Mary Schmidt Marketing Troubleshooter

One of the paradoxical commandments is: Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway. I sometimes have to grit my teeth when trying to do this (particularly since people sometimes mistake kindess for weakness), but it’s still worth doing.

Here’s the complete list (which I try to live by)
The Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. Kent M. Keith

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.

Happy Friday! Do some goofy, small act of kindness - it’ll give you a glow that’ll last all day.

(Want to read a post about marketing? Check out my guest post at Lip-sticking today: The Overlooked Marketing Opportunity: Your Business Card.)