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The Garbage Truck Driver
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Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day?
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Unless you're the Terminator, for an instant you're probably set back on your heels.
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However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly one can get back their focus on what's important.
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Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson. I learned it in the back of a New York City taxi cab. Here's what happened.
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I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for….
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Grand Central Station
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We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.
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My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car's back end by just inches!
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The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around
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and he started yelling bad words at us.
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My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy.
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And I mean, he was friendly.
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So, I said….
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Why did you just do that ?
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This guy almost ruined your car and sent us
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to the hospital!
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And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call
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'The Law of the Garbage Truck.’
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'Many people are like garbage trucks.
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They run around full of garbage, full of frustration,
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full of anger, and full of disappointment.
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As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it.
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And if you let them, they'll dump it on you.
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When someone wants to dump on you
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don't take it personally.
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You just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on
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You'll be happy you did.
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So this was it: The 'Law of the Garbage Truck.’
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I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me?
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And how often do I take their garbage
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and spread it to other people
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at work, at home, on the streets?
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It was that day I said, 'I'm not going to do it anymore.
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I began to see garbage trucks. Like in the movie 'The Sixth Sense,'
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the little boy said, 'I see Dead People.’
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Well, now 'I see Garbage Trucks.'
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I see the load they're carrying.
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I see them coming to drop it off.
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And like my Taxi Driver, I don't make it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.
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One of my favorite football players of all time
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Walter Payton
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did this every day on the football field.
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He would jump up as quickly as he hit the ground after being tackled.
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He never dwelled on a hit.
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Payton was ready to make the next play his best.
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Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting.
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Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses.
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Leaders and parents know that they have to be fully present, and at their best for the people they care about.
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The bottom line is that successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their day.
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What about you?
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What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by?
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Here's my bet. You'll be happier.
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Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets
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so……
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Love the people who treat you right.
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Forget about the ones who don't.
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Believe that everything happens for a reason.
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If you get a chance, TAKE IT!
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If it changes your life, LET IT!
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Nobody said it would be easy... They just promised it would be worth it!
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Beware of Garbage Trucks