Monday, December 27, 2010
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
How the Story of Your Life Can Bring Great Change To Someone Situation.
“Have been there”? “Where, you asked”? Have been to the house of pain, rejection, sickness, and childlessness in marriage, divorce situation, financial crisis, and poverty, death of loved ones, racial discrimination and a lot of others? To be candid, the visit to this house is never sweet. The visit therefore always forms the basis of the story of our life. Everybody in life has one story or the other to tell or share about his or her life.
At times, the story may be either sweet or bitter. Who knows if it has been divinely arranged for a purpose and a must lesson for people who cares to see?
The surprising and shocking aspect of your story is that people, situation, enemies around you (“never-to-do well,”) in that dark moment of your life never expected you to get out of the mess or problem, talk less of surviving it. However, either by divine hand or by fate you victoriously emerged from the dark pit of your life. I call it divine. You made it through. You survived. The spectators and commentators who had expected a total defeat saw the unexpected. The Marriage that was expected to hit the rock of divorce-experienced love again. The business that was expected to close down received a new facelift. The sickness that is long expected to kill you disappeared. The hopeless situation received new life. The career people thought you would never complete saw success. The child they called useless became useful. The wife once called fruitless tree became a mother against all expectation. The death sentence hanging on your head suddenly reversed. The marriage in doubt of working survived. The man who could not father a child became the father of children. The question on people lips has been “how did it happen” “how did you make it”?
God may have divinely arranged the situation to enable you have a story to share for a purpose. To use your story to touch someone’s life in a similar related problem. To use your story bring hope to hopeless situation. To use your story spice up that dead marriage. To give happiness to a life void of it. You must know that no problem is ever “new”. It has long existed. It has happened to people before and you will not be last.
How can the story of your life brings miracle, hope and courage to someone life in various difficulty? To some, their survival may be tied to a little courage from the story of your life. To some, what they need to come out from the dark spot of their life may just be hope. Every story of our life whether bitter or sweet contains ingredients of survival. Their survival will be possible only and when you share the story of your life. Tell it to people. Tell it anywhere. Share your stories. Someone somewhere is waiting to be lifted up from the pit of despair. You are here on earth for a purpose. The purpose is to affect someone life.
The downcast, the down trodden, the heartbroken, the sick, the hopeless are waiting for your story of “how you made it through” your business, career, marriage difficult times, the unloved world. They are made (the story of life) to teach lessons, that people in that situation might have hope and courage. Do you watch movies? Is the answer yes? What do you learn? .The actors/actress is displaying one story or the other for the viewers to learn. What do you learn? Lessons of life of how the people survived. Someone is waiting to hear. Someone is waiting to watch the movies of your life. Someone is out there waiting to read the story of your life to enable him or her get out of the pit. When we fail to share your testimony with people,is a sign of selfishness. You are raised to raise others. You are helped to help others. You are shown the way to show other the way. You are shown mercy to show people how you obtained the mercy. Share it. Do not eat it.
At times, the story may be either sweet or bitter. Who knows if it has been divinely arranged for a purpose and a must lesson for people who cares to see?
The surprising and shocking aspect of your story is that people, situation, enemies around you (“never-to-do well,”) in that dark moment of your life never expected you to get out of the mess or problem, talk less of surviving it. However, either by divine hand or by fate you victoriously emerged from the dark pit of your life. I call it divine. You made it through. You survived. The spectators and commentators who had expected a total defeat saw the unexpected. The Marriage that was expected to hit the rock of divorce-experienced love again. The business that was expected to close down received a new facelift. The sickness that is long expected to kill you disappeared. The hopeless situation received new life. The career people thought you would never complete saw success. The child they called useless became useful. The wife once called fruitless tree became a mother against all expectation. The death sentence hanging on your head suddenly reversed. The marriage in doubt of working survived. The man who could not father a child became the father of children. The question on people lips has been “how did it happen” “how did you make it”?
God may have divinely arranged the situation to enable you have a story to share for a purpose. To use your story to touch someone’s life in a similar related problem. To use your story bring hope to hopeless situation. To use your story spice up that dead marriage. To give happiness to a life void of it. You must know that no problem is ever “new”. It has long existed. It has happened to people before and you will not be last.
How can the story of your life brings miracle, hope and courage to someone life in various difficulty? To some, their survival may be tied to a little courage from the story of your life. To some, what they need to come out from the dark spot of their life may just be hope. Every story of our life whether bitter or sweet contains ingredients of survival. Their survival will be possible only and when you share the story of your life. Tell it to people. Tell it anywhere. Share your stories. Someone somewhere is waiting to be lifted up from the pit of despair. You are here on earth for a purpose. The purpose is to affect someone life.
The downcast, the down trodden, the heartbroken, the sick, the hopeless are waiting for your story of “how you made it through” your business, career, marriage difficult times, the unloved world. They are made (the story of life) to teach lessons, that people in that situation might have hope and courage. Do you watch movies? Is the answer yes? What do you learn? .The actors/actress is displaying one story or the other for the viewers to learn. What do you learn? Lessons of life of how the people survived. Someone is waiting to hear. Someone is waiting to watch the movies of your life. Someone is out there waiting to read the story of your life to enable him or her get out of the pit. When we fail to share your testimony with people,is a sign of selfishness. You are raised to raise others. You are helped to help others. You are shown the way to show other the way. You are shown mercy to show people how you obtained the mercy. Share it. Do not eat it.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Quit Working For Your Boss
As a manager do you know who you really work for? I don't mean the person who signs your paycheck or does your annual review. I mean day by day, hour by hour, who are you working for?
If you say it's your customers, that's great you've been paying attention in marketing class. Ultimately everyone is working for the customer, but is that really who you work for on a daily basis? Do you personally take their orders? Do you personally answer the support calls? Do you get in the truck and drive your product over to the customer to help them unload and get it ready to use? If you are a manager I truly hope this is not what you come to work to do. These are the things your team is there to do. You may need to pitch in from time to time, but that's not what managers are primarily there to do.
If you say it's your supervisor, well I'm sure they will be happy to hear that. Your supervisor should be the one to define your purpose in the organization and help give you direction. So you could say the work you do on a daily or hourly basis is work for your supervisor. But is that really who you spend the bulk of your time trying to help? I hope not.
Let's look at the activities good managers spend their time on. Employee development, process optimization, cost control. You make sure your people know what needs to be done and are working on the right things. You make sure your people have the tools they need to get the job done effectively and efficiently. You make sure your people get to work in a safe and respectful environment. You make sure your people get the training they need to be effective and advance. You look for ways to make your team as effective as possible. You help your people become the best they can be. You help your team become the best it can be. The bulk of the work you do (or should be doing) is for your team. You work for your team.
So as a manager forget the idea that everyone is working for you. That thinking leads you down the path to ego and conflict. Your team is working to get things done for the customer. You, as their manager, are working for your team to get them everything they need to be effective in serving your customers. The best, most highly-valued managers alive are the ones out there working for their teams and giving them everything they need to succeed.
The more people you manage, the more people you are working for, not the other way around. A bigger team doesn't take away your work, it increases it.
So the next time you draw your team organization chart, flip it upside down with your CEO at the bottom, you somewhere in the middle, and the people who actually come in contact with the customer on a daily or hourly basis at the top where they belong. The goal of a great manager is to create the best team of people at the top of this upside down pyramid serving the customer.
About The Author
Daryl Cowie has shared management tips with 1000s of people in over 30 countries around the world. His mission is to help you and your company turn business opportunities into business realities. Sign up for his free business management home study course at http://FreeManagementTips.com
If you say it's your customers, that's great you've been paying attention in marketing class. Ultimately everyone is working for the customer, but is that really who you work for on a daily basis? Do you personally take their orders? Do you personally answer the support calls? Do you get in the truck and drive your product over to the customer to help them unload and get it ready to use? If you are a manager I truly hope this is not what you come to work to do. These are the things your team is there to do. You may need to pitch in from time to time, but that's not what managers are primarily there to do.
If you say it's your supervisor, well I'm sure they will be happy to hear that. Your supervisor should be the one to define your purpose in the organization and help give you direction. So you could say the work you do on a daily or hourly basis is work for your supervisor. But is that really who you spend the bulk of your time trying to help? I hope not.
Let's look at the activities good managers spend their time on. Employee development, process optimization, cost control. You make sure your people know what needs to be done and are working on the right things. You make sure your people have the tools they need to get the job done effectively and efficiently. You make sure your people get to work in a safe and respectful environment. You make sure your people get the training they need to be effective and advance. You look for ways to make your team as effective as possible. You help your people become the best they can be. You help your team become the best it can be. The bulk of the work you do (or should be doing) is for your team. You work for your team.
So as a manager forget the idea that everyone is working for you. That thinking leads you down the path to ego and conflict. Your team is working to get things done for the customer. You, as their manager, are working for your team to get them everything they need to be effective in serving your customers. The best, most highly-valued managers alive are the ones out there working for their teams and giving them everything they need to succeed.
The more people you manage, the more people you are working for, not the other way around. A bigger team doesn't take away your work, it increases it.
So the next time you draw your team organization chart, flip it upside down with your CEO at the bottom, you somewhere in the middle, and the people who actually come in contact with the customer on a daily or hourly basis at the top where they belong. The goal of a great manager is to create the best team of people at the top of this upside down pyramid serving the customer.
About The Author
Daryl Cowie has shared management tips with 1000s of people in over 30 countries around the world. His mission is to help you and your company turn business opportunities into business realities. Sign up for his free business management home study course at http://FreeManagementTips.com
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