A Love Letter.
June 25th, 2008
Okay. I saw this note right before it went out the door today and made me smile. More proof that love is a circular transaction.
Spike has shared this before but I think it bears repeating.
From A Dozen Things to Believe In, Brain on Fire’s “Tequila Shots” book:
The cool thing about Love is that it always makes its way back to those who give it away. It works in relationships and it works in business. Wait a minute. Strike that. It works in relationships. Period. Business would not be business without relationships. So, we believe the quickest path to growth is to shower the people you Love with Love. It’s really the only way to meaningful growth and success. You Love them. They Love you. They spread the Love. The Love comes back. And the whole thing just keeps going and going. Try it. It works.
Seen any other great examples of businesses spreading Love lately? Chime in.
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ryan says:
LOVE the ‘love is a circular transaction’ bit. so true.
you’re always sharing such wonderful stuff from ‘tequila shots.’ i know it’s an internal piece and all, but, boy, what i wouldn’t do to get my hands on a copy of that…
smaller scale, perhaps, but here’s how we spread love:
we’re a not-only-for-profit insurance agency that at only works with local, independent businesses in columbus. and rather than trying to convince people that our products and services are better than EVERYONE else’s (we’re good, don’t get my wrong), or talking about price, instead, we decided to launch a collaborative campaign to promote awareness of the many benefits of buying goods and services from local businesses. more of a community project for the common good, really. supplying the ingredients — buy local stickers for store windows, scooters, whatever, to start — having conversations and seeing where people want to take it.
just getting started, but already it’s helping us connect with people and to build collaborative partnerships over shared values and trust.
now, about that book…
June 25th, 2008 at 9:38 amresistancetoys says:
Ye-e-e-e-e-e-e-eah…about that book….where can we read it?
June 26th, 2008 at 5:04 amRobbin says:
Well, thanks for asking. We’re flattered. The original book links our goals to our beliefs. Let me take those specific goals out and post a pdf tomorrow. Or tonight, if I can figure out how to post a pdf??? Hmmm.
June 26th, 2008 at 6:58 amJeff says:
Whenever I see the picture of you next to your post, gazing into whatever you’re looking at, it makes me think we’re sitting at a coffee bar and we’re talking about our old friends-Which is great except that I’m not so sure we have any mutual friends.
June 26th, 2008 at 11:14 amAnyhow it is very comforting.
Robbin says:
Wow. Thanks Jeff. I’m happy that my presence can add a tiny little morsel of comfort some where in the world. That is exactly what I was going for. And those mutual friends? We have a few don’t we, right here on this blog. Thanks for commenting. We LOVE comments around here.
June 26th, 2008 at 1:41 pmresistancetoys says:
Oo oo ooo!! Yes, a PDF! Should be easy-peasy. SOME one in your august organization should know how to do that
June 27th, 2008 at 6:46 amHal Robb says:
It all started with a kiss. Strike that, it all started with a threat of a kiss with the possibility of some love. Without the resources of the larger beauty companies we have been faced with doors wide shut and have compensated with the small things like a kiss.
Based upon the Doubletree experience (warm chocolate chip cookies) we started sending out samples and actual orders with chocolate kisses and love letters from the “Love Team at Nutralove”. Every cold call starts out with “Are you ready for love?” The reason this works, is it becomes part of the DNA but more importantly part of the aspirations of everyone.
As for the above mentioned threat of a kiss, it’s true, no one wants a kiss from me-just the chocolate one, xoxoxo.
June 30th, 2008 at 9:38 pm