Written by Ulf Larsson, founder and owner of Quicksearch
I don't know why, but I've always felt good about feeling that I'm developing and can improve myself and those around me.
Imagine... surely you can remember that amazing feeling that you feel when you finally succeed in that thing that you have been training for a long time or when you get to feel that genuine joy that arises when you help someone who is grateful. It may sound idealistic but I believe that there is no money or material goods in the world that can compete with these experiences.
I think it is my desire to constantly be a little better that has meant that I have always been inspired by talented people who managed to achieve a little more than their surroundings. I have always believed that I can learn something from their stories and thoughts and that I will somehow be able to use this in my life.
In psychology, it is believed that you can only think thoughts that you have somehow come into contact with. If you want to be able to develop, the basic prerequisite is therefore that you have to come into contact with as many thoughts and experiences as possible in order to be able to use them.
It is also said that you usually become like your surroundings. If you want to get better, the easiest way should therefore be to surround yourself with history's best thinkers and biggest business leaders. This is to hear what they have learned, how they think and what experiences they have.
The problem is that most great thinkers and leaders are unfortunately dead or impossible to meet. Therefore, I am grateful that we live in a time where we can now easily, via books, articles and videos, get to know how these people think and what they have done.
Imagine yourself getting advice from Steve Jobs, Andrew Carnegie, Ingvar Kamprad or Richard Branson as well as having them as inspiration and mentors in your development and improvement work.
Unfortunately, I have to admit that I have not yet found the ultimate recipe for success. After reading 1000s of books and listening to countless lectures and interviews, I still think I see a structure of common themes that often return.
I mean that all recipes for success seem to be based on three basic ingredients: Will, Thought and Action.
Desire – what and how much you want
To succeed in what you want, you need to know what you want, and want it enough. On the journey towards the goal, distractions and trials will inevitably appear. If you don't wants enough and unfortunately one will deviate or abandon the path towards the goal. To lower the risk of failure and force yourself to put in that extra effort required, you should therefore engage in something that interests you and makes you feel good.
Thought - how to think
There are many good ways to think if you want to succeed, but the decisive thought is that you follow Carol Dweck must have a "Growth mindset". This means that you have to believe that you can improve and succeed if you try enough times. Effort always beats talent!
Action - what to do
Success can be achieved in many different ways, but the method that seems to be most successful is to make those around you want to help you succeed. The only way you can do this is by helping those around you to succeed in what they themselves desire. It is this basic idea that all sound business is based on. It's about giving customers what they want and doing it so well that they're willing to pay to get your help while also voluntarily recommending you to all their friends and acquaintances. What most people don't think about is that the best way to do this is through the right preparations, ie to focus on giving yourself and your colleagues the best possible conditions to be able to create satisfied customers.
Not everyone is blessed to work with their greatest interest. Therefore, I am grateful that I got the opportunity to work with what always interested me and made me feel good, i.e. improvement work.
We at Quicksearch work to improve and develop our surroundings and ourselves.
Together, we make companies more successful by finding out what they need to do to succeed even better. We do this through a method that is so obvious that not everyone thinks about it. We ask those who know how to do this best – the company's customers and employees.
In this way, we improve workplaces, products, services and organizations, i.e. what actually makes up most of everyone's everyday life. I believe that is to make a difference and to do something positive!
