Christ's Golden Rule (1)

Whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them.
Matthew 7:12

What did Jesus mean when He said, "Whatever you want men to do for you,do also to them?" He was saying:

1) Value others. Seventy percent of people who leave their jobs do so because they don't feel valued. That's an indictment of how poorly some leaders treat their employees. There isn't a person in the world that doesn't want to be appreciated. Don't you?

(2) Thank them. Donald Laird said, "Always help people increase their self-esteem. There's no higher compliment you can pay someone than helping them to be useful, and to find satisfaction in their usefulness." How can you do that? By letting people know you appreciate their efforts. By making it a point to praise them in the presence ofthose closest to them. Billy Rose wisely observed, "It's hard for a fellow to keep a chip on his shoulder if you allow him to take a bow."

(3) Trust them. Without trust there can be no real relationship.Secretary of State Henry Stimson remarked, "The chief lesson I've learned in life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is by trusting him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him."
Is that easy?
No, especially someone you don't know very well.
Yet that's Christ's golden rule.
As you strive to invest confidence in others just as you'd like it to be invested in you,remember these words,
"The person who trusts others will always loseless than the person who distrusts them."