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Three Important Questions
Three Important Questions
When Texas A&M honored a Houston industrialist named Love he spoke to the senior class giving them three important questions they should ask themselves during their lives.
First, are you enjoying what you are doing? Certainly we cannot do well for a lengthy time unless we are enjoying what we are doing. It's disturbing to see the surveys on Americans who are not happy in their work. I have seen statistics from 40-80% who are dissatisfied. When we choose our work by the paycheck and not the payoff we are in trouble.
Second, are you enjoying the way you are doing your work? In going from LA to San Francisco you can take the predictable, boring Interstate or you can take the beautiful Pacific Coast Highway. The joy can be in the journey.... the joy can BE the journey. Getting from A to B can be satisfying as well as efficient.
Third, are you content with who you are coming? Is your job maturing you and giving you character? Do you enjoy living with yourself? Do others enjoy living with you? One of the blessings of this contentment is personal transparency. It will increase your confidence and your concentration. When you feel good about who you are, you are perfectly willing for others to really see you. This attitude generally contributes to an environment in which you can feel better about others and make a greater contribution.
These three questions should be reviewed regularly. It is easy to drift out of focus and these three will sharpen your direction.
This week consider: 1) How can these 3 questions help me? 2) Which question is most important for me right now? 3) Who else can benefit from them?
