DO YOU HOLD BACK? CHANGING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS - DAY 116

Have you noticed that there seems to be something akin to lethargy in much of today's work force?  Being an employer today is more difficult than it used to be.  Not only are there more legal requirements and  more expensive requirements, but finding good workers is at times like looking for the proverbial needle in the haystack.

There are young people who are motivated, ambitious, and willing to do a great job every day.  They dress professionally, act professionally, and use common sense to connect the dots to anticipate problems and to provide good customer service.  In the past several weeks I have been totally impressed by several young people with whom I have come in contact while having some medical appointments.  I have acknowledged their good work directly as well as to their supervisors.  Based on years of business experience I predict they will have successful lives and careers.

Then there are those who are the opposite.  Somehow they have an entitlement mentality.  Not only do they not appreciate having a job they resent having one.  I am sad to say that lately I have seen more of these people than I would like to.  They are more interested in talking to their co-workers about what they did the previous evening than in talking to the customer, client, or patient standing in front of them.  Banks, retail stores, medical offices, hospitals, business offices, and restaurants are all coping with people like this. These employees are the same ones who want to spend more time texting friends, surfing the Internet, and playing games on line than on the work they are being paid to do.  They are literally stealing from their employers who are paying them to work.  Many have no manners and no interest in performing their work at the highest level.  I can safely predict that they will have mediocre careers and lives.

What about you?  If you are currently working, do you work hard?  Are you interested in being promoted and earning more money?  Do you do your best work regularly?  Can your employer count on you to do a great job for the money you accept?  So much of what is wrong in today's world could be improved if more people would stop doing the minimum and start doing the maximum the majority of the time.

Today's message is:

WORK HARD!

Can You Describe The World In Which You Want Your Children To Live?

From all over the world we continue to hear about trouble, dissension, anger, hatred, bigotry, abuse of power, human trafficking, hunger, lack of clean water, lack of medical care, poor education, illegal immigration, crime, poverty, religious differences, natural disasters, fear, drug cartels, addictions, wars, and disease. It is time to realize that NO government is going to save this world and make it safe for our children and grandchildren. There is NO group called "they" who will do the right things, protect our children and provide for every need. We have to finally acknowledge that WE are the responsible people; WE must start doing the right things on a daily basis; WE have to start fixing everything that is wrong in one household at a time, on one street at a time, in one neighborhood at a time, in one community at a time, in one county at a time, and in one country at a time. Do we not think it is foolish to put our trust in politicians who do not heed our wishes? Do we not think it stupid to keep doing things the same way and expect different results? Do we really believe that everything that needs correcting is going to be accomplished without EACH OF US doing our share? We are wasting time, resources, energy, and the future of of our children by waiting for anyone else to do what we need to be doing for ourselves. We need to stop whining, stop complaining, stop procrastinating, and start doing the right things. I realize we will never get 100% of the population to do the right things, but if we can get the majority to do the right things then and only then will the world change for the better. Ask yourself if you are a constructive person or a destructive person? Reflect on your daily life each evening, and ask if you did the right things; if the answer is 'no' why did you not do the right things? Look into the faces of your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and the children of your friends and neighbors. They are pure, innocent and depending on the adult population to take care of them and give them the future they deserve. What are the right things? Well, for starters how about: Honesty, Accepting responsibility for our actions and those of our children, Kindness, Self-discipline, Respect for ourselves and others, Being more concerned with our obligations instead of our rights, and ditch the entitlement mentality that seems to permeate our society.