A funny old business

I came across this quote recently and it seemed quite apt.

"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business" Henry Ford

This story taken from "Creating Money - Keys to Abundance" by Sanaya Roman & Duane Packer is also quite a topical reminder too ;-)

There once was a salesman whose sales had begun to drop off and he couldn’t understand why. He still loved what he was doing; he believed in the product he was selling and he felt he was accomplishing his higher purpose. One day though, whilst talking to a friend, he realized that he was no longer focusing on serving people and satisfying what they wanted, but had begun to think of them in terms of what they could give him and how they could help him grow his business. Instead of seeing them as people he served, he had been thinking of them as people who helped him put money in his pocket. He had become so focused on making money that he had forgotten he was in the business of serving people.

From that moment on he changed his ways and began putting his energy and attention into how he could best serve his customers. He spent time getting to know them, learning about their wants and genuinely trying to help them.
His sales increased dramatically!