The following is a page from my upcoming book The Daily Uplift.
The poem used is from my study of The Success Principles.
Polish the Old, Work on the New
“It’s always
been done that way.”
“If it ain’t
broke, don’t fix it.”
“It was good
for Paul and Silas and it’s good enough for me.”
The are are
times when we get into a groove. Or is it a rut? I was once told that a rut is
a grave with the ends kicked out.
The only
constant with life is change. We will not advance by doing the same thing even
though it has worked well over the years. In manufacturing, there will always
be someone building a better mousetrap. AI is currently changing the way
companies handle customer service. Covid 19 permanently changed the workplace
and in the virtual world it is now called the workspace.
This does
not mean that you must quit what you have done well. You need to adapt your
exceptional work ethic to the changing times. This will take education and a
heart willing to adapt. I say adapt because some regard the word “change” in
the same vein as profanity.
In the workplace,
I have seen new bosses come in and change the way things have been done. This causes
much breakroom discussion, most not good. Workers usually adapt by using a
combination of established and newly learned skills.
I have been
in churches where the membership brings in a new pastor. The pastor changes
things to adapt to his vision and the long-time members start proclaiming
things like formalism, modernism, and a few other “isms” that do not belong in
a church setting. Things work their way out and the church goes on. Change has its
benefits.
We live in a
rapidly changing world, and we need to be able to adapt. Most of us will and we
will be better for it.
Keep improving on things that you do
And work on things that are new
It’s part of the quest
In being the best
And something that never is through
All we are
saying, is give change a chance.
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