Cultivate an Air of Importance

One of the key desires of every human, that has trend this earth, is a simple one. They want to feel important.  Every single person you know, have known, or will come to know, has a natural desire to feel as if they are ‘somebody.’  The desire is truly humankind’s most fervent, persuasive non-biological hunger.

Many people have built entire companies feeding this desire.  If you should have the slightest doubt towards that last statement, then, I would urge you to pause and really listen to a few of the commercials on TV.  Read some of the copy on the SPAM we all receive.  Or, stay up late one night and listen to a couple of those infomercials.  The majority of the messages you will receive from all this advertising is, “Buy this product and you will move to the head of the class (in this area or that area).” Whether the area is your body, your financial independence or your home life, you’ll be better, feel better and do better if you buy the product.

Well it’s time that you use this same basic human drive to push yourself towards your own desired success.  It is time for you to begin satisfying your own need to feel important.  Feeding that internal hunger is a key to getting results, in areas that you have been struggling with.  Let’s not forget, so few people use this technique, that once you begin to apply it, you will stand out far in front of the crowd.

Here are some of the ways to cultivate your ‘air’ of importance and reap the rewards:

1. Let’s start with the simplest of the cultivation steps.  Call people by their names.  Applying the “Hey Dude” or “Morning Honey” mentality does not embed you in the minds of those around you.  Inside a part of them in thinking, “I’m not important enough to him (or her) to even remember my name, or attempt to.”  If you are not making them feel important to you then you will quickly become less important to them.  People liked to be called by their name; it gives a little emotional boost to be addressed by name.
2. Show an attitude of gratitude.  Practice appreciation at every opportunity.  Make it a standing rule that you show others your appreciation towards the things they have done for you, or for others.  Decide right now that you will NOT let anyone you come in contact with feel like they are taken for granted.  No one gets to the top alone. We all have help in our climb.  Be sure to thank those that help, even in the slightest way!

   Be sure to be sincere in your show of appreciation.  No one wants a canned “I don’t know what we would do without you.”  Show your gratitude with honest, personalized compliments.  We all thrive on compliments and a heartfelt thank you.  Praise folks in many ways; by writing a personal note  a quick phone call, an email, or make special trip to stop by and see them personally.

   Avoid the trap of lumping people into groups such as ‘unimportant’, ‘important’ and ‘very important.’  For without a doubt you have to realize that everyone in your life from the custodian to the congressman is vastly valuable in one way or another. If you want to get first class results you cannot treat these important people like second-class citizens.

3. Invest your glory.  During the course of your career or family life someone will take the time to notice you publicly.  Here you will have two roads you can travel.  One road (the road so many take) is the road that leads you to say ‘I’ a lot.  You will say things like “Thank you for noticing MY work.”  “‘I’ put a lot of time in.” “When ‘I’ started this project…” and so on.  While all these statements may be true, you are forgetting the rest of the people that helped you to get to where you are at that very moment.  So I would suggest you take the road less traveled.  When presented the glory of a win, be it the completion of a project, an award or whatever the glory may be.  Take a few moments to bask in the sun of that glory. You deserve it!  You worked hard to get there.  But then invest some of that glory onto those that helped to put you there.  When you share your glory with those that supported you, you can be sure that they will aid you once again, and again, and again.

If you want to cultivate your own air of importance, you need to plant the seeds of importance in those around you.  Make them feel important, truly important, to you.  Then, you will become important to them.  People will do more for you and will perform in a far superior manner for you when you are important to them.  Finally, when you make others feel important, you help yourself feel Buy Generic Cialis Online important too!  Sounds like a win-win situation to me.

Think Successfully and Take Action!

Tracy Brinkmann
One of Today’s TOP Motivated Coaches & Author of Success Atlas Programs

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