Based on More Money Than Bills—Part Two© Preliminary Step #1 

Rewards For Applying The Biblical Wisdom Of Go Another Mile 

--Good And Bad Examples-- 

Good Example In Maid For The Better Homes®, I used to mail Thank You Greeting Cards to my 

customers every 90 days. Accomplishment: I kept customers 2, 3, 4, 4 and ½ years—no contracts. 

Better Example—A secretary in a large corporation was also a member of the choir in her church. 

When she put notes on her music sheets and removed them, they tore the music sheets. Not to give in 

or give up, she took paper glue and diluted it down to weaken it but stay strong enough to remain stuck 

to the music sheet. Her employer rewarded her (I don’t know exactly how). Because, her employer 

got a legal registered mark on her invention we now call Post It Notes®. 

Best Example: In Maid For The Better Homes®, I did extra work for Sandy and her husband Wayne 

for about 2 years. But, I saw nothing as a reward for having done so. Until the day Sandy said: “Eric 

would you like for my husband Wayne to draw a logo for you?” I jumped at the opportunity. 

About 2 weeks later, Wayne had drawn 3 large drawings for me on 8 and ½” paper. I did not like the 

first one; I was lukewarm on the second one; but, I loved the third one; and in our Log Book for 

communication, I told Sandy and Wayne how much I loved the third one. The third drawing, it was the 

drawing of a Starter Home with the letter M for the garage. The letter d was for the chimney; and the 

letters a and i were in the architecture. I took the drawing to a printer; had business cards printed up; 

and, I gave them out to all of my customers and anyone and everyone else that I knew. One 

prospective customer said: “How much did you pay for that artwork. Eric: “Nothing.” Then he said: 

“Artwork like that goes for $1,500! And, that was over 20 years ago. 

Terrible Example: My Assistant Store Manager Michelle and I created a unique Suggestion Box 

Program that rewarded Creativity and Innovation for employees and customers alike. And, it was 

ready for Trademark or Patent. But, someone in the Chain Of Command took credit for it and 

locked out both me and Assistant Store Manager Michelle. 

Good Example—I cleaned and polished one piece of John’s furniture. And, I told John what I had 

done; and, I told John that I would not stop until all of John’s furniture had been cleaned and polished. 

About two weeks later, I met John at his house after he came home from work. John: “How much am 

I paying you now?” Eric: “Thirty-five dollars per visit.” John: “Now, you are making $45.00.” 

Terrible Example: My brother Keith, he worked for a shoe company. One day, he was told to do shoe 

inventory. And, he was told that it would take about two to three hours. Keith had never done 

inventory before. What Keith did was to look at the outside of all of the unopened boxes and find the 

number of contents inside. Keith totaled the number of shoes. Then, Keith totaled up the number of 

unopened boxes; and, Keith multiplied the total number of shoes times the number of unopened boxes; 

and, Keith got the precise number of shoes in the room of shoes. Total time it took Keith to arrive at 

the precise number of shoes in the back room took much less than one hour. Unfortunately, 

Management had expected Keith to “Follow Orders.” But, he didn’t. And, Keith was “chewed out” for 

not following orders. About two weeks later, Keith left his employer brokenhearted.