From: "SUCCESS DIGEST" To: Subject: I Was So Embarrassed Date: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 8:34 AM Good day, Bridge Success Digest is published weekly for our valued members and subscribers. We're grateful to have you with us and we appreciate your readership. >> SUCCESS DIGEST << Volume 8, Issue 04.1 - April 2, 2003 U.S. Library of Congress ISSN: 1529-3378 Information, Inspiration and Insight for On-Purpose, Successful Living. -------------------------------------- Now in our eighth year on the Net with over 55,000 members in 91 countries! We send SUCCESS DIGEST only to those who have requested it. Sub/Unsubscribe information is located at the end of each issue. We do not sell, rent or loan our mailing lists. If you find this newsletter to be of value, we invite and encourage you to forward it (in its entirety, please) to your friends. 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What follows are tips, strategies, quotes, quips and shortcuts to getting more done in less time and having fun in the process--to living a more fulfilled life. We're always on the lookout for information to make your life easier and help you be more successful. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for Telling Others About Success Net We're grateful to all of you who have forwarded SUCCESS DIGEST to others and we're sure your friends appreciate your thoughtfulness. We have a quick and easy-to-use form to refer up to five of your friends to our association. Go to: http://www.SuccessNet.org/refer.htm Share ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our sponsors and advertisers allow us to publish this newsletter free of charge. We thank you for supporting them with your business. SPONSORED BY: Overcoming The Fear Of Cold Calling Do you use the telephone for business? Want to get better results on the phone? Are you tired of dealing with voice mail? 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It was all marked up in red ink with corrections of typos and grammatical errors. A very competent proofreader had taken it upon herself to go through it with a finetoothed comb and had found more errors than I could have imagined. It was a humbling experience. When your masthead says 'Creating Excellence', the contents should certainly exemplify excellence. The articles did, but the errors this woman had found showed that we were far from excellent. I was embarrassed. I was also upset. Upset with my editor for not having caught more of the typos and upset with someone I didn't even know who seemed to have taken pleasure in pointing out our errors. But mostly I was upset with myself for not having hired another proofreader to ensure an excellent issue. It seemed unfair for someone to be so critical. Why couldn't they cut us some slack? After all, it was only our first issue. And I'd never published anything before other than a newsletter before. But somehow I was able to get over the pain and the defensiveness I felt. I knew I had to admit our errors and to own them. So I called the woman who had so pointedly showed us we were not so great. I thanked her for taking the time to so thoroughly go through our magazine. As painful as it was, I took responsibility for it. And then I offered her a job. I never asked her if that was her intention or not, but for all the rest of the issues we published, 'Wendy' proofed them all. Before we went to type-- yes, that's the way we did it in those days--we sent her a copy of each edited article. She always found mistakes, and we always corrected them before press time. The result was a far better publication--one in which we could take well deserved pride. So what did I learn? I can think of at least three things. First, make a real commitment to excellence. Be willing to do what it takes to put out an excellent product or provide an excellent service. Second, don't be defensive. Own up to it when you're faced with evidence you're not as great as you thought you were. Remember, an upset is an opportunity to see the truth. And third, put systems into place to prevent similar errors and make excellence an ongoing effort. It's all pretty simple, but not always easy. The payoff is, however, well worth it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Working together, ordinary people can perform extraordinary feats. They can push things that come into their hands a little higher up, a little further on towards the heights of excellence.' --source unknown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RECOMMENDATIONS Read Jorge's Letter If you are in business--or plan to be--you owe it to yourself to read what our friend and peak performance expert Jorge Sarria has to say about our upcoming event in Miami. http://SuccessNet.org/wcb/jorge.htm Letter from Jorge Laser Questions (lowest Price Ever Offered) A Tool to Help You Gain Greater Clarity. 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