YOUR CHARACTER COUNTS (PART 6)

COURTESY AND SUCCESS (Romans 12:6-21)

The Scriptures in James 3:2 says “For in many things we offend all, if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and also be able to bridle the whole body”.
You must cultivate courtesy as a business asset.
Even in The church today courtesy is the key to retaining the prospective members. The Church ushers must be trained to be courteous in their manners of approach to issues in relation to their department.
Successful professionals who had achieved success, especially where their activities frequently brings them into contact with customers, often will have to practice courtesy under the most difficult circumstances.
In every endeavor of life, courtesy is a master key in thoughts, words and actions. Apostle Peter in I Peter 4:9 says “Use hospitality one to another without grudging”.
Father Abraham had Isaac through courtesy and hospitality. (Genesis 18). Courtesy is an essential factor for business to grow, both in the circular and The Church Ministry, for we need to understand that growth is a function of success.
Politeness in our ways of approach both in contact and in letter writings, for sometimes our customers can be rude and may not follow the norm, all we have to do is to exercise a lot of patience and tact in handling difficult issues or be referred to a senior official who could effectively and cautiously curb the excesses without friction.
You need to understand that we are all selling ourselves or our services as we pass through life; courtesy is of paramount importance and in business it is tremendously important to those who want to succeed.
A sharp memory of names and faces of contacts is of an added advantage, and possibly a recall of past discussion, this, can make an impression.
I remember the story of a member of our Ministry who as a secretary in an organization, attended to a Managing Director of another very big Business empire with courtesy and politeness without knowing who he is; she obtained a life long business transactions for so doing.
However, I have observed that many of us, the more we succeed, the more we are prone to get wrapped up, in our own affairs, we become less courteous, pride sets in, no more time to attend to insignificant issues. Success makes us hypercritical of others and often underrating their abilities.
We overlook the fact that we are dependent, each one on another, and what they think about us can contribute largely to our success and happiness.
(The Recreated Vessels)