“The world doesn’t need any more ordinary people in the
workplace…there are already plenty of those.” --- Rick Lytle.
I listened to a speaker that spoke to how to make a mission
of your workplace. Those were his words in the quote above. They
truly hit me. We see ordinary all over the place in the world, but what
stands out to us is the extraordinary. We don’t ever take the time to
fill out a “customer service card” at Whataburger unless the service was either
extraordinary or horrid. Ordinary doesn’t get our attention.
Ordinary is what anyone can do. Sadly, ordinary is what we are used to.
I want more than ordinary for this school. I want more
than ordinary for your lives. I want more than ordinary for these
kids.
I don’t want to invest a large chunk of my life into
something ordinary…into something that only “paid the bills.” I want to
invest my life into a mission that matters. We have soooooo many to do’s,
tasks, and overwhelming responsibilities, but they do become easier when we
realize WHY we do them.
The speaker challenged us to look at Monday in different
eyes. To not dread Mondays…to not see “work” as only something you have
to get through to get a paycheck. It CAN be a place that fulfills you and
energizes you, if you believe what you are doing is your mission. If you
see your job as a means to pass your talents, gifts, and abilities onto others,
then it isn’t a dreadful place….it is a place that you want to be. It is
a place that gives you a greater purpose…
I needed that message. I needed to be reminded
that I am here for a reason…that ordinary isn’t enough. Thank you for
your mission….thank you for striving to be more than ordinary….thank you for
passing your gifts on to soooo many students and coworkers.
Happy Monday!
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