Monday Morning Momentum™: Spread Love, Not Garbage!™

Welcome to Monday Morning Momentum! Each Monday I lay out a simple momentum plan for you to follow: I help you focus on one thing each week that will increase your momentum in your career, business, and life.  Thanks for being here!  Best to you, David

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Spread Love, Not Garbage!™

Based on The Law of the Garbage Truck™

I recently took my little girls, five-year-old Eliana and four-year-old Ariela, into Blockbuster Video to rent the movie Ratatouille. We found the movie on the shelf and took it to the counter to pay. And then we waited. And we waited.

My girls and I waited as the sales clerk handled a customer service issue on the telephone. The sales clerk signaled with her eyes that she knew that we were there. Her message was that she would help us as soon as possible. And so we waited. 

I could tell that the customer on the telephone was being difficult and would not let the sales clerk off the phone. This was putting even more pressure on her because she was the only one working in the store and customers were lining up behind us. 

So I turned away from the counter and started talking to my girls about the popcorn we would make when we got home.  Just then the sales clerk hung up the telephone and invited me to step forward. 

“I apologize for the wait,” she said.

I said, “It sounds like you had a tough customer on the line.”

She said, “Yeah, but that’s OK. It’s all right.”

I knew she was frustrated, but she was doing her best not to let it show. I handed her my money for the rental. She put the movie in a bag and handed it to me. I said thanks, and my girls and I walked to the exit.

Stopping the Cycle of Garbage.  Feeding the Cycle of Love.

And before we reached the door, my little girls started to debate who would get to carry the bag. I stopped. I knew the drill. I had to break the impasse. When I was just about to tell them how we would decide who would have the honor of carrying the bag this time, the sales clerk came out from behind the counter, and walked over to us. She was carrying another bag in her hand with a catalogue tucked inside. The sales clerk leaned down, smiled at my girls, and said, “I have another bag for you girls. One of you can carry the new bag and one of you can carry the bag with the movie. You both get to carry a bag. How’s that?” 

My girls looked at each other, smiled, and said, “Ohhhhh…thank you.” The sales clerk gave me a big smile, and said, “I have two girls. I know about these things.” She proudly walked back to her next customer. And I walked my girls to the car feeling grateful.

Our sales clerk had a choice to make. She could either have fed the Cycle of Garbage in the world or she could have fed the Cycle of Love. Our sales clerk chose to stop the garbage and feed the love. She followed The Law of the Garbage Truck. She let a difficult experience with a customer pass her by. She focused on what she could control. With that decision, our sales clerk made the world a more beautiful place. 

Good people like my sales clerk are all around us. Let’s find them together. Let’s acknowledge them and recognize them.

This Week’s Monday Morning Momentum Project

This week let’s help stop the Cycle of Garbage and feed the Cycle of Love.  Look for at least one instance that someone in your life let a Garbage Truck pass him or her by.  Then take note of three things:

(1)    How did it help the individual to let the Garbage Truck pass by?

(2)    How did you benefit when that individual let the Garbage Truck pass by?

(3)    And how did the world become a better place when that individual decided to let the Garbage Truck pass by?

Finally, remember to tell the person who stopped the Cycle of Garbage how much you appreciate what he or she did.

Please post your experience this week, or email me at david@davidjpollay.com with your story.  I want to recognize the people who are stopping the Cycle of Garbage and feeding the Cycle of Love.  I may include your story (with your permission) in my syndicated newspaper column, or in my book due out this fall, Beware of Garbage Trucks! – The Law of the Garbage Truck™. 

Together we can make the world a more beautiful place.

Thanks for your help! 

Invite Your Family, Friends, and Colleagues to Join You

And if you want your colleagues, friends, and family to join you on your Monday Morning Momentum mission, send this post along to them.

Have a great week, and let me know how it goes!

Comments

[David J. Pollay]

Thanks Lil!

We can positively change our lives and the lives of the people around us by following The Law of the Garbage Truck. And thanks for recognizing the people who are joining us on our mission.

Thanks for your great post!

David

[Lil]

Thanks David. I love your stories and the strong message you deliver in such meaningful ways; the "Garbage Truck" is a powerful one to put into practice. I'll work on it and take notice of others who do the same. All the best, Lil

[David J. Pollay]

Hi Romeo,

It’s always great to hear from you! Thanks for spreading the word. Try to gather some stories and send them my way; I want to recognize people who are stopping the Cycle of Garbage!

Best to you Romeo!

David

[David J. Pollay]

Hi Natelli!

Great to hear from you! Stay in touch! And keep following The Law of the Garbage Truck!

Best to you,

David

[David J. Pollay]

Hi Patricia,

Great to hear from you! Thank you for your support of my writing and The Law of the Garbage Truck! And thanks also for linking back to my site; you are helping to spread the good word.

Stay in touch and thanks again for the post!

Best to you,

David

[natelli johnston]

what a great sight! I love the law of the garbage truck.

[Romeo MAN]

HI David ,
I really love this post so I'm promoting it here in Romania/Transylvania :).

Hugs from Romania,
Romeo

[Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker]

David, I heard your story of The Law Of The Garbage Truck through an email that a friend sent me. I didn't know who the author of it was but I liked it so much that I put it into an article on my blog. Your friend Chris found my article in and told me who you were and posted your website. I am so glad that he did so that you can receive credit as the author. I love the story and the philosophy. It is how I want to live my life. Thank you so much for writing it.