Posts Tagged ‘Excellence’

‘If you love learning, you love the discipline that goes with it – how shortsighted to refuse correction.’ Proverbs 12:1 The Message

Laziness will never produce anything of value. Tardiness will leave behind disappointment and unfulfilled promises. But discipline will instill confidence and provide excellence as its hallmark.

But discipline takes on many forms, and it is my purpose to unveil how we are to apply this to our daily lives.

So here are five areas where I have found discipline to help me live a fulfilled and productive life.

1. A Disciplined Mind

How you fill your mind will determine the way you think and the way you live. That is why I spend a portion of each day in the disciplining of my mind. Most days I start by reading wisdom literature, which includes the Bible along with material written in that field – from both the past and the present. I flick though the newspapers with one purpose only, and that is to find commentary on the businesses I’m either involved or interested in, but I refuse to focus on the negative.

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‘There is a king in every job.’ Chinese Saying.

I was served today by a young girl at the supermarket who failed to understand that ‘there is a king in every job’. Her face was sour, her attitude was ordinary, and her communication unenthusiastic. All in all, her interaction with both my wife and I was distasteful. In fact, we couldn’t wait to give her the money and leave. She obviously hated her job, and everything about her revealed the truth of her inner thoughts.

And then just before this, while we were both having a coffee in a local cafe, we overheard one of the management asking a staff member to sweep the floor area of the restaurant. The task was done swiftly and briefly. And in looking at what had just been done, it was hard to define what had and what hadn’t been cleaned. Yet again another demonstration of someone who had not found the ‘king in every job’.

I have to confess, and if you talk to any of my family about me, you will hear the same report, that I am what could be termed, a ‘clean freak’. Whether it is cleaning the toilet, washing the car, vacuuming the floors, tidying the yard, chopping the wood, planting the vegetables in my garden, or whatever task I assign for myself, or are assigned by others, it is my mission to always discover the ‘king in every job’.

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‘Talk the walk, then walk the talk.’

People don’t like associating with hypocrites. Particularly, if you a hold a position of leadership, followers want to know that you’re not just a bunch of words. They want to be assured that what you talk, you walk.

Now let’s be totally honest with each other. None of us is entirely faultless, but I have found that in raising three children I was given the greatest opportunity through the years to develop the practice of lining up my walking with my talking. Children don’t miss a thing.

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What’s your hot button? What inspires you? What keeps you up at night? What are your dreaming about while you’re wide awake?

Have you discovered it yet?

Without finding your hot button, you could possibly die of frost bite – or send everyone around you to sleep. We were born to push our hot button. We were born  to add value to our family, our friends and our world. We weren’t born to be put on ice.

We were born to be red hot, to be ablaze with a burning passion and a fiery desire to make a significant difference every single day that we live here on planet earth.

So what are my words to you today?

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When it comes to giving, if you can’t give of your best then refrain from giving.

Throughout the years I have been the recipient of some wonderful acts of generosity, but then there have been some occasions where I have been on the back end of some ordinary giving.

If you’re led to give your car away to another, then polish it, clean it, do some repairs to it, and make sure that it’s in perfect working order.

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