What's Your Shopping Cart?

Have you ever had an experience where you see somebody do something that kind of ticks you off? And as you reflect upon it, you come to realize there are places in your own life where you may be doing some of the same types of things? I'm going to discuss that in today's daily Biz Growl podcast. Hi there. This is Brent Kelly of Biz Grizz with another daily Biz Growl podcast. So just the other afternoon, just a couple days ago, I pulled into a grocery store parking lot, and I had to pick up just a couple small items. But before I went inside, I had to make a phone call. So as I made the phone call and was talking to this person, I sat there in the parking lot and half paying attention, I just saw a man come outside with his cart of groceries, just walking his groceries back to his truck. And he. He put the items in his truck and got in his truck and left the cart in the middle of the next parking spot. He just simply drove away and left the shopping cart in its place. And as I was on the phone watching this, at first I was just a little bit confused. Like, that's weird. And then as he drove away, I started thinking, I'm a little bit angry. This is a small local grocery store. This isn't like some large Walmart where he's in the middle of nowhere with, you know, this is a small local grocery store, and it's only about 30 steps to walk back, to walk the cart back inside. Now, more importantly and easier yet, the cart return rack or whatever you call those things, right little place to put your carts. It was only two spots away, like 10 steps from where he left his cart. So as you could tell, this started to eat at me, and I started asking myself questions. Why would a physically capable grown man leave his cart in the middle of a parking space where, you know, who knows? It could roll into another car. Obviously, it's windy, or it just simply takes up a spot. It just sits there for someone else. And, like, I don't really know. And I thought, well, maybe he had reasons. Maybe he was in a super rush, right? He had. He had some place he needed to be, and he just was rushing, right? And watching him walk out to his truck, I'm like, no, I don't think that was the case. I thought, well, maybe I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he just simply forgot. Maybe he got in his truck and. And he drove away. And he was suddenly thinking, a couple minutes, oh, my gosh, I left the cart there. Oh, well, I feel terrible. I don't think that's the case either. Or maybe, just maybe, he just didn't care and felt that maybe someone else would do it. Or it wasn't his job, right? He didn't have to do it. My guess is it was probably the last one. He just didn't care. So you may be thinking, okay, Brent, fine. What does this really matter to me? How is this relevant? What does this have to do with business production or leadership or all the things that I like to talk about? Well, let me tell you, I think this type of attitude is all too common and it speaks volumes about character. And here's why. Because I often hear when I teach and I train and I coach, I hear from business professionals that they want more, we want more. And I talk about growth all the time. Growth is a great thing. Bigger paycheck, better position, more responsibilities. And my question to them is often, well, what are you doing now with the little things? That is preparing you to handle the bigger things. Now, if you know me at all, I don't push my faith on anyone. But there is a great passage from the Bible with wisdom that I really believe applies to anyone, regardless of your own beliefs. And it comes from Luke 16:10 in the Bible and it says, if you are faithful in the little things, you will be faithful in the large ones. But if you are dishonest in the little things, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities. So if this man at the grocery store can't take the responsibility to walk 10 steps to put a shopping cart away, would this be the guy if I was his employer or co worker or whatever the case may be? Right. Is this the guy I'd want to be dealing with an important client? Would he take shortcuts? Would he take the easy way out? Would he be a person that acts with integrity? What would he do when no one was watching? As he didn't know I was watching and as I reflected on what I saw, it reminded me myself of many small responsibilities that I often take for granted. I am nowhere perfect with this. There are many aspects where I desire more things, yet I overlook some of the smaller actions that I need to be consistent with to achieve the larger results that I seek. I think every one of us has our own shopping cart. Shopping cart in quotes. And that shopping cart being the small action or actions that we take for granted that we may not think is a big deal at the time, yet it speaks volumes on who we truly are and what we will eventually become. So I want to leave this podcast with two questions. Where in your life are you neglecting to do the little things that's preventing you to do the bigger things and more directly? In reference to this podcast, what is your shopping cart? What is your shopping cart? Thanks for taking some time to listen to today's daily Biz Growl podcast. Again, my name is Brent Kelly of bizgriz, and if you are an insurance professional looking to improve your results, check out my website@brentmkelly.com a lot of resources and blog posts to help you achieve massive results. And if you like this podcast and it's beneficial to you, please go to itunes or Stitcher Radio and leave me a nice review. I certainly would appreciate it. So until next time. Again, this is Brent Kelly at Biz Grizz, encouraging and challenging you to go face your grizzly.