We all live in a fast pace society today where productivity is the number 1 priority. We live to complete tasks, cross off the to do list, meet deadlines, and to climb up the corporate ladder. These are all good, but my goal in writing this blog is to encourage our viewers to keep the main thing the main thing. That is, the people!
Let’s be honest… It’s really easy to write people off and stay task focused, especially in the business that life brings. However, what can happen over time is that the people we are surrounded by day in and day out will begin to distance themselves from us because they feel as though we don’t truly care about them as a person, when in all reality, we really do. But we can get so consumed in our agenda that we overlook what is really going on in the lives of the people around us.
It has been a really tough journey for me personally because I am so task driven, but I have made it a point to give people my full attention when they come to my desk to talk or ask a question, when they stop me in the atrium, or when they stop by our table at dinner to say hi. This is not always easy, but in the end it is extremely fulfilling.
I know of a national minister who, when confronted or approached, no matter the issue or the person, she gives that person her undivided attention and makes them feel as though they are the most important person in the world to her. That is the life that we should try to model because in the end, people are the only thing on this earth that are eternal. Everything else is temporary.
In conclusion, I want to give you a one liner that I live by when entering into a conversation with anybody. “Remember, they are a real person, with a real soul, going to a real Heaven or a real hell.” It’s our job to best emulate the ultimate ‘people person,’ Jesus!
Let’s be honest… It’s really easy to write people off and stay task focused, especially in the business that life brings. However, what can happen over time is that the people we are surrounded by day in and day out will begin to distance themselves from us because they feel as though we don’t truly care about them as a person, when in all reality, we really do. But we can get so consumed in our agenda that we overlook what is really going on in the lives of the people around us.
It has been a really tough journey for me personally because I am so task driven, but I have made it a point to give people my full attention when they come to my desk to talk or ask a question, when they stop me in the atrium, or when they stop by our table at dinner to say hi. This is not always easy, but in the end it is extremely fulfilling.
I know of a national minister who, when confronted or approached, no matter the issue or the person, she gives that person her undivided attention and makes them feel as though they are the most important person in the world to her. That is the life that we should try to model because in the end, people are the only thing on this earth that are eternal. Everything else is temporary.
In conclusion, I want to give you a one liner that I live by when entering into a conversation with anybody. “Remember, they are a real person, with a real soul, going to a real Heaven or a real hell.” It’s our job to best emulate the ultimate ‘people person,’ Jesus!
-Hayden
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