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The first teacher most of us have is our mother. They are the ones who taught us how to tie our shoes, brush our teeth, and look both ways before crossing the street.
However, our mothers taught us far more than that. With Mother’s Day right around the corner, AFFLINK — home of 300 independent distributors — lists six more lessons many of us learned from our mothers — lessons that can help us in business every day.
1. Don’t Regret: Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, states, “People dwell on regrets. My mother always taught me never to look back in regret. … Move on to the next thing.”
2. Honesty: “My mother stressed good old-fashioned values,” says Leslie Hindman, president and CEO of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. “We were never allowed to lie. If we did something wrong, we must admit it, take the blame, and move on.”
3. People First: Financial guru Suze Orman says she learned to put “people first, then money, then things” from her mother when growing up in a financially struggling neighborhood. “Everyone was poor, so she taught us what was most important was each other.”
4. Make Sure They Understand: “What people hear matters less than what people understand,” shares Courtney Buechert, CEO of a marketing agency in San Francisco. “My mother taught me [that] to be successful, focus on helping people understand what you’re trying to say.”
5. Strong Work Ethic: “Running a company from the ground up is a lot of hard work,” says Chicago entrepreneur Mike McGee. “I learned to have a strong work ethic watching my mother handle everything that came her way. I’m still learning from her to this day.”
6. Find Your Purpose: “My mom taught me to listen to my heart,” says author Fred Kiel. “My mother’s advice … made me decide I wanted to leave the world a better place.”
And one more lesson from Michael Wilson, CEO and president of AFFLINK. “My mother taught me to always keep learning. Learn from books. Learn from people. Learn from experiences. That’s how you succeed in life.”