In a Monday morning I was riding a cab from home going to my Semi-Business Meeting with some of my young business partners. It was the first time I rode a cab whose driver was a woman! So out of curiosity and a conversational person that I am, I started to communicate by asking her “Is this your own family cab?”
“No, it belongs to company” she replied with her voice hitting the lower pitch than mine. She sounded like a man. Surprised I asked “is this your real job?” and she answered trying to keep her low pitched voice low; “yes, this is an only job I have”
“How about your husband?” hoping to hear something at least like; he also drives a cab. But instead she said “we are separated and I have 4 children to feed.” Trying to negotiate on the fair (since according to her the meter was not functioning well) we agreed on me paying the average cost of fair (where the art of negotiation saved me money and time).
Since I lecture and mentor people on Finance and Life Mindset and we have our Free Wealth Courses offered to public to increase their Financial Literacy, I tried to invite her in one of the activities, offered for free. That time I knew the courses could help her to decide in finding a better solution for her situation or add other options to his lifestyle. i started to share the importance of mindset and Money Operating System of individuals.
looking at me head to toe, she asked; “Are you working in call center?” as if she didn’t believe any of my words . I answered “No, I’m an Businessman and Investor, who shares his knowledge for those who want to succeed in life”. She turned her faced back to the road like telling to herself “Fool yourself young man” and then she asked “are you studying here too?”
I couldn’t believe it, so I told her “No, I’m a dental surgeon by profession” and I handled her my Business Card. She took a look at it and said “So who is Dr. Mahdi?”… I just smiled and said “That’s me, and I hope to see you successful one day” and became quiet.
then I tried to analyze why it was hard for her to believe in my words and then I remembered one thing that people believe in; to see is to believe.
I just kept quiet because I knew it was hard for a 37 years old, single mother who is a cabdriver; to believe that a 26 year old man who is wearing T-shirt with a picture of a guy playing ice hockey and blue Jeans walking in rubber shoes with white socks, would own any business, how more being a surgeon or talking about entrepreneurship.
Thinking of that and trying to see myself from her point of view, I got to see that I’m not wearing what I’m saying and that is giving her a false image of me. understanding her, i preferred not to say much, and just hope and pray for her success in life. After arriving at the meeting, I brought that up with some of my friends and we set to discuss about the importance of posture in our daily lifestyle. Since then I hardly wear something that hardly supports my position and my character, even if i'm going out to hang out with friends. Cause I started to believe.
“A leader; thinks, feels, acts and wears like a leader, all the time.”
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