HOW YOU DO ANYTHING ...

IS HOW YOU DO EVERYTHING

Long before he dueled anyone who looked at him sideways or became president ...


Andrew Jackson would speak of his first job as a tailor and say,

"My garments would never rip or give way."


Whatever you just got through doing, odds are that you would rather not have been doing it.


Even if you have achieved your dream job, 

there are irritating things you still have to do:

conference calls, office politics, dealing with delays.


It's tempting to just go through the motions with things that seem mundane or unimportant.

On the road to where we want to go, 

we all must do things we would rather not.





 In 1851, future president, James A. Garfield, paid his tuition for college by being the school's janitor.

Always smiling, he did his duties with diligence and pride.

By the time he rang the tower's bell, he had already put in a long day's work.

Within one year, he was teaching classes as well as taking them.

By his 26th birthday, he was the dean of the school.



{A placard I have on my desk}
Everything ...


from sweeping up the workplace to ringing the cash register and smiling to unsmiling customers ...

is a chance to do and be our best.

 No job is degrading ...
unless we do not give it our all.

In life, we may ask ourselves, "What am I supposed to do now?"

The answer is simple:

OUR BEST

Viktor Frankl thought the question, "What is the meaning of life?" to be presumptuous.

He said,

"It is not someone else's responsibility to tell you.  

It is your job to answer that question with your actions."


WHAT HAVE YOUR ACTIONS  OF LATE SAID  OF WHERE YOU ARE HEADED?