Hello all and trust you all had a good and restful weekend.
Looks like with all my busy-ness over the weekend, it just skipped my mind to do this posting. But not to worry. Here it is - early enough on Monday morning - for your coffee delight.
I am sharing thoughts on the effects of "quick-fixes" and how not to get trapped in the common parlance - "the end justifies the means."
Have a great rest of the week; happy reading and be sure to give me your feedback as always:
Not long ago, I read on a billboard that’s located at a strategic location on one of America’s busy city streets that says it all. It read: LIFE’S SHORT CUTS - CUTS SHORT LIFE. It perhaps sounds somewhat too philosophical until you realize that today’s popular life game could best be described as “Quick-Fixes.” This game is played every where and by almost everyone: politicians, athletes, business people, academia, families, etc. and it is addictive. What with the world of “Google” where virtually everything and anything could be discovered and referenced with relative ease! It used to be that we were taught lessons on staying at it and doing it right. We spent hours learning how to, till we became really good at it. Now we celebrate and reward short-cuts, quick fixes and more often than not, mediocrity.
Oh that men and women will learn to do good planning and work hard. Oh that they would realize that hasty shortcuts lead to poverty - Proverbs 21:5
Worst still is the fact that our quest for legality and correctness overshadow decency and performance at the expense of expediency.
Apostle Paul must be looking far ahead at our day when he wrote to the Corinthians:
“All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.” - I Corinthians 10:23
Beyond professionalism though, personality, integrity and quality must be seen as necessary and excellence must be coveted. In a world where “correctness” is fast replacing civility, it is necessary that personality, integrity and quality be accorded their rightful place when considering equally well educated individuals for recognition and promotion to leadership - in small, medium and large organizations. In a world where corruption, suspicion and hypocrisy seem to be so pervasive, personality, integrity and quality cannot be ignored. And in an economy with limited and competing resources, it behooves employers of labor and business leaders to be determined ever than before, to go beyond consideration of mere educational appellations, into seeking those with strong character traits.
Enduring character traits must complement paper qualification. Best qualified candidates must be those whose acknowledged lifestyles of integrity are not in doubt. That, to my mind, is the way to ensure the integrity and sustenance of enterprises.
What say you?
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