THE FRED FACTOR-Passion in your work and life can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary

 

THE FRED FACTOR - Mark sanborn

Passion in your work and life can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary

‘Let us do one extraordinary act each day at home or work’.

Let us imagine career without any recognition, promotion, no change in role most part of career journey. In today’s world of fast growth cycle, it is hard to imagine such a career and life. But such career exists! Think job of “Postman”, in our village, town or city area, we have seen same person distributing letters for many years. As a human being everyone expects some kind of pat on back or some way of recognizing work. Don’t you think that even Postman expect some recognition, but this man keeps working for many years in the same job.

Mark Sanborn author of book “The Fred Factor” experienced an extraordinary services from his postman named “Fred” in his simple job of distributing postal carriers. Mark studied qualities of Fred and how he went out of his primary job and created big value for his customers and delighted them.

Fred used to create bundle of letters if customer is out of town and was delivering as soon as customer is back to home, this way no letter was be misplaced. He will clear front area of house from news papers or any other things so that no one can understand that his house is locked for a long time and protects house from possible theft and many more examples of value creation mentioned in this book.

His extraordinary work was not making him rich or famous but being in service for others was gratifying and self-fulfilling for him.

This story brought lots of valuable insights for every one

 Ø  Every role is important and remember any type of work is honorable. Always give your best to your work.

Ø  Faithfully doing your best, independent of support, acknowledgement or reward is the key determinant in a loving and fulfilling career.

Ø  Position never defines performance, but performance defines position in life.

Ø  Nobody can stop you from choosing to be exceptional.

Ø  Excellence and quality should be the goal of every person in a business or any kind of work. Strive to make your work defect free.

Ø  Each one is truly individual in his or her own way, being helpful is more joyful than being helped. To go more through life joyfully and successfully focus on what you give than what you get.

Ø  Turn the ordinary job into extraordinary and your job to a job you love. Not by doing other jobs but by doing the one you have the way you like it (differently).

Ø  Excellence, passion, wisdom, and dedication should be the functioning parts of this world. Success is built with relationships; strong relationships create loyalty which is the basis of partnership and teamwork.

Ø  Work hard to minimize irritation and frustration for others and maximize positive feeling. Uninspired people rarely do any inspiring work as they always have negative feelings. We need to develop teams of extraordinary people to inspire us. When you do not see much meaning in what you do, you can’t bring much value to your work. Hence staying positive, loving work what you do and developing a key philosophy of having a fun which makes work interesting and exciting not only for you but also for customers and co-workers too which makes each day fulfilling. This can be achieved simply by doing at least one extraordinary thing (something that can be helpful to others) a day at home or at work, and you will make a record of extraordinary acts in a year of your life. This can turn your mundane life into an extraordinary life and it will be the same for others as well. Let’s start this as a chain reaction as a daily habit. When there are problems or crisis, innovations are done. But do not wait for crises, perform your best regularly. What makes any act extraordinary is doing it with heart. What makes any life extraordinary is living it with love. 

Ø  BE A FRED. Continuously create value for those you live and work with, through dedication, passion, and creativity. Remember People become more loveable when they are loved.

Ø Reinventing yourself is a must in changing world

·   We wake up every day with an ability to reinvent ourselves. Every day is a new beginning. This can be done by reflecting on our past.

·  Look towards each day as a new day and make each day better than the last one.

·  Intension without action is only a dream.

· Simply observe what best people are doing, watch, learn, adapt, and apply in your daily routine.

Ø  Time to answer few questions-

o   What did you once deeply wanted to accomplish but never attempted to?

o   Which people most shaped your life and what you learnt from them?

o   Whom do you admire the most?

o   What skills do you want to develop in life?

o   What is your IQ (Implementation Quotient)? -This means implementing ideas which you have in your plan.

 

Let’s be a Fred and find a Fred in others!

 

Best Never Rest!