The simple answer is to set your own personal gain aside and concentrate on your team's overall success. This is simple. This is hard to practice. If you care more about your team's results rather than what you did, you will win in the end. You may not always be the one on top, but as long as your team succeed, then so did you. Corruptness emerges from individuals carrying more about themselves than the greater good of everyone else. Selfishness is a terrible motivator, especially in business (i.e. personal bonuses).
Its not about how many points scored, how much work you put into a project, how much effort you put into cleaning the house or anything else. Its about your team winning the volleyball game, your project achieving success, and the fact that the house is actually clean. These three simple steps will help you achieve what you want in life by helping others succeed.
1. The team's results are more important than your own. As long as you contributed to the team in a positive way, you will be happy and more satisfied.
2. Focus less on the I part and more on the we part. Your company will not fail if you don't get ALL the credit that you deserve. If your team wins, you get to play another game. If they lose, your season is done and it doesn't matter if you scored 40 points in the basketball game.
3. You have a team that you are on everyday of your life. It may just not be a formal team. Your team consists of your spouse, your friends that you haven't spoke to in a while, and even the stranger sitting across from you at the coffee shop. If you make them better and happy, you will find yourself becoming better and happy.
If you follow this simple rule, you will find yourself on the winning side every time. These messages are counter intuitive, but this is the definition of karma. So, go out there and treat every person as they are your teammate with the goal of helping them succeed in life.
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