Killing Sacred Cows Blog

Do you serve people as they want to be served, or as you would like to be served?

A young boy and his father were once shopping for a Mother's Day gift. The boy eagerly found toys and asked his father if they could buy them. "No," came the reply, "We're shopping for a gift for Mommy today." The boy quickly answered, "I think Mommy wants an action figure!"

Too often we project what we would like onto others. The Golden Rule says to treat others as you would like to be treated. But the Platinum Rule says to treat others as they would like to be treated. To live this higher law we must get outside of ourselves to ascertain the needs and desires of others.

Value follows value, but if we want this principle to apply in our lives we must give to others the value that they want to receive, not the value that we want.