Connecting Thoughts.....

There is value in taking time to reflect and reconnect with what is important; faith, family, friends, work. Today, I find myself reflecting on work.  Whether I contribute to my employer as a manager or an individual contributor, ideally I want to find job and sense of purpose in the work I am asked to do.  Yet, that is not always possible. So in effort to maintain peace, I chose to live by the words of Mother Teresa.

People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

Employers can berate, mistreat, misguide their employees just as easily as they can encourage, support and empower them.  In the beginning, all of us, employers and employees say the latter options. How we live that is a daily challenge.  How do we respond when our integrity is challenged? If managers, how do we provide guidance to our workers to help them understand tasks at hand and empower them to complete them competently? How do we hold ourselves accountable when mistakes are made?  If managers, how do we show our associates how to handle mistakes?  How do we collaborate with others? How do we show respect to others?

I welcome your thoughts as to how you encourage, support, empower others in your life – be it co-workers, family members, friends.

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