Ask For Commitment
19 Dec 2006
After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he left all, rose up, and followed Him. ~Luke 5:27-28
In his book The One Minute Manager®, Ken Blanchard says, “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you are interested in doing something, you do it only when it is convenient. When you are committed to something, you accept no excuses.” Don’t equip people who are merely interested. Equip the ones who are committed.
Commitment is the one quality above all others that enables a potential leader to become a successful leader. Without commitment, there can be no success. Football coach Lou Holtz pointed out, “The Kamikaze pilot who was able to fly fifty missions was involved-but never committed.”
To determine whether your people are committed, first you must make sure they know what it will cost them to become a leader. That means that you must be sure not to undersell the job. Let them know what it’s going to take to do it. Only then will they know what they are committing to. If they won’t commit, don’t go any further in the equipping process. Don’t waste your time.
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Its good advice, but not the whole story.
What of those that make that commitment just to be passed over for promotion time and time again so that freinds of the boss (who wouldn’t commit) got promoted ?
I don’t brag about my work, and good work I do, but as an employer you’d better take care of the people that take care of you.
It goes both ways you know, working for people is not like working for Christ. Just the same we should always try our hardest and learn at least 1 new thing every day.
I saw life explained the best in my 30+ years of working. This is a flyer that Elliots health food store slipped to me. My eyes were So opened I had to call and thank them for this free advice. They are doing Gods work, we do Man/Women’s work.
~ANYWAY~
PEOPLE ARE OFTEN UNREASONABLE AND SELF-CENTERED,
FORGIVE THEM ANYWAY.
IF YOU ARE KIND, PEOPLE MAY ACCUSE YOU OF ULTERIOR MOTIVE5,
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 NOT BE ENOUGH,
GIVE YOUR BEST ANYWAY.
FOR YOU SEE, IN THE END, IT IS BETWEEN YOU AND GOD. IT WAS NEVER BETWEEEN YOU AND THEM ANYWAY.
HOW MANY TIMES HAS GOD FORGIVEN YOU OF
WHATEVER?
JESUS SAID TO FORGIVE HOW MANY TIMES?
MOTHER TERESA
HAPPY HOLLIDAYS FROM THE ELLIOTTS
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And Merry Christmas from Me !