For the first addition to my blog, I will be talking about the following points: Honour, Respect, Serving and Success.
HONOUR
What is honour? I believe that honour should not have a definition in words, but rather it should be defined in one's actions. In today's society, to honour someone has been distorted and it has lost its integrity as the years have progressed compared with even 20 - 30 years ago.
How do we honour someone? This can be defined in many ways, but I believe that it is simple; Listening to a person when he/she speaks without any interruptions, By keeping your word, By showing up on time, By the words you use to a person you don't know, The attitude in which you answer someone, The work ethic that you have for your employer, How you treat fellow colleagues and employees, How you treat your wife/husband, How you treat someone when no one is watching etc.
Honour all boils down to how you treat someone else - regardless of how your emotions may be at that particular time.
Honouring someone shows whether you are master or a slave to your emotions.
Self control is one of the best "degrees" that there is which cannot be taught; yet many are still in pre school with this course.
What does Honouring mean to you?
RESPECT
Respect goes hand in hand with honouring someone, if you don't respect a person then you won't honour that person. The most evident example of this sign within the last 20 - 30 years has been the disrespect shown to parents and any elderly person.
What happened to obeying what is said by parents? What happened to helping an elderly person carry a parcel? What happened to opening the door for others? What happened to respecting someone when they speak? What happened to treating a person as a human being and not just a number or statistic?
When you respect someone, you are honouring them; when you are honouring a person, you are showing your true character.
Where you are today is because of the choices that you have made in the past; where you are tomorrow is dependant on your attitude and character - and this begins with the basic foundation of honour and respect.
What does Respect mean to you?
SERVING
Serving revolves around one simple word: Selflessness. When you serve, you serve for a greater purpose than for yourself. A practical example of this would be in the workplace. The fact is that if you are an employee, you are serving for the greater purpose of the business.
This message is probably one of the most difficult messages to express to a group of people as the majority want to be leaders and not servants, but let me provide a new outlook: The way in which a business should be run is the owner should step down from his/her top floor office and not lead from the top, but rather to lead from the front.
How do we serve someone? Most people think that it's by asking and then doing what is said, but a true servant anticipates the need and does it before the need arises. He/she serves with a dignity and delight.
Have you ever wondered how those who work hard and serve selflessly are always highly spoken of and how those who do not serve and are selfish in their ways are negatively spoken of?
What does Serving mean to you?
SUCCESS
Success is defined differently to each person, for some it could be wealth and riches and for others it could be happiness. To me, achieving true success is about succeeding in all aspects of life regarding faith, family, relationships, generosity, fulfilling your purpose, lacking nothing and helping others through your time, skills or finance.
Many individuals think that success is about the nice cars and the luxury yacht in the bay, but most of the time (generally speaking) if you see a large house on the outside, it is very empty on the inside - what I am meaning is that there is no balance.
The key to a successful life is to live a balanced life and focusing on the true importance of life, rather than focusing all of your time and strength on the extra digit of your pay check.
Interesting to note how income has increased over the past 30 years, but the morals and values of society as a whole have decreased.
In my experience, the only way to achieve true success and happinness is through Jesus Christ.
I would encourage you to read "Men of Honor" written by Drummond Robinson, as well as "God's secret to Greatness" written by Dave Cape.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
KBP
HONOUR
What is honour? I believe that honour should not have a definition in words, but rather it should be defined in one's actions. In today's society, to honour someone has been distorted and it has lost its integrity as the years have progressed compared with even 20 - 30 years ago.
How do we honour someone? This can be defined in many ways, but I believe that it is simple; Listening to a person when he/she speaks without any interruptions, By keeping your word, By showing up on time, By the words you use to a person you don't know, The attitude in which you answer someone, The work ethic that you have for your employer, How you treat fellow colleagues and employees, How you treat your wife/husband, How you treat someone when no one is watching etc.
Honour all boils down to how you treat someone else - regardless of how your emotions may be at that particular time.
Honouring someone shows whether you are master or a slave to your emotions.
Self control is one of the best "degrees" that there is which cannot be taught; yet many are still in pre school with this course.
What does Honouring mean to you?
RESPECT
Respect goes hand in hand with honouring someone, if you don't respect a person then you won't honour that person. The most evident example of this sign within the last 20 - 30 years has been the disrespect shown to parents and any elderly person.
What happened to obeying what is said by parents? What happened to helping an elderly person carry a parcel? What happened to opening the door for others? What happened to respecting someone when they speak? What happened to treating a person as a human being and not just a number or statistic?
When you respect someone, you are honouring them; when you are honouring a person, you are showing your true character.
Where you are today is because of the choices that you have made in the past; where you are tomorrow is dependant on your attitude and character - and this begins with the basic foundation of honour and respect.
What does Respect mean to you?
SERVING
Serving revolves around one simple word: Selflessness. When you serve, you serve for a greater purpose than for yourself. A practical example of this would be in the workplace. The fact is that if you are an employee, you are serving for the greater purpose of the business.
This message is probably one of the most difficult messages to express to a group of people as the majority want to be leaders and not servants, but let me provide a new outlook: The way in which a business should be run is the owner should step down from his/her top floor office and not lead from the top, but rather to lead from the front.
How do we serve someone? Most people think that it's by asking and then doing what is said, but a true servant anticipates the need and does it before the need arises. He/she serves with a dignity and delight.
Have you ever wondered how those who work hard and serve selflessly are always highly spoken of and how those who do not serve and are selfish in their ways are negatively spoken of?
What does Serving mean to you?
SUCCESS
Success is defined differently to each person, for some it could be wealth and riches and for others it could be happiness. To me, achieving true success is about succeeding in all aspects of life regarding faith, family, relationships, generosity, fulfilling your purpose, lacking nothing and helping others through your time, skills or finance.
Many individuals think that success is about the nice cars and the luxury yacht in the bay, but most of the time (generally speaking) if you see a large house on the outside, it is very empty on the inside - what I am meaning is that there is no balance.
The key to a successful life is to live a balanced life and focusing on the true importance of life, rather than focusing all of your time and strength on the extra digit of your pay check.
Interesting to note how income has increased over the past 30 years, but the morals and values of society as a whole have decreased.
In my experience, the only way to achieve true success and happinness is through Jesus Christ.
I would encourage you to read "Men of Honor" written by Drummond Robinson, as well as "God's secret to Greatness" written by Dave Cape.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
KBP
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