What
Is Your Work Schedule?
Have
you ever left someone after a conversation with a saying, “Don’t work too hard”?
This is bad advice. Laziness brings poverty. Proverbs 10:4 says, “Lazy hands
make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.” Many people say something
like, “I wish I was Donald Trump” or “Bill Gates sure is lucky!” But the truth
is they were willing to work harder than the average person to gain their
wealth.
Proverbs
12:27 says, “The lazy man does not roast his game, but the diligent man prizes
his possessions.” If you look at the poor’s houses, many have junk everywhere.
But they have very little of value. On the other hand, the rich have many
possessions in some semblance of order with much value. The rich realize that
if they do not take care of the possessions they will have to replace them and
use money that could have otherwise been used elsewhere. That is one way wealth
is created.
Proverbs
26:15 says, “The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring
it back to his mouth.” This glutton has sat around on the couch all day and
fallen asleep with his hand in the chip bowl.
Ecclesiastes
10:18 says, “If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the
house leaks.” Again, not maintaining what you have leads to the destruction and
loss of property.
Heard
enough to get the point? Giving advice to “not work hard” only leads to
laziness and poverty. Perhaps you are thinking, “Rick, it is only a saying.”
That is true, but words are what change lives. The “sayings” you use can affect
people in a negative or positive way. Why not leave someone with, “Make a lot
of money” or “Work now so you can take off later”?
Words
cannot be taken back! If they are said enough times people begin to believe them.
How do you talk to your children? Do you uplift them or tear them down. Do you
assure them they can be whatever they want to be or tell them they are no good?
Words
lead to a good or bad work ethic for those around you. I used to work for a
boss who reminded me every day I could be fired. One day I told him, “No I
can’t, because I quit!” The work environment most want to work in is a positive
influence on their lives.
Those
who work at a place that encourages relationships and positive motivation see
less turn over than other workplaces. Upon exit interviews recently it has been
discovered that the main reason for people leaving one job for another was not
money. It was that they felt like they didn’t matter. The job did not promote a
positive influence in their lives.
Your
attitude affects your performance as well as those around you. If you don’t
like what you are doing, get another job that will make you happy. If that is
not an option then get happy in the job that you have. Happiness is a state of
mind. You can be happy in your current circumstance if you choose to.
Try
this exercise for one week. If you don’t like it you can always go back to
being miserable. Wake up in the morning and say out loud, “I love my job and
today is an awesome day.” While you are at work smile and tell everyone how
good it is to see them. After one week see if your outlook has not changed. The
next week will be even better and soon you will truly love your job. You have
actually talked your mind into believing it to be reality.
Work
is something that has to be done. Even the pauper has to get out of bed
eventually. Why not make something of yourself in the process.
You
are victorious! You are an achiever! Everything you work at is a success! It is
God’s plan for you to prosper in your work. So prosper! Stop allowing others to
dictate how you will live your life. If they want to fail, let ‘em! You
however, will succeed. Strangely enough, many of those who might have been
failures will change their life around as well by watching your life. Positive
influence or negative influence, that is up to you.
