From a talk called “Competition and Servant Leadership” delivered on July 30, 1999, at the Laity Lodge Leadership Retreat in Leakey, Texas
Excellence comes from the Father. “Be therefore perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect” (Matt 5:48). We will never be perfect. But as we strain toward higher and higher standards, we can do excellent work.I learned years ago in the grocery business that the replacement for competitiveness in Christian life is excellence. Instead of trying to beat down the competition, I try to be the very best that I can be. I believe that is the way to fullness and satisfaction in organizational life—to allow excellence to replace our competitiveness.
Ask yourself, In what ways do I struggle with competitiveness in my workplace? How can I replace my competitiveness with excellence?
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