LAW OF GARBAGE TRUCK

How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss or an insensitive employee ruin your day? Unless you're the Terminator, for an instant you're probably set back on your heels. However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly one can get back the focus on what's important.

One person learned it in the back of a Harare City taxi cab. Here's what happened. She hopped in a taxi and took off for Westgate. They were driving when all of a sudden a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of them. Her taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded and missed the other car's back end by just inches!

Here's what happened next. The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and he started yelling bad words at them.

Now, here's what blew her away. Her taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And, he was friendly. So, she said, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!"

And this is when her taxi driver told her what she now calls, "The Law of the Garbage Truck."

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 to dump it. And if you let them, they'll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally. You just smile, wave, wish them well and move on. You'll be happy you did. This is guaranteed.

So this was it: The "Law of the Garbage Truck."

We should think as to how often do we let Garbage Trucks run right over us? And how often do we take their garbage and spread it to other people: at work, at home, on the streets?

We should immediately take a resolve that, "I'm not going to do it anymore."

Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting. Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses.

Leaders and parents know that they have to be fully present, and at their best for the people they care about.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their day.

Keep smiling - it makes people wonder what you've been up to!!!!

THOUGHTS

In a day, when you don't come across any problems - You can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path - Swami Vivekananda

3 sentences for getting success - a) Know more than others b) Work more than others c) Expect less than others - William Shakespeare

If you win, you need not explain .... but if you lose, you should not be there to explain - Adolph Hitler

Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself - Alen Strike

If we cannot love the person whom we see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see - Mother Teresa

No man is rich enough to buy his past - Oscar Wilde

If you want real peace, don't talk to your friends, talk with your enemies - Mother Teresa

Winning doesn't always mean being first, winning means you're doing better than you've done before - Bonnie Blair

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself - Leo Tolstoy

I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure - Thomas Alva Edison

Believing everybody is dangerous; believing nobody is very dangerous - Abraham Lincoln

Love your job, but never fall in love with your company, because you never know, when it stops loving you - APJ Abdul Kalam

If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means that they had never tried a new thing in their life - Einstein

Never break four things in your life - Trust, Promise, Relation & Heart because when they break, they don't make noise but it pains a lot - Charles

If you start judging people, you will be having no time to love them - Mother Teresa