Value Misalignment: A Burnout Paradise

I recently sent out a tweet that said, "Stress & burnout comes from living out of alignment w/our values. When not in tune with our inner core we experience distress. #BringValue." As it posted to Facebook one of my friends asked me to explain. I realized a simple Facebook post explanation was not adequate so here is the thought dug up a little deeper...

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If you were to look at any list of great leaders of the century, and you would find these five people at the top of the list:

• Franklin Roosevelt
• Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• Mother Teresa
• Nelson Mandela
• Gandhi

At first glance you would realize these people had less in common than what they shared. They were from United States, Germany, Africa, and India. They had obvious differences in

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Success Begins With Your Philosophy

So where does your life bring value?

Your philosophy (the way you think) creates your attitude, your actions & your results... and that creates your life.

“Do the thing and you shall have the power.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Take for instance the transformation of Nike with there then-new ad, “Just Do It” that appeared on the scene in 1988. Nike spent a staggering $300 million on overseas advertising alone to build this mindset into culture. This advertising took the $877 million in worldwide sales to a staggering $9.2 billion in only ten years to 1998.

We have been brainwashed into the mindset of

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TXT MSG THAT MEANS SOMETHING!

I got a text message from one of our Lifegroup leaders and she sent out a text to all her students and I was fortunate enough to get included in it. She said:

Thought for the day: Relationships aren't built by sitting together but by serving together. Be in prayer for your cause.

That was a great challenge. Are we trying to just have relationships or trying to build relationships. Think of the value of something that you invested in. Listen to the difference between the value of these two statements; I have a house, or I built my home. We take pride in what we build. The value comes from the work that you put into it. Don't just be a part of something, create something, be a change agent.

Serve your friends. Serve your neighbors. Serve complete strangers. Here is one, serve your enemies. It is a simple thought but a very powerful one.

Today, who are you going to serve? What relationship are you going to build?

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