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The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

1807 | Les Brown: “Provide More Service than You Get Paid For.”

The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

Sean Croxton

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Les Brown leads off the week with a story about what it looks like when you’re truly HUNGRY for success!  

Source: 2009 Business & Finance MLK Convocation - Les Brown - 01/19/09

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0:00.0

Yo today's Q-O-D is

0:02.4

Provide more service than you get paid for. Here we go So, Welcome back to the Quota of the Day Show. I'm your hope Sean Croxton and

0:35.7

Sean Croxton.com. We got Les Brown on the show leading off your week and

0:40.8

today Les is gonna cover several topics you know how less is he can do like

0:44.7

five or six topics in ten minutes but they're all really good but what I really want to

0:48.8

emphasize in this intro and what I really want you to pay attention to

0:53.8

is his encouragement to do something

0:57.4

that most humans seldom, if ever do,

1:01.7

which is to provide more service than you get paid for.

1:07.1

To go above and beyond, to do what others aren't doing.

1:11.4

And since it's Monday and you're probably getting ready for work or driving into work right now, I want to challenge you.

1:17.0

And I want you to challenge yourself that when you show up to work this week, just do it this week if you're not doing it already.

1:25.6

Remember this is a short week, it's a holiday week, right?

1:28.0

This week, I want you to commit yourself to going above and beyond, to going the extra mile, to going the extra mile, to doing more than you're

1:38.1

paid to do. Most people they just do enough to not get fired, but do more than you're paid to do.

1:44.0

Ask how you can be of more service to the company, to your employer, to your clients,

1:51.0

and I want you to watch what happens.

1:53.0

Watch how your business changes.

1:56.0

Watch how people treat you differently.

1:58.0

But also I want you to pay attention to how you feel about yourself.

2:02.0

Because when you're providing more service, you're giving more service.

2:07.2

And when you're giving, you're in a giving spirit and nobody feels bad about themselves when they're in a giving spirit.

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