve in the marketplace will determine your revenue. Your ability to serve with your skills, gifts and talents will determine how far you go. Your dedication to serving in all the relationships in your life will tell the quality and likely the quantity of relationships you have and how much you enjoy them. Anybody that has ever done anything great did something that involved serving others. Leaders like Martin Luther King would have never been elevated to the positions of honour if he never had causes, dreams, visions and desires that were much greater than him. One way to guarantee a life of excellent is being an excellent servant. Yes, it's not about a focus on self-gain, but having an external outlook on life opens. Service is about adding true value and benefits to the lives of others, the more excellent the service, the more greatly rewarded is the servant. It's easy to forget the simple motives and intentions and just look at the rewards, results. A person that'll serve for the sake of being passionate about a cause rather than an end result will always get back beyond anything they could ever imagine. A great example is an excellent Multi-billion dollar companies like Zappos, the shoe company well known for its 'wow culture' and excellent customer service. We must realize they did not get where they are because they did anything magical, but because they focused on the little things. The little things here and there add up to make a big difference, especially when everybody else has forgotten the simple principles like service, and serving for the sake of it. The lesson in this is not about customer service, but that the difference between good and great is not that great. The person who goes the extra mile will stand out in a setting, of mediocrity. In a background where everybody is the same, theirs many ways to guarantee you give the best service in all you do in life:

1. Pick the activities, ventures, hobbies, market, relationships and causes you're most passionate about, I mean the people and purposes that make you feel pleased and honored to be with or part of. 2. Give with the mind-set of wanting to have the satisfaction, the feeling that comes with contributing to somebody's life. Anticipate that feeling. 3. Represent that person, company, team, venture like it's yours if it isn't. Treat it with as much care as you would your own. You can't invest into somebody else's vision until you make it your own; this thing has to be treated as if it's personal to you. It has to be so personal that you'll do anything to make sure you'll go beyond expectations and meet deadlines on time. 4. Never serve with the intention of being the right hand man to anybody 5. Lead by demonstrating, be an example. You're a leader, even working for somebody you're still the leader of your life. The best way to lead is to serve. In fact, one of the most powerful ways to influence others is by servant hood, you show integrity, faithfulness, commitment and so many other great qualities in servant hood. Most importantly, all the qualities that emanate from your mind-set being of a servant from work, to relationships, to your spiritual or personal growth, are gaining trust. Yes, trust is the most important quality associated with a great person and leader who intends to serve with no limits or expectations. You can always expect to enjoy life more fully. To be enriched, and trusted, rewarded, fulfilled and have a herculean contribution to the world. 6. Intend to increase your giving as you grow in all the areas of your life

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