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| David A. Stone |
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The man answered, ¡° ¡®You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.¡¯ And, ¡®Love your neighbor as yourself.¡¯ ¡± Luke 10:27
I'm trying to create the best workplace environment for First Rate¡ª the best experience possible. Where should I look for help to have the greatest chance of success? Yes, I listen to employees and customers. Yes, I read the great business practitioners' books. Yes, I meet with other entrepreneurs and business people. However, all the best ideas and practices hang off the basic principles taught in the Bible. That's why I use the Bible as my primary business manual.
We say that First Rate is the Heart of Performance. It's true, but that's not the whole picture. The Bible says it's not
just the Heart that's important, but it's also our Soul, Mind and Strength. That's why I think a first-rate workplace engages the whole person - my heart, my soul, my mind and my strength. I also think a first-rate workplace has God at the center. I have found that if I love God first, then my love increases for all my relationships. Ideally, I can be fully engaged with work and appropriately aligned with God to produce the best results for clients, friends and family¡ªa First Rate experience!
The first best practice is 'Bring my God to Work Day¡ªEvery Day.' If I can work with the knowledge that God is in my presence, then I'm going to think, speak and act better - not perfect, but better. The way I deal with others will improve, especially during tough, stressful circumstances. Every relationship benefits from my improving my relationship with God.
The second best practice is that when I go to work, I bring my heart, soul, mind and strength to the job. Let's say my mind comes up with a clever solution to a complex, long standing problem. Before others will follow my lead, they want to know if my heart is in it. They want to know if I have the strength to see the solution implemented and people want to know that I'm not selling my soul to the devil to get the work done. I think its only natural to work with my heart, soul, mind and strength.
With those two best practices, I can 'love the LORD my God' with all of myself in the workplace. That's First Rate Living for me. May this year be filled with your best practices!
Love, Dave
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