Do you have trouble finding solutions to your problems? Are you constantly in search of optimized
solutions for your predicament ? If yes, then surely you must be thinking about them all day long. And at this moment if you are faced with any unpleasant situation then you become an ardent follower of "The Law of garbage".
Micheal had an interview today in a reputed organization. He was desperate. Recently his girlfriend ditched him. He was short of money and didn't have it to pay for this month's house rent. He slept late past night preparing for the interview. In the morning he woke up late. Had no breakfast, no bath, no shave as he had to reach the interview site at 9 am and it was already 8:30 am. It was rainy season and it was raining heavily in the morning. He was standing by the roadside carrying an umbrella, waiting for taxi, and suddenly a car drove through puddle, splashing water on him! And there he was standing all soaked up in the water.
The car parked a few distance ahead. Micheal went there and started yelling at the driver. The driver said "There was no place as truck was approaching from the other side". But micheal would not stop. Alas, the pedestrians had to interfere and stop the argument.
The law of garbage
One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We are driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded and missed the other car by just inches!
The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly, so I asked,"Why did you just do that?
This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital" This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call," THE LAW OF GARBAGE"
He explained that "Many people are like Garbage Trucks. They run around full of Garbage, full of Frustration, full of Anger and full of Disappointment. As their Garbage piles up, they need a place of dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally, just smile, wave, wish them well and move on. Believe me. You’ll be happier."
One day I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the street? It was then that I said, "I don't want their garbage and I'm not going to spread it anymore."
I began to see Garbage Trucks. Like in the movie "The Sixth Sense," the little boy said, "I see Dead People." Well now "I see Garbage Trucks." I see the load they're carrying. I see them coming to dump it. And like my taxi driver, I don’t take it personally; I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.
One of my favorite football players of all time was Walter Payton. Every day on the football field, after being tackled, he would jump up as quickly as he hit the ground. He never dwelled on a hit. Payton was ready to make the next play his best. Over the years the best players from around the world in every sport have played this way: Muhammad Ali, Nadia Comaneci, Bjorn Borg, Chris Evert, Michael Jordan, Jackie Robinson, and Pele are just some of those players. And the most inspiring leaders have lived this way: Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King.
See, Roy Baumeister, a psychology researcher from Florida State University, found in his extensive research that you remember bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories more easily, and you recall them more frequently.
So the odds are against you when a Garbage Truck comes your way. But when you follow "The Law of Garbage", you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by letting go of the bad.
The best leaders know that they have to be ready for their next meeting. The best sales people know that they have to be ready for their next client. And the best parents know that they have to be ready to greet their children with hugs and kisses, no matter how many garbage trucks they might have faced that day. All of us know that we have to be fully present, and at our best for the people we care about.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their lives.
What about you? What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by?
Don't take their Garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home or on the street's.
Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,
so ... Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't.
Life is Ten percent what you make it and Ninety percent how you take it!
The Law of Garbage guides and inspires readers everywhere, every day.
Have a garbage-free day!
Have a garbage-free day!
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