‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ Matthew 22:39
To make the Golden Rule part of your daily life, you must
try to do three things for others:
1) Trust them. Without trust there can be no real
relationship. US Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson said, ‘The chief lesson
I’ve learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is
by trusting him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust
him and show your distrust.’ Is it always easy? No, especially when it’s
someone you don’t know very well. Nevertheless, that’s Christ’s Golden Rule. As
you strive to invest confidence in others just as you’d like it to be invested
in you, remember that the person who trusts others will always lose less than
the person who distrusts them.
2) Thank them. Human relations expert Donald Laird said,
‘Always help people increase their self-esteem…There’s hardly a higher
compliment you can pay an individual than helping him to be useful and to find
satisfaction in his usefulness.’ How do you do that? By letting them know you
appreciate their efforts. By making a point of praising them in the presence of
those closest to them. As Broadway producer Billy Rose observed: ‘It’s hard for
a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow.’
3) Value them. Surveys confirm that 70 per cent of
workers who leave their jobs do so because they don’t feel valued. That’s an
indictment of how poorly some leaders treat employees! There isn’t a person in
the world who doesn’t want to be appreciated. Don’t you? So make a habit of
practising the Golden Rule.
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