90/10 in Everyday Life
Stephen R. Covey and the 90-10 Principle are
now well known though not as much understood or rather practiced. How we react
indeed makes all that difference and it is never more obvious than when you are
driving during rush hours. Once I had an experience when the other driver
confessed that he was an idiot and asked me what was I?
That was an eye opener that one has to refresh that 90-10
principle from time to time and that is the exact intent of this post.
One day a taxi was
driving in the right lane when suddenly another car reversed out of a parking
space right in front of it. The taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and
somehow managed to avoid the crash by just inches! The driver of the other
car honked and yelled at the taxi. My taxi driver was very friendly and just
smiled and waved at the guy.
How could he just do
that when this guy almost ruined the taxi car and sent him
to the hospital? This is where the 'The Law of the Garbage Truck' comes to
play.
Many people are
like garbage trucks and they run around full of garbage which are extreme frustration,
anger and disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to
dump it and anyone could be a victim.
We need not get impacted by that but Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Else we end up carrying their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
We need not get impacted by that but Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Else we end up carrying their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
Life
is ten percent what you don’t control and ninety percent how you take it!
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