产生持久的影响

Oct 15, 2023

我要尽力使你们在我离世以后仍然常常记得这些事。(彼得后书1:15)

有人认为,仅仅因为自己的地位,就应配受尊重。其实不然,尊重是必须每天都要去赢取的。约瑟夫·劳顿·柯林斯(J. Lawton Collins)将军断言:“不管一个人有多聪明,如果缺乏诚实和道德勇气,他永远都得不到下属或同僚的信任。”如果你有品格缺陷,世上所有的技能最终都无法挽救你。作家史蒂芬·柯维(Stephen Covey)写道:“如果试图用人为的影响策略和手段,让别人为我效力,而我的品格存在根本性的缺陷,从长远来看,我终究不会成功。我的不诚实会导致别人的不信任,我所做的一切也都被视为对别人的操纵。”失去别人的信任,也就失去了持久成功的基础。不管一个人的言辞有多华丽,甚至本意有多好,都无济于事。品格可以建造,但需要时间。如果你想知道需要多久品格才能带你到达顶峰,参考日历;如果你想知道需要多久品格会使你跌入谷底,看看秒表。当一个人没有用品格来守护其天赋时,他的梦想就会破灭,机会就会错失,机构就会解体,他人就会受伤。然而,品格却能给任何职业、关系和有价值的目标提供长远发展的机会。牧师兼作家的詹姆斯·罗素·米勒(J. R. Miller)写道:“唯一能跟着送葬者从坟墓回来,且拒绝被埋葬的,是一个人的品格。”一个人的品格,比这个人活得更长,而且产生持久的影响!

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