How Does Your Success Affect Others?
We often focus on our own ambitions. We forge ahead pursuing personal goals that yield professional gain or public recognition. Few of us seek achievement quietly, meaning we prosper without bringing attention to ourselves or to our cause.
For many of us, moving our lives forward is a natural instinct, an innate desire to attain more than our parents achieved in order to leave more to our children. While there is nothing wrong with accomplishment, surrounded by fanfare or silence, our current global challenges demand collaboration and compassion.
As an extraordinary leader once said, "In times of great need we are all rich enough to be philanthropists." In other words, in dire straits we cannot afford to look out for ourselves only. We also must look out for others. Ponder the following questions.
1. How does your success become your family's success? This question goes beyond the financial benefits of prosperity. It peels back the layers of achievement and asks about values and beliefs beneath the surface.
2. How does your success become your community's success? This query transcends traditional voluntarism and examines the extent that your gain enables others.
3. How does your success affect your country? In other words, is there a ripple effect from your prosperity that radiates out to others regionally or nationally?
As we move our lives forward during these uncertain times, let us move others with us. We all would benefit if we acted upon the Biblical passage that states: "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." Luke 12:48b (NIV)
All the best,
Stacy Davis Hudson, MPH, CPC
Life Coach
Feel free to contact me at stacy@encouragecoach.com or leave a comment.
For many of us, moving our lives forward is a natural instinct, an innate desire to attain more than our parents achieved in order to leave more to our children. While there is nothing wrong with accomplishment, surrounded by fanfare or silence, our current global challenges demand collaboration and compassion.
As an extraordinary leader once said, "In times of great need we are all rich enough to be philanthropists." In other words, in dire straits we cannot afford to look out for ourselves only. We also must look out for others. Ponder the following questions.
1. How does your success become your family's success? This question goes beyond the financial benefits of prosperity. It peels back the layers of achievement and asks about values and beliefs beneath the surface.
2. How does your success become your community's success? This query transcends traditional voluntarism and examines the extent that your gain enables others.
3. How does your success affect your country? In other words, is there a ripple effect from your prosperity that radiates out to others regionally or nationally?
As we move our lives forward during these uncertain times, let us move others with us. We all would benefit if we acted upon the Biblical passage that states: "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." Luke 12:48b (NIV)
All the best,
Stacy Davis Hudson, MPH, CPC
Life Coach
Feel free to contact me at stacy@encouragecoach.com or leave a comment.
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