Sunday, October 7, 2018

Values are a support during adverse situations – Reason 61


Didn’t you get up on time today?  Is your new shirt spoilt by something that fell on it during breakfast?  Is your kid sick again?  What about your customer, is she complaining about you to your boss?

Life is full of adverse situations that are easily forgotten after a short time, but where in the heat of the moment look like the end of the world.  Even though they are small in size, they are moments of truth that reveal our values in daily life.  Our reactions or actions are proportional according to those values.

A short video[1] was in circulation some time ago that showed a man taking great care just to smooth off the spread of wet cement on a sidewalk.  He then realises a young boy walking on it, in order just to come and say ‘Hi’.  The temperament explosion was visible, but never came; with patience, the older man was able to just get the boy out of it and keep going.

Values are a support that allows a leader to not get upset when life stains a precious shirt or spoils their hard-done work.


(Excerpt from the book 82 Reasons to be a Leader)
 




[1] You can check it on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-rVWOqeAnk  or check the site of the organisation behind it: http://www.values.com/

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