Hard Work?

Excerpt from "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" by Sean Covey.......

"I was listening to a speech on tape when the speaker began comparing the challenges faced by today's teens to those of teens who lived 150 years ago. I listened with interest. I agreed wth most of what he said until this: "The challenge that teens faced 150 years ago was hard work. The challenge that teens face today is a lack of hard work. "

Ex-squeeze me! I mumbled to myself. A lack of hard work? What are you smokin'? I think teens are busier today and working harder than ever. I see it with my own eyes every day. Between school, extracurricular activites, teams, clubs, student government, athletics, partime jobs, helping to raise a younger brother or sister, and on and on, there's barely time to breathe. A lack of hard work? Ha! Milking cows and mending fences doesn't sound any more difficult than juggling the multifaceted life of a modern teen. "

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Courtney's comments:

Hard work... its what we all have to do in order to be successful. If you avoid it, you're gonna fail. The question is, are you enjoying your work?

mentality - (a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations)

Whats your mentality towards what your parents ask you to do.. the favors friends ask of you... your school work?

Your mentality will make the huge difference in your life of work. Just think... you have 10 months of school.... 5 days a week.... what are you going to do with that time? The only way to overcome it, is to enjoy it and have the will to succeed.... all which comes from a desire to respect the authority that God has placed above you to teach & correct you... to prepare you for life... and most importantly, the ultimate desire to gloirfy God in all that you do. So as a christian, you would naturally be a person of character and dignity towards the work, hard work.. God has placed in your life.

Anyways, i was just reading that book and liked that little article... and wanted to expand on it with a christian point of view.

Have a great day =]

In Christ,

Courtney <3