December 24 Love, Competition and Competitors
Could increasing profits be about increasing love?
As a leader, sometimes we can find our organization in competition with another organization. But how we lead our team and compete can be measured by love. Our role is to drive value. Our value does not need to be called the best value but needs to meet the value of those we serve.
It seemingly comes down to what actions we will or will we not provide. Are we looking inward towards our service delivery with love, respect, and value? If so, our actions will probably bear witness to it. If we are not of this type of mindset, greed and cost are likely to be the most important characteristics.
There are examples of companies and leaders who are willing to expend extreme costs that affect others for their own personal win. Think back to times that you might have witnessed greed in your journey. If you can identify some of those times, take a deeper look and evaluate how the impact of love was happening.
I suspect that love might not have been very present or possibly missing completely. How might you see a different way that the situation could have been handled? Sometimes all we must do to increase value is to find a way to make love present.
Where do you have an unfair competitive advantage because of love being part of the value your team delivers? If you are missing the component of love, it might be that the growth of your team is dependent upon it. What is the first thing that you can do in the next seven days?
As brothers and sisters in Christ, how do you love someone else and God? I believe that the feeling of love is different from the actions of love. We read, “But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!” Matthew 5:44 NLT.
To be in love with someone might be all about us. I remember the emergent love that occurred while I developed my relationship with my wife. She held my hand so physically, I could feel she loved me. We even occupied space and time together which made me aware of her love because she was present with me.
But could God love us this way? It may be that our love for God is not so much about ourselves as it may be about us. It is about action. It is about being in love with Jesus and acting to show others our love.
We may not hold Jesus’ hands, but we can hold the hand of our children as we walk them to school. We can hold the hand of the homeless and walk them to dinner. We can put our arms under others to support them when they are hurting and need assistance.
A big part of our love of God is about actions, our actions. Where can you enhance your faith, your relationships, your love in the next ninety days? What is the first thing that you can do about it in the next seven days?
Let us pray, Heavenly Father, we understand that we do not have your knowledge. We know that you love us because you sent your Son to us and to show us how to relate to you through our roles in this world.
Help us today to be in love with you, to have the confidence to share your love for all through our actions. May you send the Holy Spirit to guide us today for an action step. For we fear a world that would be without you. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen
Mark Queen
Founder, FCore Score, LLC.
Navigator for Entrepreneurs
Coach of Business Tribes
