Co-Contributor Is Our Reminder

In my early business days, I was involved with a group of young people. We were all trying to empower each other to have a better future. We wanted to bring a positive change in one another's life. In the process of helping others, we were changing ourselves. By trying to empower others, we were in fact contributing to our own life. Our engagement, with each other, helped to shift our mindset and impact the rest of our lives for good.

In our circle, there was someone much younger than me who caught my attention. He was energetic, driven, and result-oriented. We got to know each other and we connected right away. He was dedicated, sincere, and focused on what we were working on. His attention to details and his dedication to the task on hand impressed me enough to find ways so that we can work together in ventures outside our social endeavors.

Our relationship evolved to much deeper levels as we started working together. From the very beginning, he was taking ownership of the work right away. He would take the task seriously no matter how big or small. All he was aiming for was for the project to be successfully completed. He was not distracted. He was highly focused. He was going above and beyond.

From the day I know him, this young person had a clear vision. He wanted to learn the ropes of business and build his future one step at a time. His roles and responsibilities has shifted ranging from admin to sales and everything in between. But his focus on what he wanted to achieve never shifted. Therefore, he always had a long term mindset in whatever he was involved in.

To achieve what he wanted, he had to be open-minded. He did the job without the title. He was doing the actual work and leaving the credit for someone else. His character made him attractive like a magnet. As a result, opportunities kept on coming to him. Today, he is a successful entrepreneur working on much bigger projects. This is just the beginning and better things are waiting for him as he has a lot more to give to the world.

Amongst my Co-Contributors, he is one of the most productive ones as he has so much knowledge, expertise, and experiences to share. There is so much that we mutually learn from each other whenever we get together. Now, after going what he went through, he can easily identity opportunities and have the capability to work on those opportunities. And the credit goes to him having a long term vision in mind. It took sometime but it happened. Patience is a virtue in business.

We have a choice in business, we can go for short term gains or long term positioning. Opportunities arise when we position ourselves to be able to identify, seize and execute those opportunities. We establish our position by having a long term dedication and commitment. It doesn't happen overnight. It takes time. We have to work on ourselves to shift our mindset from short term shiny objects and distractions to long term vision and outcome.

We have to learn to believe that success takes time. We have to practice to be patient. Good things take time. Generally speaking, quick wins may not necessarily be good in the long run. It may satisfy us for that particular moment but we may face the consequences eventually. Instead of wasting our energy on fixing things for a short while, we can invest the same energy to work on positioning ourselves profoundly.

All we have to do is to stay on the path and have a believe that good things take time and manage our expectations accordingly. We have to believe that instant outcomes are mostly quick fixes and that is why we will always be chasing. We can have a profound success as long as we choose to position ourselves for a long haul.

Staying on a long term path is not easy as we naturally want immediate results. I would say it is very difficult, if not impossible, to do it alone. We need someone to support us, to empower us, to back us up. Someone who reminds us to believe in our vision and not to give up.

The whole point of a Co-Contributor is to help us to stay on our path. We can easily get distracted by low-hanging shiny objects. It is these tricky moments that our Co-Contributor can come to our rescue as he is aware of our situation and our vision. We need a reminder and who else can be a better reminder than our Co-Contributor, someone who is looking out for our best interest.

If we stay on our long term path eventually we will overcome our challenges, eventually things will start happening, and eventually we will get the results we are looking for. It is just a matter of time. We will overcome our objectives overtime. The main role of our Co-Contributor is to be there for us in this journey. They just remind us, support us, and empower us.

We have to start, the process of positioning ourselves for long term, now. We have to decide to work on ourselves to plan for long term success. We have to start on shifting our mindset from quick wins to long term achievements. We can not wait. We can not delay this anymore. We can not look for excuses to just focus on short term and shiny gains. It has to start sometime and why not now? It has to start with someone, why not our Co-Contributor?