Reflections 037

Believe in people

Value people

Unconditionally love people

 

"We all have a choice what we put before us and what we put behind us".  Put behind you devaluing people. Focus on valuing people.  The core issue to the situation we are in now is that we don't value people.  We lack respect, honor, appreciation for others. We are all God's creation. God has a plan and purpose for all of His creation….God also gives us the choice to seek and find that purpose or to disregard it and Him.

 

Treat others as you would like to be treated.  This rule is in every culture and every religion.

 

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere":  ML King

 

Put behind you selfish values that help you and not others, put before you good solid values.

 

Put behind us blaming, put before us listening

 

If we were to sit and listen to one another, we would find that despite our differences, we have more in common than we realize.

 

The difference between leadership during hard times in the past and today that leaders would ultimately put the people before the party and cross the aisle for the good of the country and the people.  Today I feel most leaders are looking more after their own selfish interests rather than the interest of the people. The selfish interests of some has resulted in celebrating others failures, even if it is at the expense of what is best for the country and the people.

 

Put behind us our reactions and put before us our refections.  There are lessons for all of us and we can all get better from these hard things if we take time to reflect and always put valuing others at the core of our reflection.

 

I am coming up on my one year anniversary for retirement.  My wife just surpassed the one year mark since her retirement.  As we talked about the importance of reflection previously I have also been reflecting about what this year has been like.  The good, the hard, the unexpected, and my response.  This also provided the opportunity to see where I have grown, and what I need to focus on more to be where I want to be, or more importantly, where God wants me to be.

 

One of the most helpful pieces of advise I got about this retirement life, or encore life was from my coach Mark Ross.  He told me from experience that I need to be able to give myself some time to figure out how to spend my time, and that is still a work in progress.

 

I will be discussing how this is reflected in my life plan and what adjustments I need to make as I review the plan in our next episode.

 

• The John Maxwell Leadership Podcast: "Adding Value to Others"
• Contact Craig