What makes Germans so successful? How can we become such too? Is it really cleaning a real factor which can help our discipline and therefore which can change the development of a whole nation? Yes, cleaning is just as important and this presentation proves it.

1. Business Discipline | What Made the Germans So Successful
Do you know which is the best developed economy in the EU? Germany. Do you
know who paid most for the EU to survive during the crisis? Germany. Do you know
where the lowest levels of unemployment in the EU are? Germany. The answer is the
same for many other questions like - high levels of education, customer satisfaction
etc.
How do the Germans do it?
Discipline and straight forward talking. These are the two basic and fundamental
characteristics of the German culture which crated the economy and the current
situation in this country. So, in order to understand the two concepts, we should dive
deeper into their meaning.
1. Straight forward talking and honesty.
Hipocricy is common among all nations but in German business relations it's
replaced by sheer honesty and uprightness. No matter If there is an employee
that doesn't work as well as expected, or there's a politician talking on the
news, you can hardly see efforts from journalists or managers to put the person
ahead in comfort. Instead, that's replaced by honesty. (1) HBR blog addresses
the problem too. They recognise something called Violent Politeness. This is
the name of behaviour which suits the person before us but doesn't suits the
truth and therefore it has negative impact. That is exactly what the Germans
had managed to overcome.
2. The second most significant reason for the Germans to be so successful is their
indisputable discipline. Something no one can argue with. But what makes
these people so ordered and how can we do the same?
The history of Germany has always put them in hard and complicated situation. They
had to be organised and united. That sort of mentality along with the specifications of
the climate there results in hard working, cool minded and united people.

2. How can we achieve the same sort of discipline?
Cleaning is simple and maybe not so obvious answer but quite helpful. Make your
bed every morning and in the best way possible. Create a routine to do it and proceed
forward. Cleaning delivers more benefits too (2), like:
• self discipline
• logic
• attention to details.
Home cleaning can be and if executed properly it is a great discipline factor. You
can hardly see successful, badly organised managers. Now imagine a whole nation of
well organised, rules followers who do every single job in their daily life in the best
way they can. The speech (3) confirms what many professional cleaners have said
many times and have proven to be a truth - cleaning matters more than you can
think. It is not only the cleanness the look and the smell of the place that become
better. It's also the mental and physical strengths, the discipline, the attention to
details and the realisation that little things matter. And "if you cannot do little things
right, you'll never be able to do big things right".

3. Educate your kids in cleaning.
Always check if the bed of your kid is well made. Encourage them to be perfect.
That sort of routine improves concentration and gives the feel of satisfaction of a job
done right. That encourages people to do another job right, then another one.
Simple things like cleaning improve team work, focus and require consistency. So, if
you wonder where to start and what is the first step in success these two points may
give you a good "food for thought". Discipline and honesty are key.
I hope the article turned out to be useful. If you want to share your thoughts,
please right them in the comment section bellow.

4. Sources:
1. http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/03/why-work-is-lonely/
2. http://www.maggiesovenservices.co.uk/4-plus-1-unusual-benefits-
cleaning/
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBQLFLei70