Good Karma came my way today

One of my coworkers was having a personal crisis today and I helped her out. I lent her a decent sum of money that she really needed. For our job we do direct marketing for Frontier Fiber Optics, and because I helped her out she let me sign up her home for Frontier through me. Normally people on this job whose houses qualify sign up themselves, but she let me sign her up in return for helping her out. And since she was my 3rd sale today, I got the number of sales I needed to get promoted to leadership!

Now of course me helping her was not contingent upon her being a sale for me, I didn’t even know she was planning to sign up until after I transferred her the money (which took a few tries on a few different platforms, fraud prevention stuff lol). But she offered, and I was really wanting to make leadership today, so I’m so grateful that she came through, and I’m glad I could help her out as well. Today was a good day

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You did a great job. Congratulation !!

Whether we get anything in return or not, we should continue to do good karma, because the principle of karma says if you do not see getting anything in return than also you should keep doing your duty/karma because either it will be wiping out your old bad karma or it may pay you later in life, even it can be in your next life when you get rewarded for your past good karma. This is the reason it gives when we ask why someone is born with silver spoon and someone in adverse circumstances/family.

The same principle also tells you to do your duties irrespective of what you get in return. Like, if you don't get promotion to a Leader, should continue to do your duty in best possible way. I see this another reason, as Chanakya said, "People who work sincerely are the happiest."

Lord Krishna also said in Shrimad Bhagwat Gita, "Karmanye Vadhikaraste, Ma phaleshou kada chana" - Bhagavad Gita, Chapter II, Verse 47

You should focus on performing your actions/karma, but you should not have expectations for the fruits of the karma. You should never let the fruit be the purpose of your action.

Context:
In the above verse, Krishna advises Arjun that he should never let the fruit be the purpose of his action, in this case the action is his fight and the fruit is either he wins or loses. In other words he is not supposed to worry about victory or defeat. Either one wins or loses, he must be neutral about it. In simple terms it means: Keep on performing your duties without being attached to the result of your actions.

"Whatever physical activity you do – if you do it with involvement and joy, you are a karma yogi." - Sadhguru

Sorry for the long Lecture.