Debbie Fields, founder of Mrs. Fields' Cookies, said that her best public relations approach was a good cookie. When she was twenty years old and newly married, she wanted to sell the soft, chewy cookies that she'd been baking at home. She opened her first cookie store, and the first day nobody bought any.
So, she filled a tray, stepped out onto the sidewalk, and began giving cookies away. People followed her back to the store—to buy.
Even today, with over 700 stores, she uses the same technique. At every location, passersby are invited in to sample free cookies.
Sounds like an odd way to build a business, doesn't it? Getting people to buy your product by giving it away? It worked, because Mrs. Fields realized that her primary objective wasn't really making money; it was serving customers.
Danny Thomas said, "Success has nothing to do with what you gain or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others." This is why Thomas will be remembered for establishing St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis long after people have forgotten "Make Room For Daddy."
Jesus taught us to live by this principle of "What Can I Do For You?" He said, "Whoever wants to become great among you must become a servant." (Matthew 20:26)
Whatever secondary roles we may fill in our lives, we must keep in mind that the primary role for all believers is that of a servant. Every day offers a new opportunity to invest our lives in others.
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To be a servant, lets look at the job discription of a servant
Servant: one that serves others; one that performs duties about the person or home of a master or personal employer.
You see everything we do must be of service unto God.
A Servant has to have Humility, Honor, Caring, and Love for not himself, but for others.
If you want to follow the best example, Jesus Christ was a true servant. If you read the whole chapeter spoken here, I encourage you to read it in the Message Translation as it speaks about Christ and what he did as the Servant.
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