{"id":224,"date":"2014-10-11T15:30:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T15:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/?p=224"},"modified":"2014-10-11T21:11:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T21:11:51","slug":"you-cannot-eat-like-a-sparrow-and-defecate-like-an-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therealgeobooth.com\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"You Cannot Eat Like A Sparrow and Defecate Like An Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Breakfast of champions?<\/p><\/div>\n

“Let the world feel the weight of who you are and let it be their problem.”<\/em>
\n -Brent Curtis<\/em><\/p>\n

The business call had become a negotiation. \u00a0My customer wanted a lower price, but I was certain of the value I was providing\u00a0so\u00a0I stuck to it. Finally, my customer broke the tension exclaiming,” Booth, you want to eat like a sparrow and (defecate) like an elephant!” \u00a0We both laughed about that for years afterward. \u00a0Although he ultimately agreed to my price, he was saying he didn’t think I had earned the right\u00a0to command it. \u00a0Ultimately, he recognized that though I was younger than he was, I had done my homework and established a record of coming through for him and his company — in other words, I delivered value.<\/p>\n

Effort does not equal results<\/strong>
\nI once worked with a manager who was fond of saying one shouldn’t confuse activity with results. \u00a0While it is important to work hard,\u00a0it’s more important to work hard on the right things. \u00a0And results are the product of consistently doing the right things the right way.<\/p>\n

Idealism can fuel impact, but only as the\u00a0result of action<\/strong>
\nMillennials are renowned for their idealism. \u00a0But as my customer was saying to me so many years ago, you can’t dabble at business or life\u00a0and have a serious impact on the world. \u00a0There is no worthwhile endeavor I’m aware of that will not require commitment and — dare I say it? — hard work. \u00a0But think about it: to compete effectively, athletes have to sweat. \u00a0To perform at their best, musicians have to spend hours practicing and rehearsing (and there is a difference). \u00a0To prevail in battle, soldiers have to train, fight and bleed.<\/p>\n

Where is your battleground?<\/strong>
\nSo how can you channel your idealism into a body of work — a lasting impact that will affect others? Here are six points I’ll develop over the next several weeks:<\/p>\n