Does limitation “sell”?
This is the last article on this “Limitation & Advantages” series (check the previous articles at the bottom of the article). This time I’m going to share more about how limitation can “sell”.
Nowadays, selling is too much associated with things related to money; somehow “selling” is associated with an action of taking money from the other person. I’d like to introduce a better word that I found more accurate to be associated with “selling”, it’s called “relationship“.
In a relationship, we’re all selling. Lovers sell their rights to love and to be loved. Friends sell their time to care and help one another. Mentors sell their influence, while mentees sell their potential to be nurtured. Salaried employees sell their time, energy and intellectual property to the company they worked for. Bosses sell their company and vision to their staff. Entrepreneurs undoubtedly sell their products and services in the marketplace, while customers sell their money for the service and products they need. We’re basically selling whenever we deal with at least one person.
Selling does not have to include money; selling without money is called giving.
Selling is not all about our benefit as well, it is also about the others’ benefit.
The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.
Doug Larson
The first question comes to my mind when I’m reading the quote, “Why does it bring joy to others?” My next thought: “Is it the joy of taking advantage of the others’ imperfection?” A narrow-minded person will think that others’ imperfection is an advantage; imperfection of others will make them looks better, or maybe a way to manipulate, deceive or win over the person. Yes, it is a sort of joy that others’ imperfection can bring for us, but it is a joy for a wrong reason, and hardly people will be really happy and successful with that kind of attitude, jealous and deceitful.
How does our imperfection become a joy for others, then? Here are the answers I found from various sources…
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One group writing project has caught my attention again. This time, it comes from Joanna Young from ConfidentWriting.com. The project is requesting 4 lists of 4 items and all have to be about writing inspiration. So here is my contribution to the project…
4 sources of inspiration:
- Conversation. Here is an article, “Dinner with Dreamers“, inspired by my conversation with friends. All of them are dreamers, and I had a great dinner and special meal with them.
- Books & Magazines. I like reading, I always carry a book with me, and I spent much of my travelling and waiting time reading. An article that combines my inspiration from both book and magazine is “The lazy man’s guide to decision making“.
- Movie & TV Shows. A statement by one of the actors or the presenters can trigger my inspiration. My article, “Naive’s guide to happiness” is inspired the movie Enchanted. Here is another article inspired by a TV show, “Five steps to win with your limitation.“
- Other blogs. Since I started blogging, I read many blogs, and a lot of statements there inspire me to write something. Here is one of them, “Mindset to win sales trick.“
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Have you ever considered your limitation as advantages?
This is the third message in the “Limitation & Advantages” series. The first message shared with you the big picture, the five steps how you can win with your limitations. In the message, I am not suggesting us to ignore our limitation. None of us is perfect and instead of resisting our limitation, we should be able to acknowledge and befriend them, that is the beginning of how we can overcome and stretch them.
You should notice that the tag line of this blog is “Turning limitation into advantages, helping introverts to be successful.” That message will be empty without any examples. The second message in this series, the 7 interesting (and useful) facts about my flaws, will help you to know me better, the struggle and limitations I have. Hopefully this message will also become an inspiration on how you can turn limitation into advantages.
This article will share with you the reasons why you can consider your limitation as advantages. I have divided them into two, this part will share their benefits for you and the next one will share their benefits in the relationships you have.
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This post is especially for the people that have tagged me and linked into my blog. Some have been there for quite awhile, leave off ago and I have not done any part to reply to them…
First is the first meme project with which I’m involved, “7 interesting things about you”. I am tagged by David and Amy. Thanks to them, I revealed so much of my “dirty laundry” =). Now I’d like to tag several other bloggers to share theirs…
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Can you laugh over your flaws? How about considering them as your friend, interesting and helpful?
[This article is edited and republished for better clarity and structure, together with additional links and resources]
Two bloggers, David and Amy tagged me to share 7 strange/interesting facts about me. At first, I planned to put random facts, but eventually I wanted to write more, my story on turning limitation into advantages.
Mastery is attained by understanding our vulnerability and working with our situation.
Evan Hadkins (That Which Doesn’t Kill Us . . . Can Leave Us Maimed)
This is the second part of my series on turning limitation into advantages. The first part shared with you the five steps to win with your limitation, in short we have to acknowledge our limitations, own them, express them, turn them into advantages, and stretch them.
In this article, I will share my 7 flaws that many consider as limitations, but those are the ones that made our life interesting, not perfect but interesting.
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Jack Welch, once the CEO of GE, sharing insights on winning in career and life. Many insights that he shared touched a lot on being a leader, top executive or manager. One of the core values that he shared often is candor and authenticity, he value those attributes very much in how he has managed GE into as successful as it is right now.
Do you know the most important skill you need to learn?
If someone has the opportunity to learn that they can learn, the rest of life is a cinch.
Dr. Henry Cloud
Dr. Henry Cloud is a psychologist who has shared a lot on issues on emotional growth. His book on my hand right now is the “Changes That Heal”, sharing great insights on understanding our past, understanding what makes us who we are today, how to heal our emotional wound and what is needed to lead us having a better and healthier future.
He was explaining the adulthood process when that quote catch my attention, he was sharing about expertise in adulthood, and learning is extremely needed for that.
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Do you have limitation?
I watched a TV program few weeks ago, it’s called I Journalist, an opportunity for amateur journalist to practice their journalism skill. The episode I watched that time is the struggle of someone with some kind of physical disability that troubled him to walk properly and to live a normal life. I can’t remember most parts of the show; but there is a statement that caught my attention while watching the show…
Everyone is disabled in a way, only that the physically disabled is more visible.
Sometimes I envy disabled person…
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Dr. Henry Cloud shares about grow and changes, emphasizing on how we can understand our past to ensure a healthier future. Besides knowing the truth and grace, he also emphasize that we need time to change, nothing comes instantly. We need relationship and bonding, as well as boundary to be a mature person. Really a recommended book for people who want to grow and have healthier future as a better person.
My previous article -All you need to know to create your own happiness- has driven much traffic and readers. I’ve got a number of comments and thoughts that helps me reflect more on happiness. The list is truly far from complete… Here are some updated lessons on happiness that I have been collected from the comments, and some article that I found on the internet.
Alex Kay gives me a profound thought about not putting 10, but 7 or 9 as his scale of happiness. It is based on the explanation that he expected to learn more about happiness, a room for growth, to experience more happiness. I agreed with him that we all need to keep on learning to be happy, as all of us are actually in the pursuit of happiness.
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