Serving Others

Would you like coffee or tea with that? Okay not literally being someones waiter. But, that may be just the mindset you need to adopt. Serving others is a relatively easy thing to do once you commit to it.

I am currently working with a friend of mine at church. He works in construction. His goal in life is to own his own contracting business. I understand a little how contracting works but certainly not the nails and wall boards of that business.

So how do I serve him? My first objective is to help him understand his dream. I ask him a lot of questions and help him define what he wants his business to be. That is just the beginning. I serve by encouraging him. I hold him accountable for making progress. The second is much harder than the first.

There is a side benefit from serving him. I can't be a hypocrite. I to want to do something different. I have a dream. What are the steps that I need to take? At the beginning of the year I talked about going back to school to earn a masters degree. It's now time to make some progress.

Serving others is a relatively simple concept to execute. You just have to be willing to do what the answer to these questions. What can I do for you? How Can I help you? Then acknowledge that it is not about you.