Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God - Colossians 3:22Those who merely wait for greatness to be thrust upon them will most likely wait in vain. Greatness is achieved by turning insignificant things into great accomplishments. If you want to enhance your position, enhance your person. Status is not as much a position as it is a person. Spend quality time developing yourself through reading, attending seminars, listening to tapes of messages by identified mentors. Sponsor yourself to seminars even if your employer doesn't. If all you do is wait for your employer to develop you, you limit your own scope and relevance. When you start knowing the things that only your bosses hitherto knew, you are making a legitimate case for higher responsibility and by inference, a higher position. Spend more money on personal development than you do on your wardrobe. An expensive suit on an empty mind is nothing short of putting authentic jewellery on a pig. If a man finds himself in a position bigger than his mind, he will, in a matter of time, reduce the position to the level of his mind. As the mind goes, so does the man. There is no dead-end job. Only dead-end people.If you cannot function under authority, you may never qualify to be in authority. And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.Matthew 8:5-13If you plan to go far in employment, start thinking like your boss and soon, he will actually start letting you think for him. If a man cannot serve, he does not qualify to lead. Great leadership rests on the plank of accountability. You do not have to always agree with your boss but you must always respect him/her. Many times, you will have cause to disagree with your boss but unless he is asking you to break the law or go directly against the core values of the organisation, insubordination is not an option. Treat your boss as you would love to be treated by your subordinates.Trust is the currency of delegated authority. If your boss cannot trust you enough to delegate responsibilities to you without feeling that you will find a means of sabotaging or frustrating his outcome, then you are gradually digging your own grave on the job. Afterall, if a man is crooked, no one will want to make him a ruler. Why' He will only draw crooked lines! Get the pun'Serve with sincerity and without a hidden agenda. Even if you feel that you are more qualified for the job than your boss, respect the fact that he is the one on that seat right now. Fate, destiny, chance or simple seniority through experience or even mundane issues of connection and favouritism may have got him there. That is none of your business. Simply respect him/her as you would love to be respected if you were on that seat even if your subordinate then parades an intimidating array of academic laurels and credentials. 'continued.PS: In the spirit of this column to help people help themselves, I am making some opportunities available to a few determined people. If you are a young school leaver (minimum of OND) with a passion and drive for SELLING and you desire to own your own business with little capital, then email me. Only VERY serious people will be considered. YOU MUST BE WILLING TO WORK. There is NO FIXED SALARY attached. You determine your own income by your productivity. The goal of this venture is to take more jobless but serious young people with a drive off the unemployment queue by training them to own something for themselves. Those selected will be trained in the particular area they choose.Remember, the sky is not your limit, God is!
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