“All that you send into the lives of others, will come back into your own, tenfold”…..a favorite of many quotes from Mary Kay Ash. When I moved to the Charlottesville, VA, area two years ago, I knew no one, was so lonely and just starting a new business as an image consultant.
I soon figured out that people today are just so busy that they were not going to flock to meet me. I decided to go meet them. I joined the Charlottesville Chamber and attended everything. I wanted to meet the people and find out everything I could about my new hometown. I volunteered to help at every event………you could say my new full-time job was volunteering and networking. I believed that if I was at every sign-in desk at every event, I would meet more people. Before I even finished my training with Joyce, I was recognized as “Charlottesville’s Image Consultant.”
Of course, that didn’t mean that the community was flocking to me with business. So to train myself better I started volunteering to share “how to get an “A” at the interview” in the high schools. I volunteered to do classes before job fairs for the city and non-profit organizations working with job training with the less priviledged citizens of Charlottesville.
It is amazing, the more I volunteered, the more business people have come to know me, accept and trust me in my new community. I am now getting corporate referrals. 2010 is the what I believe will be the year for the first harvest……..with one exception. Giving…..helping others gives something back that even Mastercard cannot buy. I call them the “paychecks of the heart.”
I will end with this quote by Robert Collier, “You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving – and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it – and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.”
Follow Me