This past week was the extended date for corporate deadline tax filing. This year my key manager had a baby and was out for much of the summer. The result was that I sent the last week in crunch mode. The accounting profession relies heavily on other people, our clients, to provide information so we can do our job. This is not what great entrepreneurs do. They get up and get after it each day even though what they are doing is being done essentially alone and by their own doing.
I have a ton of respect for my clients. They go through life trying to make the best decisions they can based largely on their own life experience. They have to take desperate information, organize it, and then act on it. Once a business becomes established, employees can manage the day-to-day stuff. The reality is that the skills developed by the business owner make it so that only they can train people to truly replace them.
How does this relate to you? You get up every day on your missions and in school and each day looks a lot like the previous day. Earl Nightengale said, "People form habits, and habits form people." I often wonder why it is that my life has ended-up being so incredibly blessed. I've concluded that a lot of it comes from watching my Dad love his work. He was very good at teaching and as a result, he became a great teacher and someone his students loved. I knew that I didn't have the personality to teach but I determined that whatever I did, I would do it well.
Your missions are great training grounds for your future life. There are skills that you aren't learning and you will need to acquire as you go through life. I hope you are focused and doing everything in your power to become great as a missionary. I'm sure that you are and I'm thankful for it.
Keep up the good work. I love you,
Dad
No comments:
Post a Comment