We’ve looked at two extreme approaches to work: work to get it over with, and work as our ultimate goal.
Both extremes are sandy foundations for life. They wash away when the rains come, parliament changes the retirement age, or markets crash and change our industry forever.
Work reveals our foundations in life – what our ultimate goal or purpose is. Sometimes this can lead to our downfall. For example, in Japanese culture they so highly valued an ideal of never laying off workers, that many companies collapsed completely during a difficult recession. Closer to home, we can see how cost-savings at the Elliot Lake Mall, or the railway through Lac-Megantic, can seem to pay off for a while, then come crashing down with deaths, lawsuits and financial ruin to follow.
We should choose the foundation of our working lives carefully – it will eventually be revealed!
CHALLENGE: Write down a goal in your life. Make two columns underneath, writing in what will help you get there, and what could stop you. Now circle the ones that are entirely in control. What does this tell you about the foundations for your work in life – are they your’s, or God’s?
Acknowledgements: Tim Keller, Every Good Endeavour and Work & Rest
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Road Rage
According to DRPS:
• 46% of Ontario drivers had been shouted or cursed at, or had rude gestures directed at them, during the past 12 months.
• Over 7% report a threat of damage to their vehicle or to themselves.
• Over 31% admitted to shouting or cursing at someone.
• 2.1% said they had threatened to hurt someone or to damage their vehicle.
What happens in those moments is our goal – arriving on time, or just our ego – being right, means we lose sight of the person, and objectify them as a barrier.
Question: What/who really sets you off? How do you tend to view the person when he/she angers you?
