Sunday, 25 March 2007 @ 5:10am • My Weblog
“Do not be afraid to ask dumb questions. They are easier to handle than dumb mistakes.”
- Unknown
Yesterday was staff meeting day. I asked a question at every turn. Some were just to clarify; some were for more explanation on a subject.
People got tired of it. They usually get tired of me asking questions. Even my supervisor was guilty of rolling her eyes. But….fact of the matter is I’m responsible for how well I perform my job. Unfortunately, there was no formal training. I am responsible for and evaluated on a standard that I was not given at the beginning.
At this particular staff meeting, we were presented with things that were totally foreign and new to me. Can I complain that I am being held responsible for not knowing? No, I’m also responsible for knowing.
How can this be? is the question I would like to ask. –>
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Tuesday, 13 February 2007 @ 6:26am • My Weblog
I read this story today. Wouldn’t it be great if ALL leaders everywhere followed the principles that these guys must live by.
I once had the privilege of meeting two brothers who own a manufacturing company in the Midwest. These guys walk among their people. They don’t throw their weight around; they throw themselves around, meeting all the needs they can. They are committed to the families of their employees and provide counseling services for those with more serious problems. They rarely fire anyone. If there’s a problem, they try and fix it. They take personal responsibility for the welfare of every family. They go to bed at night wondering how everybody is. Every Christmas, they throw a banquet for their employees and their families, followed by an overnight stay at a local hotel with an indoor swimming pool. (Believe me, in rural Nebraska in December that’s a pretty big deal.) They are following Christ’s model of leadership, and they are making a difference in the lives of the people they serve.
Have a wonderful day and remember: It IS all about Jesus. –>
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Monday, 29 January 2007 @ 6:26am • My Weblog
I received this in my email today from a dear friend. I have no idea where it originated so I apologize that I am not giving credit where due. But it was worth sharing. It certainly gave me something to think about…
God’s Coffee
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:
“If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.
While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began eyeing each other’s cups.
Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.
Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.”
God brews the coffee, not the cups………. Enjoy your coffee!
“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.”
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God.
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