The Rebekah principle
David PotterOctober 17th, 2007
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Focus: Your actions today will determine your future.
Proverbs 13:4 (NLT)
Those who work hard will prosper.
What does it mean to work hard? In most of the things I commit to I have the attitude that anything worth doing is worth doing well. Usually that means putting in extra time, going the extra mile, trying to exceed people’s expectations. This personal ethic has served me well, opening up opportunities where there may have been none.
As a parent, I’m sure I am not alone in trying to communicate this ethic to the next generation - my children. So often kids don’t get it until later in life, maybe while in college. But if they could catch it earlier, so many opportunities would open up.
One side-effect of this ethic for me, however, is that I find so often that I am overcommitted; I only have so much time in the day and as I get older I find that I don’t have as much energy to devote to things as I once did. I suppose that is why we get educated, start careers, and raise kids when we are still young. 