Look for the Good Stuff

How often do we think of an inspection or the big boss coming as something bad? The big, big boss is coming today, and we scurry around to ensure everything is in order before he or she comes. The one thing you realized you missed, he or she finds, and what is soon the focus? The other 99 percent is great (but is soon forgotten or not even recognized) and a snapshot of this perceived reality is created. As leaders, is there a habit of often only focusing on what’s wrong? Or not even looking at what’s right? Naturally, we have to work on correcting what needs to be improved, but we can’t neglect what is going right. Only focusing on the bad and never the good can take root and destroy your morale, your team, and essentially your company.

Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good.

1 Corinthians 10:24