When I was younger and dreaming of my adult years, I never thought I would see dishonesty from adults. I will be the first to admit that I was not the most honest of children, but I figured adults would have it all figured out. I was shocked to see dishonesty in the workplace as an adult. It is disgusting to see what some adults will do to get ahead. I am happy to say I learned my honesty lesson as a child and have been a very honest adult.
A people watcher by nature, I find myself observing people in the workplace and making mental notes on who I can trust and who I cannot. Business transactions are trust exercises and filled with risks. It is important to surround yourself with co-workers, contractors, and vendors that you can depend on. Often it is not just your livelihood on the line, but countless others that will be hurt if you do not build your work on a firm ethical platform.
The corner office, the larger paycheck or shares, the recognition, are not worth getting there dishonestly. We need to identify our priorities and values. At the end of the day, who do you love, who have your blessed, what will you be remembered for, how do the people you interacted with feel about themselves?
Being an honest adult is not all I need. I need to be the type of person that builds, shares, encourages. The true movers and shakers are not doing so because they are motivated by money or fame. They do so because they are motivated by what they alone were born to do and they are building this life and purpose while being true to the values they cherish and want to be defined by. All of us need to regularly evaluate ourselves. What do we want to be know for? What do we value? What can we alone do? We each have a unique set of skills and experiences. I believe as we focus on them and look for ways to share that we will leave this world far better than we found it.
I was inspired by the Take Control of Your Life video. Wanting control of my life was a major motivating factor in going back to school. I will never again leave my life in the hands of fate. I am a big believer in the power of networking which is taught in the video. They also talked about the tri-quation that includes self-esteem, productivity, and event control. They form a triangle. It was explained that when any of those values are high, the others will be high, if any one is lower, the others will be lower too. I had never thought of that but I recognize it as true.
Each time I learn a new concept, I instinctively want to share it with my children's. I want them to have every opportunity for success. I feel that I and my family members need to focus on these skills. To get there, we need to decide and create core values and prioritize them. I think it is interesting to note that we need to prioritize them. If they are imbalanced in their priority, we might be tempted to be dishonest adults as I mentioned earlier. One way we can guard against that is to in our evaluations of ourselves, evaluate our values and what priority we are placing on them.
As a person of faith, I have found that it helps me to keep the eternal perspective in mind. After this life, will it matter if I had the corner office how big my paycheck was or if I was give recognition for my ideas? It will not, what will matter is did I do what I was sent to earth to do? Did I love, sincerely love and build the people in my reach? Did I lift and build others? How did they feel about themselves when I left them? Did I leave the world a better place. That is my goal. I want my love to echo through the spaces I have been for a long long time.
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