"Formålet med livet er ikke at være lykkelig, det er at være nyttig, at være ærværdig, at være medfølende, at få det til at gøre en forskel, at du har levet og har levet godt."
Disse to ord tjener som min daglige udtalelse om min mission. Hver gang jeg føler mig lidt tabt eller ikke husker, hvad jeg ønskede at gøre, går jeg tilbage til det grundlæggende. Jeg prøver bare at være nyttig.
At være nyttig er så enkelt. Det hjælper ikke kun andre, det hjælper også dig selv. At være nyttig gør mig glad, fordi uanset hvad det er, er der aldrig et eneste minut spildt ved at være nyttig.
Nogle gange har jeg en dårlig dag. Nogle gange er det svært at forblive positiv og jeg blive tabt i en verden af negativitet og kritik. Specielt gennem internettet er det let at blive negativ.
Præcist i sådanne tilfælde prøver jeg sædvanligvis at minde mig selv om hellere at være nyttig i stedet for. Fordi at være negativ og at være et røvhul er det modsatte af at være nyttig, og der er ikke megen værdiforøgelse i det for nogen af de involverede parter.
Der er mange måder du kan være nyttig for andre mennesker og det er ofte mere enkelt end du tænker. - Her er mine top 3:
Del viden
Du kan dele viden og de ting du ved med mennesker der ved mindre. Det er derfor jeg altid siger at man aldrig er for ung til at undervise. De er altid nogen som kan sætte pris på din mening uanset hvilket emne det kan være.
Derudover, er det at dele viden belønnende. Du hjælper ikke kun andre, du hjælper også dig selv. At dele viden hjælper dig til at reflektere, forme og kommunikere dine tanker mere klart.
Solve a small problem
You can help people by solving a problem they are having. It doesn't have to be a massive problem, it can be something small.
Sometimes when I work with other people I try to figure out what small problems they might have. And if I spot one where I feel like my expertise can help solve it within less than 15-30min of my time, I will try to solve it.
I know these things can be hard, because once you give someone the small finger to help, some might bite off your hand. But the people who become super demanding only because you offered them a little help, usually aren't the people you want to have around anyway.
It's not your job? Do it anyway!
I've grown up as a jack of all trades. There is little where I would say this is not part of my job description. Whatever needs to be fixed, I fix it. If I can fix a hardware problem, I just do it. If I can help with setting up an online payment flow, I will do it. If I can help designing an app, I will do this too.
I always love to work with people who know how to handle any situation that comes at them. And I'm not saying you should get lost in tiny tasks, but you should never be afraid doing things that are not part of your "official job description". It always annoys me when I work with people that clearly found a problem, but haven't even tried to solve it because it's "not their job".
I think being useful is a highly underestimated value that we rarely talk about. I love working with useful people because they ask the right questions rather than just trying to find the answers.
Useful people add value where there was no value before.
Useful people are interested in being useful and helping you the best way possible. Getting the job done or doing a task that you got assigned is one thing, but being useful is a completely different way of doing things.
Even if my to do list is completely packed tomorrow, I try to focus on the tasks where I can be most useful to others. It makes me happy and sleep well at night.
And with that, I wish you a fantastic new week- Be Useful.
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