As I meet people around the world everywhere, I often meet someone, who seems to be constantly angry about their current situation. With them the conversation always come back to that fact that there is a person in their past or present life that is the main reason why they are where they are today?
When you want to build a relationship with such persons, they suspect your actions and intentions. And such a person usually finds a relationship hard to build. The funny thing is that they usually believe that their excuses are valid, that they are right and everyone else is wrong.
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In this episode, I want to warn you that if you really want to become the best version of you, if you want to do all that you have been sent here to do, you can not afford to be this kind of a person. On the contrary, you must be a gold miner in all of your relationships.
What Do I mean by that? Here is it, every single person on earth has gold in them, but it takes miners to first recognize it as such and then be willing to all all it takes to dig out the gold.
In the last two episodes, I have convinced you that you must work with a mentor or a coach in order to achieve greatness in life. And today I want to show you another level of relationships that will truly help you achieve greater heights. And thats the relationships you have at the moment.
Yes, I mean your spouse, your children, siblings, co workers, just rendom people that God has brought into your life. If you recognize that there is gold in them they will help take you far.
Let me tell you a quick story here, in 2013, I was beginning to sense that I needed to publish my first book. Prior to that I had written very many articles and materials that never turned into anything serious. I had started a ladies conference in my church a couple of years before that and I wanted to give out my book to each lady that would attend the conference then next year. I began to work towards it but it was slow. At first I wanted to do a 365 days devotional and somehow God was able to convince me that even a small pamphlet can help women.
So one day, I was discussing my plans with a friend, her name is Andrea Fluetch, at the time she was in school and was helping me with some of my work in my business. And she offered to also send me a remind every single day to write the number of words I had planned to. I agreed to it. At first, each time she sent the message I either lied that I did something serious when I was just still planning to. Other times I would simply say thanks. But after a while I had to get serious and so I started working really hard because I knew my faithful reminder was going to send a message.
Even though I was still the one with all the responsibilities of making the book happen, I am still grateful for the major role she played in making my dream come true. Hey Andrea, if you are listening to this, thanks again. Andrea now has her own practice as an Athletic Therapist and massage pro. I definitely won’t ask her to do that for me because her time is worth way more. However, back then she was just helping her friend and pastor out.
Most people though will be looking for gold in you as soon as you have started to shine brightly, but you you must be a gold miner. Find the gold in the people around you and be grateful for the way they make your life better. Back then I found the gold in Andrea, she is very organized and can help keep you on your toes and she found gold in me, and was willing to invest her time to make my dreams come true.
Look around you, you will find many people that can help you or that you can help. People who need the gifts or skills you have. Iron sharpens iron. And trust me, both of you would be better for it.
Remember the people I talked about earlier, those who are angry about their current state, that can not be you. You see real gold miners know that gold can actually be anywhere, literally anywhere. And so they are willing to invest their time to prospect for gold.
There are problems that can be turned into solutions, mistakes that can be converted into opportunities, and unrealized potential that can be tapped and all of these are hidden inside each and every relationship you have.
Start seeing the people around you differently and you will definitely benefit from their gifts and skills. And ask God for grace to let go of the tendencies to hold on to people’s errors. There is power in your associations, take advantage of it.
Have a great week!
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