Going First Gives You an Unfair Advantage in Life

<p>If there&rsquo;s one thing that can change your life, it&rsquo;s going freaking first.</p> <p>Who the heck wants to do that though? At work I used to weasel my way out of anything. &ldquo;Any volunteers to stay back late and help clients?&rdquo;</p> <p>I&rsquo;d run for the elevator.</p> <p>One evening our bank systems went down. Management forced us all to get on a call and gave us a sob story about how businesses couldn&rsquo;t pay their employees. I didn&rsquo;t give a flying you know what.</p> <p>I was one of the only employees&nbsp;<strong><em>not</em></strong>&nbsp;to help out. It sounded smart.</p> <p>Over time, though, I got passed over for opportunities. The issue was I didn&rsquo;t understand the power of going first.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s rare an Instagram picture quote makes me fall down.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/mind-cafe/going-first-gives-you-an-unfair-advantage-in-life-97b9eef2161b"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>