Going the extra mile means you care. Taking care of simple things that you might ordinarily think - well, that’s not mine, or - I didn’t put that there. it doesn’t matter. Go the extra mile and extend yourself to help out when your actions might never be acknowledge by anyone but you. In actuality, that is the important thing - your behavioral habits whether they are observed and acknowledged by others or not. Take actions to make others feel good and appreciated.
I was once selling a bike on Ebay and had it listed nationwide. It was a long-frame recumbent bike so it had to be taken apart professionally for shipping. There were some pretty cool extras on it like a custom windshield and fenders. My photos presented the bike well and I received quite a few favorable comments. The bidding began and it did not take long before I had it sold. In the process, I corresponded back and forth with a few potential buyers and I could tell that one in particular was quite serious. My nature is to be very accommodating and detailed to make sure that I am represented in the most authentic way. This potential buyer and I communicated back and forth quite a few times to work out details in the event that he would win the bidding price. Once the auction was over, we continued with a few more correspondences and I was meticulously detailed with the entire process, every step of the way for having the bike disassembled, properly packed and shipped.
Here is where I am going with my story - I already had 100% “Positive Feedback” within my Ebay account. The review that this buyer wrote was stunning to me because he elaborated on how the buying experience was one that he never encountered, because the seller “goes the extra mile”. I thought about that. It made such an impact on me because I was not considering the possibility of doing things any other way. This stayed with me many years later. It always comes up with wonderful feelings whenever I would take care of something simple that would present itself as seemingly not being my responsibility. Like being in a public place and moving a chair out of a walkway. Or picking up an item that has fallen of a shelf and placing it back in its proper spot. Like putting articles of clothing back where and how they were on a rack or shelf in a store after trying them on in a fitting room or in front of a nearby mirror, and deciding the clothing was not for you. This is all a growth process and expansion of consideration to make situations better for others.
These are fairly simple examples of “go the extra mile”, but the concept can be taken into substantially more complex situations. It is a heart-fulfilling practice that at first can stretch the comfort zone or an orientation of self-involvement. It might be picking up after someone else in some form or fashion, but that’s ok. It is a good thing and contributes to the inner happiness factor. The more inner happiness among more and more humans, the more happiness there will be as our collective awareness of ourselves.
I was once selling a bike on Ebay and had it listed nationwide. It was a long-frame recumbent bike so it had to be taken apart professionally for shipping. There were some pretty cool extras on it like a custom windshield and fenders. My photos presented the bike well and I received quite a few favorable comments. The bidding began and it did not take long before I had it sold. In the process, I corresponded back and forth with a few potential buyers and I could tell that one in particular was quite serious. My nature is to be very accommodating and detailed to make sure that I am represented in the most authentic way. This potential buyer and I communicated back and forth quite a few times to work out details in the event that he would win the bidding price. Once the auction was over, we continued with a few more correspondences and I was meticulously detailed with the entire process, every step of the way for having the bike disassembled, properly packed and shipped.
Here is where I am going with my story - I already had 100% “Positive Feedback” within my Ebay account. The review that this buyer wrote was stunning to me because he elaborated on how the buying experience was one that he never encountered, because the seller “goes the extra mile”. I thought about that. It made such an impact on me because I was not considering the possibility of doing things any other way. This stayed with me many years later. It always comes up with wonderful feelings whenever I would take care of something simple that would present itself as seemingly not being my responsibility. Like being in a public place and moving a chair out of a walkway. Or picking up an item that has fallen of a shelf and placing it back in its proper spot. Like putting articles of clothing back where and how they were on a rack or shelf in a store after trying them on in a fitting room or in front of a nearby mirror, and deciding the clothing was not for you. This is all a growth process and expansion of consideration to make situations better for others.
These are fairly simple examples of “go the extra mile”, but the concept can be taken into substantially more complex situations. It is a heart-fulfilling practice that at first can stretch the comfort zone or an orientation of self-involvement. It might be picking up after someone else in some form or fashion, but that’s ok. It is a good thing and contributes to the inner happiness factor. The more inner happiness among more and more humans, the more happiness there will be as our collective awareness of ourselves.