Business Secrets from the Bible: Spiritual Success Strategies for Financial Abundance

Secret #18

The Importance of Service Is That You Cannot Lead if You Cannot Follow

When we are young, we enter the workforce by going to work for an employer who is hiring in our field. In order to move up in the company, or even to hold onto a job, you must have the ability to take orders, which means recognizing that you are subservient to someone. In other words, you must accept authority. You must not only accept it; you must respect it as well. Service need not be unpleasant. Embrace service and learn as much as you can from others. Successful business professionals seek out mentors.

A major flaw with the United States educational system is that it does not prepare students for the job market or the workplace. The public school system utterly fails to teach the single most important skill necessary to avoiding poverty: obtaining and retaining a job. We do not teach our children how to take orders. Instead, we nurture their independence and self-esteem. We make sure they feel good about themselves. We remind them that they are special and unique. But we forget to impart the one quality that employers most want to see in job applicants: a will-do spirit. Supervisors and bosses detest attitude and they want to see demonstrated perseverance and commitment. Showing that you have held down a job, any job, will do more for your resume than a semester of midnight basketball and almost all other extracurricular activities. Do you know what extracurricular activities tell an employer? ...