Why You Shouldn't Wait For Anyone To Do Something For You.
A Belgian friend was in Bahrain on a contract job. He is staying in a Four-Star hotel.
So he went into the dining area to have breakfast one morning and here's what happened next.
His narration...
"๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช. ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ. ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐จ. 2 ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐. ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ "๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐ก๐-๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐" ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ. ๐๐ค ๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐จ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ก๐ก ๐*&^. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐. ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐."
What would you do if it were you?
What he did is unconventional and that's why I love it.
Here's why.
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ.
Human beings are wired to do whatever they want to do.
And sometimes it does not include what you want.
In life, we must learn to accept circumstances for what they are.
You may want the waiters and waitresses to be held accountable for the lack of service.
You may wish that the hotel gives you something to make up for disappointing you.
You may want the supervisor to apologize on their behalf.
You may want to be compensated with an apology, a free meal or a free night, or a coupon to the spar because you want them to take care of your disappointment.
The hard truth is, no one is obligated to do anything for you. In mindfulness, we teach acceptance. Accept that you recognize the bad at face value as well as the good. That humans will be what they want to be and it has nothing to do with you.
Yes, their behavior might hurt their service because customers may walk away complaining.
I used to be in sales and in treating the customer as the king, I was taught that a disappointed customer will tell four people but a happy customer will tell one. Basically, bad news spreads like a wildfire.
What my friend did was he took the responsibility for his feelings. He did not wait for any compensation or apology to make him feel better.
He simply thought that I need breakfast and I'll do whatever it takes to get it without inconveniencing anyone.
If there's a possibility that what you are waiting for may not come, then strap up that apron and ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!!
โจ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ, ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ! ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ -๐๐๐๐๐!
โจ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐!
โจ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ. ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ!โจ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ -๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!!
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